EFOMP e-learning platform

Dear colleagues,

One of the missions of EFOMP is promoting medical physics education and training programmes in Europe.

In recent years we have accomplished this task by participating in European consortia (Eutempe-RX net) or by organizing directly through the European School for Medical Physics Experts (ESMPE), multiple editions of the School in the various sub-specialties of Medical Physics. Under the coordination of EFOMP’s Communications and Publications Committee (chair Paolo Russo), with the collaboration of the ESMPE Board (chair Alberto Torressin), we established a new tool for providing educational opportunities for our community and we were proud to announce the opening of an e-learning platform on the EFOMP website in January 2019. Within the e-learning platform, video recordings and pdfs of lectures given during the EFOMP school editions have been uploaded, starting from the three satellite ESMPE events which were held during ECMP2018 in Copenhagen and including the ESMPE Schools which have been held since then. Recordings of webinars are also available on the e-learning site, including the series of “Lockdown Webinars” organized by EFOMP and IAPM in Spring 2020. A summary of the e-Learning Platform’s contents is provided below. In the future, we plan to upload on the e-learning platform all educational events organized directly by EFOMP or in collaboration with our National Member Organisations. The e-learning platform will be supervised by the Education & Training (ET) Committee in collaboration with the Communications & Publications (CP) Committee.

The EFOMP e-learning platform is accessible to all Individual Associate Members (IAM) of EFOMP. IAM status is open not only to European Medical Physicists but to all colleagues around the world who are interested in continuing their medical physics education and training.

To become an IAM is a very simple process: you only have to complete an online registration form and pay online a fee of 15 euro/year through the EFOMP website. 

Marco Brambilla – EFOMP President (2017-2020)

Contact email:  webmaster@efomp.org

 

 

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In January 2025 the new Educational Platform of EFOMP  e-LEMENT will be fully operative.

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e-learning Platform Content

Symposium on Molecular Radiotherapy Dosimetry: The future of theragnostics

The European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP)1 is an umbrella organization for 36 National Member Organisations which together represent around 10000 medical physicists and clinical engineers working in the field of medical physics. Supporting bodies of EFOMP are its 6 advisory committees, the European School for Medical Physics Experts (ESMPE), the European Journal of Medical Physics (EJMP), Working Groups and Special Interest Groups (SIGs).

The first EFOMP SIG (Radionuclide Internal Dosimetry / SIG_FRID) was officially created in February 2021. The SIG_FRID is a permanent structure with an objective to create a network of medical physicists working in radionuclide dosimetry and fulfil the need for networking, education, research and professional exchanges in this field.

EFOMP SIG_FRID organised the 1st EFOMP Symposium on Molecular Radiotherapy Dosimetry in Athens, Greece from November 9th to November 11th 2023. The Symposium gave the opportunity:

to review and share ongoing developments in radionuclide imaging and dosimetry; to consider how personalised treatments may improve effectiveness at a time of rapid expansion of theragnostics and molecular radiotherapy to discuss networking and synergies within a multi-disciplinary community at a time of challenge and opportunity.

This event brought together, for the first time, 180 physicists and clinicians with a strong interest in molecular radiotherapy. Scientific aspects concerning imaging, internal dosimetry and radiation protection was discussed in addition to clinical practice. A main aim of the meeting was to share experience and resources. It has been an opportunity for stakeholders to build networks, to discuss how to move forward and to establish close working relationships between academia, the clinic and industry.

The Symposium was hosted by the Hellenic Association of Medical Physicists and the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. Its structure was composed of an Organising and Scientific Committee and within the programme there were 8 regular sessions , 3 ePoster sessions, 2 Continuous Professional Development (CPD) sessions, a Round table and a Sponsor Session. EFOMP policy statement NO. 19: Dosimetry in nuclear medicine therapy – Molecular radiotherapy 2 was officially presented here.

This abstract book contains the abstracts of the 1st Symposium on Molecular Radiotherapy Dosimetry. All studies were presented as oral communications during the event and were also available during the meeting.

This event has been accredited by the European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics (EBAMP) as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 7” and has been judged to have 19 hours of educational experience, which, according to the EBAMP protocol is equivalent to 27 CPD points (Accreditation Code for the event is: APP00249).

EFOMP webinar on Radiobiology "The Rs of Radiobiology: from Old to New"

This webinar focuses on the scope of the Early Career/Young professionals

EFOMP webinar on new advances in "Reference dosimetry and In Situ Calorimetry"

Refaerence dosimetry and In Situ Calorimetry

EFOMP webinar on DRLs and QA in dental Imaging

DRLs and QA in dental Imaging

EFOMP Special Interest Group on Radionuclide Internal Dosimetry- SIGFRID "Dosimetry Case Report meeting"

"Dosimetry Case report"; clinical cases related to dosimetry will be discussed during this series of webinars with plenty of time for discussion.

EFOMP SIGFRID Scientific Meeting "Radiobiology in radionuclide therapy & dosimetry"

Scientific meeting ‘Radiobiology for radionuclide therapy & dosimetry’

'Radiobiology in radionuclide therapy: necessity when determining the dose-effect relationship'

'Biologically driven dosimetric modelling: bridging the gap between radionuclide therapy and radiotherapy'

'Are dose constraints resulting from EBRT directly transferable to radionuclide therapy?'

