Table 2. Education of the related specialities in oncology.

Qualification	Teaching body	Length of programme	Comments
Radiation technician	College	Three years	Studies only besides university. Graduates of these studies obtain professional bachelorship in radiology and the qualification of radiology technician.
Medical Physicist	University	Two years Master’s degree + Two years training in clinic	Scheme for career medical physicists in Lithuania:
			1. Basic education in physics, biomedicine or technology–four years (Bachelor’s degree) in different universities faculties.
			2. Postgraduate education. Level of Master’s on medical physics–two years (two Lithuania universities are preparing medical physicists).
			3. Postgraduate training in clinical environment (under the supervision of an experienced medical physicist)–two years.
Nurse	College	Three years
	University	Four years Bachelor’s degree	Course ‘Oncology nursing and clinical practice’ (60 hours) in LUHS.
		Two years Master’s degree	Course ‘Oncology and nursing’ (64 hours) in VU.