Webinar Series
EFOMP-COCIR Webinars
A series of EFOMP-COCIR webinars are planned in March - July 2021.
Standards play a crucial part in our lives. In healthcare, standards have an indispensable role for the proper functioning of medical devices, for correct transmission of information, for therapy, for monitoring and support in treatment, and much more. Thus, standards help manufacturers to produce safe medical devices with constant high quality and, as such, help competent authorities to ensure that medical devices in their country provide the performance they want for their citizens.
All stakeholders are invited to participate in the drafting of international standards so that the requirements in these standards get the widest possible support. The rules under which standards are developed in IEC reflect six principles: openness, transparency, impartiality and consensus, effectiveness and relevance, coherence, and development dimension. This is to make sure that the result reflects the state of the art, regardless whether the experts are from industry, medical practice, test institutes, or authorities. Decisions come through voting by the National Committees. Having multiple rounds of commenting, redrafting, and voting, the standards mature to a level that is relevant for all stakeholders.
Organisers
Efi Koutsouveli, Emer Kenny, Loredana Marcu, Riccardo Corridori
Email: webinars@efomp.org
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ΕFOMP/ COCIR webinar |
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March 19, 2021 12.00 - 13.30 CET |
IEC overview: the importance for the MPE community |
Remy Klausz, Regina Geierhofer, COCIR Loredana Marcu, Alberto Torresin, EFOMP
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April 16, 2021 12.00 - 13.30 CET |
IEC standards for radiotherapy equipment |
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May 20, 2021 12.00 - 13.30 CET |
IEC standards for nuclear medicine equipment |
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TBA | IEC standards for diagnostic imaging equipmen |
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TBA | IEC standards for radiation dosimetry equipment | |
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TBA | IEC standards for electrical equipment, electrical systems and software equipment |
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ECMP2020 Warm-Up webinar
The Congress Planning Committee of the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP2020) is announcing a warmup webinar.
“AI in Medical Physics” (1.5 h)
Thursday 28th January 2021 at 12:00 CET
This “warm-up webinar” is a precursor to the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP 2020) which will take place in June 2021.
As the amount of data gathered in healthcare has shown an exponential increase, the need for more efficient and versatile ways to utilise that data has become a highly topical challenge. Artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a rapidly evolving front of different methods and algorithms to take on that challenge. Such methods may take us even further, to renew our entire field of science. Working at the boundary between physics, informatics and medicine, we – medical physicists – will play an essential role in the implementation of AI in healthcare. However, to face this change gracefully and adapt to it we should recognize the impact of AI on our profession. This will be our first topic in the webinar. As the second topic, we will take a look at the clinical future, to see how increasing data and AI can be used to predict clinical outcomes.
In this webinar we are very fortunate to have two expert speakers who are actively working in this area. After the talks, there will be time for discussion with the speakers. We hope you will enjoy this ECMP warm-up event!
Programme
Chair introduction: Mika Kortesniemi (5 min)
Introductory talk: “The impact of AI on our profession”, Federica Zanca (20 min)
Scientific talk: “Using Big Data and AI on predicting clinical outcomes”, Leonard Wee (45 min)
Discussion: Federica Zanca & Leonard Wee & Mika Kortesniemi (15 min)
General information on the forthcoming ECMP and closing of the webinar, Mika Kortesniemi (5 min)
Webinar videorecordings will be permanently accessible via EFOMP's elearning platform
Organisers
Mika Kortesniemi, David Lurie, Efi Koutsouveli, Paddy Gilligan
Email: webinars@efomp.org
EFOMP-EUTEMPE Webinars
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!
We’re looking forward to seeing you online soon!