Lecturers-Panelists:

Julie Nonnekens, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Giulia Tamborino, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Lidia Strigari, IRRCS University Hospital of Bologna, Italy

ECMP 2024 warm-up webinar "Funding Opportunities for Medical Physics Research in Europe"

The European Congress of Medical Physics 2024 Warm Up webinar presents "Funding opportunities for Medical Physics Research"

Lecturers-Panelists

Prof. Dr. Christoph Hoeschen, Professor, Chair 'Medical Technical Systems'  and acting Head of Institute for Medical Technology, Faculty for Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg, Germany

Dr. Csilla Pesznyák, Associate Professor at Budapest University of Technological Economics Hungary, National Institute of Oncology, Centre of Radiotherapy,  Budapest, Hungary

National Institute of Oncology, Centre of Radiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary

President of European Nuclear Education Network (ENEN)

EC-SIG ECMP 2024 warm-up webinar "Working in Industry – tips for the medical physicist"

EC-SIG ECMP 2024 warm-up webinar "Working in Industry – tips for the medical physicist"

Lecturers-Panelists

Jim O’Doherty, Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern PA, United States

Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States

Radiography & Diagnostic Imaging, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

EC-SIG ECMP 2024 warm-up webinar "The role of medical physicists in clinical trials"

Ane Appelt is a qualified clinical medical physicist in the radiotherapy department at St James's University Hospital, Leeds and an associate professor at the University of Leeds.  She is involved in numerous clinical trials of new radiotherapy treatment strategies and is currently leading a multicentre, competitively funded, randomised dose-escalation trial. She is principal investigator or co-investigator on active grants worth over £5.2 million.

Her research interests include: Quantitative radiation oncology; Optimisation of radiotherapy for anorectal and lung cancer patients and for re-irradiation; Innovative treatment strategies for rectal cancer, including non-surgical treatment & Design and conduct of clinical trials.

Lorenzo Nicola Mazzoni is a medical physics expert and radiation protection expert currently working at the Medical Physics Unit of Prato-Pistoia, AUSL Toscana Centro, in Italy. He started his research in statistical mechanics applied to protein models, and then moved to the field of medical physics, dealing with quantitative medical imaging, particularly MRI, and radiation protection in hospital settings.

He is a lecturer in various safety and training courses and has been teaching the master's program in magnetic resonance at the University of Florence for many years. He is currently a member of the EFOMP European and International Matter committee, a member of the ECMP 2024 scientific committee, the EFOMP representative to the ICRP, and a member of the ICRP TG 127.

2024 ESMPE Uncertainty analyses and Statistical methods in Medical Physics

EFOMP in collaboration with the Czech Association of Medical Physics (CAMP) would like to invite you to the next ESMPE on 8th-10th February 2024.

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks connected with the use of uncertainty analyses and statistical methods in data handling and interpretation. The school will cover the methods of inferential statistics most frequently used in the medical field in the first day, and the treatment of errors an uncertainties in medical imaging, radiation dosimetry, radiomics and epidemiology in the following days. The focus will be on worked examples.

This two-and-half day event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in data management and research. There will be an optional examination at the end for those seeking a higher level of certification beyond attendance.

ESMPE have decided this event will be in a hybrid format. All lecturers will give their talks on-site in Prague but participants can choose if they want to attend the school on-site (limited number of participants) or online, it will be live-streamed.

Content

Sample Size determination. Sample size determination for different study designs Evaluation of a diagnostic test – Sensitivity, specificity, diagnostic accuracy, ROC methods Applied regression analysis. Analysis of variance, Analysis of Covariance, multiple regression, logistic regression Survival analysis – Relative risks Odds ratio. Survival curves with Kaplan Meyer; Log-rank test; Cox models Reproducibility and repeatability in radiomics. Errors an uncertainties in radiation dosimetry – Theory of error and uncertainty analysis: Type A and B uncertainty, assessment of the quality of a measurement or calculation. Agreement in Radiotherapy – How to assess agreement in Dose distributions and Volume

Organisers

Brendan McClean (Chair of the School)

Marco Brambilla (Scientific Chair)

2023 ESMPE: Out of field doses and associated risks of cancer in Radiotherapy

The EFOMP in collaboration with EURADOS, the University of Novi Sad and the Serbian Association of Medical Physics (SAMP) would like to invite you to the next ESMPE in out of field doses and associated risks of cancer in Radiotherapy. 

The school will be organized as a 1-day satellite Workshop on the 19th October before and in conjunction with the 11th Alpe Adria meeting, which will be held in Novi Sad, Serbia. 

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks connected with patient dosimetry in Radiotherapy. The school will cover all the aspects related to the establishment of a programme of assessment of out-of- field doses during a radiotherapy treatment. 

The event will be in a hybrid format. All lecturers will give their talks on-site in Novi Sad but participants can choose if they want to attend the school on-site or online.

