The Hellenic Association of Medical Physics (HAMP) and the Medical Physics Unit of the 2^nd Dept. of Radiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian, University of Athens would like to invite you to an online workshop in non ionizing and ionizing radiation against COVID-19. 

The workshop will be organized as a 3 hours virtual meeting and will be held on 9th July 2021, 16:30-19:50 CEST. It  aims at presenting the main aspects regarding the use of ionising and non ionising radiations against SARS CoV2 and Covid19. 

Specifically, the workshop includes an introductory session on SARS cov2, followed by a session on the use of non ionizing radiation for protection purposes against the coronavirus.  The third session focuses on the use of ionizing radiation for diagnostic and treatment purposes in the fight against Covid19. 

This one-day event is accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 7 and awarded 11 CPD credit points. It is mainly intended for Medical Physicists who wish to expand their knowledge with regard to the use of radiation in the current pandemic. Other health professionals may also attend to workshop. 

Certificates of attendance will be issued to those who will attend the online course. All lectures will be delivered live and there will be a short Q&A interval following each session.

The event is endorsed and hosted by the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP). The event will be held in english and the video recordings of lectures will be available and accessible via EFOMP e-learning platform.

Free online registration: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3025245086797773838

Dear Reader,

EFOMP is delighted to announce the publication of the Winter 2020 issue of its quarterly newsletter, European Medical Physics News!

The main theme of this issue of our Newsletter is “Early-Career Medical Physics activities and training”. Some of EFOMP’s National Member Organisations have already introduced dedicated early-career sections, and interest in forming and developing these is expanding. Even where specific early-career sections do not yet exist, there is a very clear enthusiasm among early-career medical physicists to organise professional, public-engagement, fund-raising and other diverse activities, as described in the nine articles devoted to early-career and training activities within this issue.

The Winter newsletter contains a number of regular features, including a medical physics book review, and an overview of recent papers published in Physica Medica, by the journal’s Editor-in-Chief. The Medical Physicists’ Hobbies section is focussed on food and drink, with articles about organic goat’s cheese production in Serbia and craft beer brewing in Malta. This issue also includes a diverse mix of contributions, covering meeting reports, medical physics practice and research, as well as reports of activities around the International Day of Medical Physics, which took place on 7^th November.

Last but certainly not least, in this issue we report the results of the 5^th EFOMP Photo Contest and of the EFOMP 40^th-birthday Haiku Contest, demonstrating that Medical Physicists are extremely talented when it comes to cultural, as well as scientific activities!

I hope you will enjoy reading this issue of European Medical Physics News! Please do feel free to pass on the link or the pdf to friends, colleagues and students who you think might be interested.

David Lurie and the Editorial Team (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.), December 2020.

You can download the EMP News Winter 2020 issue by following this link.

If you would like to subscribe, to receive early notice of future issues, please sign up using this link.

Dear Colleagues,

IOMP invites you to attend a series of free webinars organized by the ‘IOMP School’ on the occasion of the International Medical Physics Week (IMPW) https://www.iomp.org/IMPW/

Dates: May 11 – May 15, 2020
Time: 14:00-15:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Program
Date: Monday, May 11
Message from the IOMP President: Madan Rehani
Presentation title: CT scan parameters and radiation dose
Speaker: Mahadevappa Mahesh
Moderator: John Damilakis
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Date: Tuesday, May 12
Presentation title: Monte Carlo simulation of dosimetry problems in proton therapy
Speaker: Lorenzo Brualla
Moderator: E. Bezak
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Date: Wednesday, May 13
Presentation title: A comprehensive approach to the management of radiotherapy patients with implanted cardiac devices
Speaker: D. Mihailidis
Moderator: A. Chougule
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Date: Thursday, May 14
Presentation title: Smaller! Faster! More! Advanced X-Ray Breast Imaging and its Role Beyond Cancer Diagnosis
Speaker: I. Sechopoulos
Moderator: M. Stoeva
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Date: Friday, May 15
Presentation title: Radionuclide therapy patients in public: The original social distancing
Speaker: N. Forwood
Moderator: I. Duhaini

We encourage you to register for the above complimentary webinars at
https://www.iomp.org/iomp-school-on-impw-2020-program/

All webinars will start at 14:00 Central European Summer Time. To check the corresponding time in your country please check this link
https://greenwichmeantime.com/time-gadgets/time-zone-converter/

I am looking forward to your participation.

Sincerely,

Prof. John Damilakis
IMPW Webinars organizer
IOMP Vice President