Organisers
Danielle Dobbe, Ruben van Engen, Paddy Gilligan, Efi Koutsouveli, David Lurie
Email: webinars@efomp.org
Webinar videorecordings will be permanently accessible via EFOMP's elearning platform
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EFOMP/ EUTEMPE webinar |
EUTEMPE online Masterclass |
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Oct 13, 2020 12.00 CET |
Oct 29, 2020 12.30 - 14.30 CET |
Webinar & Masterclass: |
Danielle Dobbe, Dutch Expert Centre for Screening Nijmegen, The Netherlands |
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Nov 10, 2020 |
Nov 24, 2020 |
Webinar: Masterclass: |
Hilde Bosmans & Nicholas Marshall Leuven, Belgium |
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Dec 8, 2020 |
Dec 22, 2020 |
Webinar: The philosophy of QC protocols Available at e-learning platform Masterclass: Digging deeper: The why behind a quality control protocol and how to adapt to varying realities |
Ruben van Engen Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Ruben van Engen & Ioannis Sechopoulos Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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Jan 12, 2021 |
Feb 2, 2021 |
Webinar: An introduction to strategic and robust leadership in medical physics Available at e-learning platform Masterclass: Medical physics leadership – real world case studies from the trenches |
Carmel Caruana, Msida, Malta |
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Feb 23, 2021 |
March 9, 2021 |
Webinar: Personnel Dosimetry – a first step to radiation protection of the staff Masterclass: Personnel Dosimetry – two steps ahead |
Markus Borowski, Braunschweig, Germany Martin Fiebich, Giessen, Germany
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March 23, 2021 |
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A guided tour of x-ray CT through dosimetry and image quality assessment |
John Damilakis, Irakleion, Greece |
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May 11, 2021 |
May 25, 2021 |
Webinar: Beyond X-ray tubes: Innovation in radiological imaging with monochromatic sources Masterclass: Emerging technologies and challenges for future radiological applications |
Paolo Cardarelli Ferrara, Italy Angelo Taibi & Paolo Cardarelli Ferrara, Italy |
Lockdown Webinars
The aim of these lockdown talks was to bring Medical Physicists closer together during the Covid-19 time and discuss new working arrangements and challenges in diagnosis and treatment, issues arising in our working environments, novel strategies applied and lessons learned that may improve our practices and services in the future.
Following on from EFOMP president's Marco Brambilla’s communication on the corona virus , it became clear that many physicists were having similar experiences in adapting their medical physics service in the covid Covid-19 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.
Videorecordings will be permanently accessible via EFOMP's elearning platform
Organisers
Paddy Gilligan, Efi Koutsouveli, David Lurie
Email: webinars@efomp.org
7th Lockdown event
"CT Lung Cancer Screening"
Prof. Jim Malone, WHO Consultant - Robert Boyle Professor (Emeritus), Trinity College, Dublin - John Tuffy & Dr. Paula Byrne, Regional Manager, Ionising Radiation & Health Services Researcher, respectively, Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) - Dr. Choonsik Lee Senior Investigator, Dosimetry Unit Head, National Cancer Institute, USA - Dr. Anne Marie Baird, Research Fellow, Trinity, Translational Medicine Institute, President of Lung Cancer, Europe
Thursday 22nd, October 2020 14:00-16:15 CET
6th Lockdown event
"The new normal for medical physics keeping yourself and your patients safe"
Martin Cormican, Consultant Microbiologist, National Clinical Lead for HCAI and AMR, Professor of Bacteriology at NUI Galway, Ireland
Tuesday 30th, June 2020 13:00 CET
5th Lockdown event
"Implementing a system for automated, remote quality assurance in CT, Radiography and Mammography"
Erik Tesselaar, Linköping University Hospital, Sweden - Liz Keavey, Irish Breast Screening Service, Ireland
Tuesday 12th, May 2020
4th Lockdown event
"Radiotherapy Physics during the pandemic: Short term changes and longer term possibilities"
Brendan McClean, St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network, Ireland - Holger Wirtz, Lake of Constance Radiation Oncology Center, Germany
Tuesday 5th, May 2020
3rd Lockdown event
“SAR vs SARS, MRI and PPE in the time of COVID”
Nigel Davies, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS, UK - Niall Colgan, NUI Galway, Ireland - Cormac McGrath, Northern Ireland Regional Medical Physics Service, Ireland
Tuesday 28th, April 2020
2nd Lockdown event
“A primer on ventilators and organ support systems for medical physicists during the COVID crisis”
Fran Hegarty, New Children's Hospital, Ireland - Carola van Pul, Maxima Medical Center, Netherlands
Tuesday 21st, April 2020
1st Lockdown event
“Risk Assessment for Mobile Radiography Outside Intensive Care Units”
Lynn Gaynor, Beaumont Hospital, Ireland
Tuesday 14th, April 2020