This course has been accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and has been judged to have 6 hours of educational experience, (including 1 hour of interactive discussion) which, according to the EBAMP protocol is equivalent to 14 CPD points. It is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in dosimetry in radiotherapy and in patient radioprotection. it will be live-streamed.  

Content

Epidemiology of second cancer Dosimetry of non target doses Estimation of out-of-field doses Out-of-field doses in pediatric patientsContribution of imaging to out-of-field doses Risk estimations in out-of-field doses  

Organisers 

Brendan McClean, (Chair of the School)  

Marco Brambilla (EFOMP)  and Liliana Stolarczyk  EURADOS  (Scientific Chairs) 

Borislava Petrovic (SAMP), Efi Koutsouveli (EFOMP) 

2023 ESMPE Summer: Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy

EFOMP, in collaboration with the Czech Association of Medical Physicists (CAMP) and the Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation of the Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague invite you to the next ESMPE on 13th-15th July 2023.

The school will be aimed at different aspects of Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy (SBRT), from basics to treatment imaging and planning to motion management, quality assurance and image guidance. Moreover, it will cover current hot topics, such as Cardiac SBRT (radioablation) and FLASH. And finally, attendees should get to know what the role of medical physicists in clinical SBRT trials is.

This two-and-a-half day event is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in SBRT and is accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8. The event has been judged to have 15 hours of educational experience, which, according to the EBAMP protocol is equivalent to 23 CPD points. As in past school editions, there will be an optional examination at the end for those seeking a higher level of certification beyond attendance. Attendees who also successfully pass the exam obtain an extra 8 CPD points for a total of 31 CPD points.

ESMPE have decided this event will be in a hybrid format. All lecturers will give their talks on-site in Prague but participants can choose if they want to attend the school on-site (limited number of participants) or online, it will be live-streamed.

Please note: All times shown are in CET

Content

Introduction to and Requirements for SBRT

Clinical Trial Involvement and Audits

Patient Preparation and Imaging

Treatment Planning

Quality Assurance

Treatment Delivery

Special Machines and Techniques

Final exam

The final exam is voluntary. Participants can gain additional credits when successfully pass the test.

Organisers

Brendan McClean (Chair of the School), Efi Koutsouveli (EFOMP Vice President)

Oliver Blanck, Serenella Russo (Scientific Chairs)

Jaroslav Ptáček, Tereza Hanušová (CAMP)

2023 ESMPE Computed Tomography

EFOMP, in collaboration with COCIR, the Czech Association of Medical Physicists and the Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation of Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague invite you to the next ESMPE on 26th-28th January 2023.

The school will be aimed at different aspects of CT imaging, from the basics to advanced level in different areas. Moreover, it will cover current hot topics, such as lung cancer screening and photon-counting CT. And finally, attendees should get to know what the role of medical physicists can be in the future.

This two-and-a-half day event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in CT imaging. As in past school editions, there will be an optional examination at the end for those seeking a higher level of certification beyond attendance. ESMPE have decided this event will be in a hybrid format. All lecturers will give their talks on-site in Prague but participants can choose if they want to attend the school on-site (limited number of participants) or online, it will be live-streamed.

Content CT technology, image reconstruction and optimization Dual-energy and spectral imaging Lung cancer screening CT interventional procedures Artificial intelligence

Final exam The final exam is voluntary. Participants can gain additional credits when successfully pass the test.

Organisers Brendan McClean (Chair of the School) Marc Kachelrieß, Lucie Sukupova (Scientific Chairs) Jaroslav Ptáček, Tereza Hanušová (CAMP)

2023 Artificial Intelligence in Medical Physics

EFOMP, in collaboration with the Czech Association of Medical Physicists (CAMP) and COCIR invite you to the next ESMPE on AI in Medical Physics. The school will be organized as a 2.5 days hybrid (remote and in presence) meeting, which will be held in Prague from 5th to 7th of October 2023.

The school will focus on advanced Medical Physics aspects of Artificial Intelligence and aims at presenting practical methodology, state-of-the-art and future developments of AI. In order to be able to participate to the school, the remote self-training part, available at https://e-learning.efomp.org/ , needs to be completed. Students who did not attend the on-line and propaedeutic module of the school will not be able to enroll to the face-to-face event.

The School is accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 with 41 CPD points. Attendees who also successfully pass the course examinations obtain an extra 17 CPD points for an overall total of 58 CPD points. The School is intended for Medical Physicists or associated professions who wish to expand their knowledge in Artificial intelligence. ESMPE have decided this event will be in a hybrid format. All lecturers will give their talks on-site in Prague but participants can choose if they want to attend the school on-site (limited number of participants) or online, it will be live-streamed.

