Accreditation Committee

The Medical Radiation Practice Accreditation Committee (the Accreditation Committee) has been appointed by the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (the National Board) to exercise accreditation functions for the profession.

Committee members 

Dr Louise McCall

Chair and educationalist member
Victoria

Ms Jillian Harris

Deputy Chair and Registered practitioner (Radiation Therapy) member
New South Wales

Ms Cristina Blefari

Registered practitioner (Nuclear Medicine) and academic member
South Australia

Mr Minh (Shayne) Chau

Registered practitioner (Diagnostic Radiography) and academic member
South Australia

Ms Edel Doyle

Registered practitioner (Diagnostic Radiography) member
Victoria 

Dr Yobelli Jimenez

Registered practitioner (Radiation Therapy) member
New South Wales

Ms Melissa Shields

Registered practitioner (Nuclear Medicine) member
New South Wales

Mr Adam Steward

Registered practitioner (Diagnostic Radiography) member
Victoria

Terms of reference

Under its Terms of Reference (262 KB,PDF) the Accreditation Committee is responsible for:

Accreditation standards: Developing accreditation standards for medical radiation practice programs of study, for approval by the National Board. 

Education providers: Assessing and monitoring programs of study and education providers against the approved Accreditation standards for medical radiation practice programs.

The Accreditation Committee is not responsible for setting registration standards, registering health practitioners, or investigating complaints about health practitioners.