Content for the face to face event

AI for dose and protocol optimizationAI for workflow optimization and automationAdvanced Quality Assurance for AI medical devicesRegulatory aspectsSession with industry (only for in presence)

Organisers

Federica Zanca, Alberto Torresin (Scientific Chairs)

Brendan McClean (Chair of the ESMPE), Efi Koutsouveli (EFOMP Vice President)

Jaroslav Ptáček, Lucie Súkupová (CAMP)

2022 Town Hall Meeting

EFOMP overviewStructure & MissionCurrent activities, challenges and opportunitiesGetting involvedQuestionsWe will record webinar 

2022 Statistics in Medical Physics Athens

EFOMP in collaboration with the Hellenic Association of Medical Physics (HAMP) and the 2nd Department of Radiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens would like to invite you to the next ESMPE on 13th-15th October 2022.

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks connected with the use of statistical methods in data handling and interpretation. The school will cover the methods of inferential statistics most frequently used in the medical field, the statistical methods used in radiomics, the treatment of errors an uncertainties in radiation dosimetry. This course is designed to be accessible to all medical physicists including students and those working in clinical environments and are involved in data management and research.

This two-day event has been accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and awarded 39 CPD credit points (33 CPD credit points for those who do not sit for or do not pass the examination). As in past school editions, there will be an optional examination at the end for those seeking a higher level of certification beyond attendance.

ESMPE have decided this event will be in a hybrid format. Participants will be on-site in Athens where possible, but the school will also be live-streamed so participants can join live online if they cannot travel to the venue. Please note: All times shown are in Greek time (CET+1h).

Organisers: Brendan McClean (Chair of the School), Marco Brambilla (Scientific Chair), Efi Koutsouveli, Pola Platoni (HAMP)

2022 Radiation Shielding in Medical Installations

EFOMP, in collaboration with the Czech Association of Medical Physicists and the Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation of Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical  Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague invite you to the next ESMPE on 10th - 12th February 2022.

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks connected to site planning and shielding design in medical installation The school will cover the main radioprotection aspects of the shielding  calculations for typical medical installations

This two and a half day event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in the  Radiation protection field as Radiation Protection Experts As in past school editions, there will be an optional examination at the end for those seeking a higher level of certification beyond  attendance ESMPE have decided this event will be in a hybrid format Participants and lecturers will be on site in Prague where possible, but the school will also be live streamed so participants  can join live online if they cannot travel to the venue

Content

Radiation protection principles applied to radiation shielding design Methodology for Diagnostic and interventional X ray Shielding (conventional, CT, IR) Methodology for Nuclear Medicine Shielding (conventional, PET, NM therapy) Methodology for Radiation Therapy Shielding (LINAC, special equipment, Proton) Radiation protection surveys Worked Examples

Organisers

Brendan McClean (Chair of the School)

Paddy Gilligan, Marco Brambilla (Scientific Chairs)

Jaroslav Ptáček, Tereza Hanušová (CAMP)

2022 ESMPE Summer: EFOMP PET/CT and PET/MR Quality Control Protocol

The school aims to illustrate the EFOMP PET/CT and PET/MR Quality Control Protocol. 

This one-day event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in Nuclear Medicine.

Organizers

Roberta Matheoud University Hospital Maggiore della Carità, Novara, Italy

Jaroslav Ptacek University Hospital Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Marine Soret Service de Médecine Nucléaire, AP-HP Sorbonne Université, Paris, France

2022 ESMPE Summer: Digital Breast Tomosynthesis QC protocol feedback session

The school aims to present the draft EFOMP Digital Breast tomosynthesis Quality Control Protocol with opportunities for discussion and feedback. This feedback will be taken into account in the final version of the protocol.

This one-day event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in mammography/digital breast tomosynthesis.

Organisers

Ruben van Engen Dutch expert Center for screening, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Ioannis Sechopoulos Radboud university medical center and Dutch expert Center for screening, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Niall Phelan BreastCheck, Dublin, Ireland

Alistair Mackenzie National Co-ordinating Centre for the Physics of Mammography, Guildford, UK

Nick Marshall University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium

Valentina Ravaglia Medical Physics Department, AUSL Romagna, Italy

2022 ESMPE Summer: Adaptive Radiotherapy: Pros and Cons of in in-room and out out-of -room Imaging

The school will explore the advantages and limitations of different approaches to adaptive radiotherapy using imaging modalities available today , as well as a look to the future of adaptive radiotherapy. This one one-day event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in Radiotherapy.

Organisers

Christoph Bert Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg Erlangen, Germany

Ben Heijmen Erasmus University Hospital, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Oliver Jäkel DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany

Efi Koutsouveli Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece

Jamie McClelland University College London, UK

Brendan McClean Saint Lukes Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin, Ireland

Niklas Wahr DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany

2021 Webinars joint EFOMP-COCIR

A new series of EFOMP-COCIR webinars are planned between March and October 2021. These webinars will give an overview of IEC standards related to different disciplines such as radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, diagnostic imaging, radiation dosimetry and electrical systems.

COCIR Organizers: Riccardo Corridori

EFOMP Organizers: Loredana Marcu, Emer Kenny, Efi Koutsouveli

2021 Webinar EFOMP-ECMP Warm-Up

This "warm-up webinars series" is a precursor to the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP 2020) which will take place virtually, initially planned to take place in Torino, Italy, in June 2021.

Organisers: Mika Kortesniemi, Efi Koutsouveli, David Lurie, Paddy Gilligan

2021 Patient Specific QA in RT - When/How/Analysis

This one day satellite meeting will be held in conjunction with the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics. The vast majority of radiotherapy centers undertake some form of Patient Specific Quality Assurance (PSQA) for some or all patients undergoing advanced RT treatments.

While there is some potential benefit in doing this, there are significant challenges in terms of resources required and in understanding the inherent assumptions and limitations of the different equipment and techniques used. This workshop is intended to first allow the participants to consider why we should (or should not) undertake PSQA. The faculty will then explore the main approaches to PSQA (pre-treatment, on-treatment and post-treatment). This exploration is intended to provide participants with an opportunity to examine the underlying assumptions, recognise the advantages and limitations of each approach and assess of the output from each.

The event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics) and is intended for practising clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in Radiation Oncology clinical routine.

Organizers: Brendan McClean, Efi Koutsouveli (Scientific Chairs), Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School)

2021 Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry

This one day satellite meeting will be held in conjunction with the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics. This mini-course will focus on practical issues related to the implementation of clinical nuclear medicine dosimetry, mostly in a therapeutic context.

The morning session will present a basic reminder of NM dosimetry principles and use, discuss available software solutions for clinical dosimetry and present uncertainty analysis applied to Nuclear Medicine dosimetry practice according to recent EANM guidelines*. The afternoon session will be dedicated to reproducibility, robustness and metrology applied to nuclear medicine dosimetry. Finally, OpenDose3D, an opensource 3D Slicer module for patientspecific dosimetry will be demonstrated. The event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics) and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in the field of NM dosimetry.

Organizers: Manuel Bardiès, Jaroslav Ptáček (Scientific Chairs) Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School)

2021 NACP webinar series "QA and Patient Dosimetry in Radiology"

The purpose of the course is to introduce medical physicists to new tools and methods that can be applied in QA routines to improve efficiency and quality of work. These methods include automation of image-based QA, application of model observers and AI-based image quality analysis. The course also includes topics related to patient specific dosimetry, dose tracking and protocol management systems; tools that are essential for a medical physicist. The course will also discuss how to adopt these topics in the training of future medical physicists. Every webinar will also include a practical demonstration of a QA- or dosimetry-related topic.

The programme has been accredited by EBAMP as CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 7 and awarded 23 CPD credit points.

 NACP Organisers: Daniel Aadnevik, Ahmed Jibril Abdi, Mika Kortesniemi, Touko Kaasalainen, Angelica Svalkvist, Joanna Sierpowska

2021 HAMP workshop: " PET-CT Molecular Imaging: physics, advances & clinical applications"

The workshop PET-CT " PET-CT Molecular Imaging: physics, advances & clinical applications" took place virtually on February 6, 2021 in the memory of our colleague and member of the Hellenic Association of Medical Physics (HAMP) board Maria Kotzasarlidou, who lost the fight with COVID-19 in December 2020.

The educational event is jointly organised by the Medical Physics Unit of the University of Athens, the Hellenic Association of Medical Physicists and is supported by the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics

2021 HAMP workshop - The role of non ionizing and ionizing radiation against COVID-19

The Hellenic Association of Medical Physics (HAMP) and the Medical Physics Unit of the 2nd 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. 

HAMP Organizers: Pola Platoni, Efstathios Efstathopoulos, Ioannis Seimenis, Efi Koutsouveli

2021 ESMPE Winter: MRI in Radiation Therapy Planning

EFOMP would like to invite you to the next ESMPE in MRI in Radiation Therapy Planning. The school will be organized as a 2-day virtual meeting, which will be held on 5th–6thMay 2021.

The school will be focused on the Medical Physics aspects of Radiation Therapy Planning using MRI and will be aimed at presenting the background, practical methodology, state-of-the-art and future developments. All of the lectures will be delivered live (i.e. not pre-recorded).

This two-day event is accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics)as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and awarded 18 CPD credit points. It is intended for Medical Physicists Experts who wish to expand their knowledge in radiation therapy planning using MRI. Certificates of attendance will be issued to those who attend the whole course.

2021 ESMPE Autumn: Individual dosimetry in medical applications

The EFOMP in collaboration with EURADOS, IRPA, the Kaunas University of Technology and the Lithuanian Association of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering organised ESMPE school in Individual dosimetry in medical applications 2021.

The school is a 1-day satellite Workshop before and in conjunction with the 15th International Conference “Medical Physics in the Baltic States 2021», which will be held on 5-6 November 2021 in Kaunas, Lithuania.

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks connected with staff dosimetry in medical applications. The school will cover all the aspects related to the establishment of a programme of individual monitoring for workers in medical facilities.

2021 ESMPE Autumn: Hybrid Approaches in Radiation Therapy

EFOMP jointly with COCIR would like to invite you to the next ESMPE in Hybrid Approaches in Radiation Therapy. The school will be organized as a 2-day virtual meeting, which will be held on 12th–13th October 2021.

The school will be focused on therapies and devices using hybrid concepts in which the classical radiation therapy is nowadays fused with a second approach to establish the current treatment standard. The aim will be presenting the background, practical methodology, state-of-the-art and future developments. All of the lectures will be delivered live (i.e. not pre-recorded).

This two-day event has been accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and awarded 23 CPD credit points. The school is intended for Medical Physicists Experts who wish to expand their knowledge in hybrid radiation therapy approaches. Certificates of attendance will be issued to those who attend the whole course.

Content

Radiation therapy concepts Image guided radiation therapy (IGRT) Adaptive radiation therapy (ART) Surface guided radiation therapy (SGRT) Brachytherapy

Organisers

Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School),

Christoph Bert and Jose Perez-Calatayud (Scientific Co-Chairs)

Efi Koutsouveli and Thomas Amorgianiotis (EFOMP online platforms)  

2021 Artificial Intelligence

This one day satellite meeting will be held in conjunction with the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics and teaching sessions covering the main topics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and focusing mainly on Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL).

These methods are becoming increasingly essential in the field of medical physics and healthcare in general. The methods are also developing fast and there is a clear need to provide training of the fundamentals and recent findings concerning AI/ML/DL techniques to medical physicists in Europe. 

This is the motivation to create this ESMPE module. The event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics) and is intended for practising clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in any of our sub-fields. The main lecture topics are related to radiology and radiation therapy applications. 

Organizers: Mika Kortesniemi, Annalisa Trianni (Scientific Chairs)  Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School)

2020-2021 Webinars and Masterclasses joint EFOMP-EUTEMPE

Providing experts in the field of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiologic Physics with high-quality practical (EQF8) training is what the EUTEMPE team stands for. Unfortunately, COVID-19 is preventing us from doing this in the way we love: welcoming you to our facilities where you interact with our experts and gain practical experience, top level knowledge, skills and competencies. However, our aim of sharing our knowledge to help colleagues in our field grow as medical physicists has not changed!  We just needed to find other ways to do this!  Hence, we are very happy to announce a series of EFOMP-EUTEMPE didactic webinars, followed by online masterclasses, which are free of charge. The webinars will be in a familiar format, introducing a specific subject by means of a presentation, with room for interaction with the lecturers. The online masterclass for each topic will follow on two weeks after the original webinar. The masterclasses, which have a greater number of educational hours, will provide the opportunity to delve deeper into the subject, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the topic and helping cement the knowledge gained.  The Masterclasses will consist of a mix of (short) lectures and short (group) assignments, and they will be highly interactive!

EUTEMPE Organisers: Danielle Dobbe, Ruben van Engen 

EFOMP Organisers: Paddy Gilligan, Efi Koutsouveli, David Lurie 

2020 Webinar Series: Medical Physicists during the Covid19 pandemic

The aim of the series of talks was to bring Medical Physicists closer together during the Covid19  first and second wave in 2020, discuss new working processes and practices, issues arising in our working environments, share approaches to providing physics services through the pandemic, define novel strategies and prepare ourselves for the challenges to come. 

Following on from EFOMP president's Marco Brambilla’s communication on the corona virus in March 2020, it became clear that many physicists were having similar experiences in adapting their medical physics service in the Covid19 era. It was also evident that sharing of good scientific knowledge and experience would help defeat the virus (or instead perhaps “would help in the fight against the virus”).

The webinars are organised by IAPM (Irish Association of Medical Physicists) and EFOMP with contribution from the Medical Physics societies of Germany, The Netherlands, Sweden and UK. Lectures have a duration of 45 minutes and 15 minutes discussion with audience interaction and polls.

EFOMP Organizers: Paddy Gilligan, Efi Koutsouveli, David Lurie.

2020 ESMPE Winter: Particle Therapy: State of the art and future developments

EFOMP would like to invite you to the next ESMPE in Particle Therapy: State of the art and future developments. The school will be organized as a 2-day virtual meeting, which will be held on 10th-11th December 2020.

The school will be focused on the Medical Physics aspects of Particle Therapy and will be aimed at presenting the state-of-the-art and future developments in Particle Therapy.

This two-day event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as a CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and is intended for Medical Physicists Experts who wish to expand their knowledge in Particle Therapy. Certificates of attendance will be given to those who attend the whole course.

2020 ESMPE Winter : Innovation in Technology in Nuclear Medicine

The EFOMP, EANM (The European Association of Nuclear Medicine) and COCIR (The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry) in collaboration with the Czech Association of Medical Physicists and the Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation of Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague would like to present the  ESMPE e-learning course on Nuclear Medicine 2020. 

During the course advanced tasks connected to molecular imaging related to methods, detector technology and the main physics aspects of multimodal PET and SPECT imaging systems, patient dosimetry and optimization are discussed.

This edition is jointly organized by EFOMP, ESMIT and COCIR. Lecturers identified by COCIR will give insides on the new scientific trends for novel PET and SPECT equipments.

The first day is dedicated to SPECT, the second to PET, the third is both.  New developments of digital PET are presented. In the first two days in the morning scientific lectures from Physics prospective are presented and later scientific lectures by Industry 

This two-and-half day event were accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in the Nuclear Medicine Imaging field. 

Organizers: Adriaan Lammertsma , Stefaan Vandenberghe (Scientific Chairs), Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School) ,Jaroslav Ptácek, Tereza Hanušová (CAMP)

e-learning editing :  AVC-ČVUT, z.s. and Christos Alexakos (EFOMP Web Master)

e-learning supervisor : Alberto Torresin

2019 ESMPE Winter: Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry, Practical approach

The ESMPE will organise medical physics education and training events specifically targeted towards Medical Physicists who are already MPEs or would like to achieve MPE status.

These events are open to all European Medical Physicists and will be accredited by an independent body to ensure that they are at the required educational level, i.e., Level 8 of the European Qualifications Framework. 

The ESMPE is committed to document, implement and maintain a quality management system and continually improve its effectiveness in order to assure a quality service to individuals attending the School.

Organizers: Jaroslav Ptáček, Tereza Kráčmerova (Czech Republic), Manuel Bardiès (Scientific Chair), Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School)

e-learning editing AVC-ČVUT, z.s. and Christos Alexakos (EFOMP Web Master)

e-learning supervisor : Alberto Torresin

2019 ESMPE Summer: State of the Art and new trends of Angiographic equipment: Image Quality, Patient and Staff Dosimetry

The EFOMP and COCIR (The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry) in collaboration with the Czech Association of Medical Physicists and the Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation of Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague would like to present the ESMPE e-learning course on Interventional Radiology 2019, obtained from the school's registration of EFOMP Summer School 2019.

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks connected with Angiographic Equipment. The school will particularly focus on advanced tasks , covering the main physics aspects of the angiographic equipment technology, patient and staff dosimetry and optimization.

The School is jointly organized by EFOMP and COCIR and is endorsed by ESR. Lecturers identified by COCIR will give insides on the new trends for angiographic equipment.

The two-and-half day event has been accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and awarded 34 CPD credit points (25 CPD credit points for those who do not sit for or do not pass the examination) and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in the Interventional field.

EFOMP and ESMPE hugely wish to thank all the speakers who  have dedicated and shared some of their  valuable and precious  time to the success of this experience for the  benefit and professional growth of our MPE Community. We look forward to welcoming them again.

Organizers: Jaroslav Ptáček, Tereza Kráčmerova (Czech Republic), Annalisa Trianni (Scientific Chair), Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School)

e-learning editing: AVC-ČVUT, z.s. and Christos Alexakos (EFOMP Web Master)

e-learning supervisor: Alberto Torresin

2019 ESMPE Autumn: Treatment Planning Systems

The EFOMP and COCIR (The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry) in collaboration with the Polish Society for Medical Physics (PSMP) prepared the  ESMPE e-learning course on Radiotherapy 2019.

The course was endorsed by ESTRO.

The audio and video material comes from the "in vivo recording" of the ESMPE Autumn School 2019.

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks connected with the use of Treatment Planning systems in radiotherapy planning. The school will cover the main physics aspects of the input data to treatment planning systems, an overview of the main dose calculation approaches, use of imaging in RT planning and delivery and future developments.

This edition is jointly organized by EFOMP and COCIR:lecturers identified by COCIR will give insides on the technical solution adopted by manufacturers in the relevant fields of dose calculation and optimization.

This two-and-half day event has been accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) as CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 8 and awarded 33 CPD credit points (25 CPD credit points for those who do not sit for or do not pass the examination) and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in radiotherapy treatment planning.

EFOMP and ESMPE hugely wish to thank all the speakers who  have dedicated and shared some of their  valuable and precious  time to the success of this experience for the  benefit and professional growth of our MPE Community. We look forward to welcoming them again.

Organizers: Brendan McClean (Scientific Chair), Pawel Kukolowicz and Anna Zawadzka (Polish Society), Efi Koutsouveli (ESMPE Board),  Alberto Torresin (Chair of the School)

e-learning editingAVC-ČVUT, z.s. and Christos Alexakos (EFOMP Web Master)

e-learning supervisor : Alberto Torresin

2018 ESMPE Winter: Computed Tomography. Technology, Dosimetry, Optimization

The EFOMP and COCIR (The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical and Healthcare IT Industry) in collaboration with the Czech Association of Medical Physicists and the Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation of Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague would like to present the  ESMPE e-learning course on Computed Tomogaphy.

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks connected with Computed Tomography. The school will cover the main physics aspects of the CT technology, Dosimetry and Optimization.

This edition is jointly organized by EFOMP and COCIR. Lecturers identified by COCIR will give insides on the technical solution adopted by manufacturers in the relevant fields of CT dose reduction and optimization.

This two-and-half day event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board of Accreditation for Medical Physics) and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in Computed Tomography. As in last year’s school, there will be an optional examination at the end for those seeking a higher level of certification beyond attendance.

EFOMP and ESMPE hugely wish to thank all the speakers who  have dedicated and shared some of their  valuable and precious  time to the success of this experience for the  benefit and professional growth of our MPE Community. We look forward to welcoming them again.

Organizers: Jaroslav Ptácek, Tereza Hanušová (Czech Republic), Mika Kortesniemi (Scientific Chair), Marco Brambilla (Chair of the School)

e-learning editing :  Alberto Torresin and Christos Alexakos (EFOMP Web Master)

e-learning supervisor : Alberto Torresin

2018 ESMPE Summer: Statistics in Medical Physics

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks connected with the application of statistics in Medical Physics.

This one day satellite meeting will be held in conjunction with the 2nd European Congress of Medical Physics and will cover the methods most frequently used in medical statistics.

The event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics) and is intended for practising clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in data management and research.

EFOMP and ESMPE hugely wish to thank all the speakers who  have dedicated and shared some of their  valuable and precious  time to the success of this experience for the  benefit and professional growth of our MPE Community. We look forward to welcoming them again.

Organizers: Marco Brambilla (Scientific Chair and Chair of the School), Peter Sharp

e-learning editing :  Alberto Torresin and Christos Alexakos (EFOMP Web Master)

e-learning supervisor : Alberto Torresin

2018 ESMPE Summer: IMRT&VMAT Planning in practice

The school will be aimed at improving the skills in the ­field of the inverse planning for IMRT and VMAT in daily clinical practice.

This one day satellite meeting will be held in conjunction with the 2nd European Congress of Medical Physics and teaching sessions covering the main topics of inverse planning will provide the background for live exercises using clinical cases.

The event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics) and is intended for practising clinical Medical Physicists who are involved in radiotherapy treatment planning.

Topics:

Objective functions for IMRT planning: physical and biological optimizationPractical IMRT/VMAT planningKnowledge Based treatment planningManaging tradeoffs in radiation therapy: the multicriteria optimization

EFOMP and ESMPE hugely wish to thank all the speakers who  have dedicated and shared some of their  valuable and precious  time to the success of this experience for the  benefit and professional growth of our MPE Community. We look forward to welcoming them again.

Organizers: Brendan McClean (Scientific Chair), Gianfranco Loi, Eva Samsøe, Marco Brambilla (Chair of the School)

e-learning editing :  Alberto Torresin and Christos Alexakos (EFOMP Web Master)

e-learning supervisor : Alberto Torresin

2018 ESMPE Summer: Fundamentals of Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry

The school will be aimed at introducing the most recent aspects of Nuclear Medicine Dosimetry.

This one day satellite meeting will be held in conjunction with the 2nd European Congress of Medical Physics.

The event will be accredited by EBAMP (European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics) and is intended for practising clinical Medical Physicists who are involved, or intend to be involved, in Nuclear Medicine dosimetry.

The event is under the auspices of the EANM.

Topics:

The MIRD formalism for radiopharmaceutical dosimetry Diagnostic dosimetry Activity determination Cumulated activity assessment Absorbed dose algorithms Absorbed dose effect Bone marrow dosimetry Dosimetry for PRRT Preclinical dosimetry Monte-Carlo modelling in nuclear Medicine

EFOMP and ESMPE hugely wish to thank all the speakers who  have dedicated and shared some of their  valuable and precious  time to the success of this experience for the  benefit and professional growth of our MPE Community. We look forward to welcoming them again.

Organizers: Manuel Bardiès (Scientific Chair), Marta Cremonesi, Marco Brambilla (Chair of the School)

e-learning editing :  Alberto Torresin and Christos Alexakos (EFOMP Web Master)

e-learning supervisor : Alberto Torresin

2013 ESMPE Summer: Clinical Medical Device Management: Specification, Acceptance testing, Commissioning, QC and Advanced applications in Whole-body PET/CT

The Czech Association of Medical Physicists in collaboration with EFOMP and Department of Dosimetry and Application of Ionizing Radiation of Faculty of Nuclear Sciences and Physical Engineering, Czech Technical University in Prague would would like to present the ESMPE e-learning course on the EFOMP School for Medical Physics Experts - Prague, Summer 2013. 

The school will be aimed at advanced tasks related to PET/CT - from specification of PET/CT system properties to image reconstruction, fusion and evaluation. This two-and-half day event will be an EFOMP accredited one and is intended for practicing clinical Medical Physicists who want to become a Medical Physics Expert in Nuclear Medicine.

EFOMP and ESMPE hugely wish to thank all the speakers who  have dedicated and shared some of their  valuable and precious  time to the success of this experience for the  benefit and professional growth of our MPE Community. We look forward to welcoming them again.

Organizers: Jaroslav Ptacek, Martin Steiner (Czech Republic) Carmel Caruana, Marco Brambilla, Alberto Torresin, Peter Sharp, Stelios Christofides (EFOMP)

e-learning editing:  Jaroslav Ptáček, Alberto Torresin

e-learning supervisor: Alberto Torresin

EFOMP Special Interest Group Radionuclide Internal Dosimetry "Dosimetry Case Report meeting: Bone marrow dosimetry

 Dosimetry Case Report Meeting on bone marrow dosimetry: 'Image-Based Bone Marrow Dosimetry Following ¹⁷⁷Lu-DOTATATE Treatment: Pitfalls of Low Activity Concentrations and Bone Metastases'