Webinar Series 2020-2021
Webinar and masterclass videorecordings will be permanently accessible via EFOMP's elearning platform
NACP webinar series "QA and Patient Dosimetry in Radiology"
About NACP-RPC
The Nordic Association for Clinical Physics (NACP) is an umbrella organization for all medical physicists working in the Nordic countries. One of the sub-committees of the NACP is the Radiological Physics committee (RPC), which have been organizing courses in diagnostic physics every 2 years for the past decade. This year the course will be digital for the first time, and the topic will be “Quality Assurance and Patient Dosimetry in Radiology”. The course is constructed as a series of webinars (5 webinars, 3 hours each) from October to December 2021, and the webinars will be hosted by EFOMP using the GoToWebinar platform. We have a great variety of speakers from both inside and outside the Nordic countries.
Purpose of the course
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.
Who is the course meant for?
The RPC-course is mainly aimed at medical physicists working in radiology. The topics are especially suitable for physicists who are still in training, but historically we have had participation from medical physics experts (MPEs), radiographers, radiologists and technicians. The digital platform has support for up to 500 participants. This year’s course is mainly suitable for diagnostic physicists due to the QA-related topics, but this time we expect more participants from outside the Nordic countries.
Thie programme has been accredited by EBAMP as CPD event for Medical Physicists at EQF Level 7 and awarded 23 CPD credit points.
Organisers: NACP
Daniel Aadnevik, Ahmed Jibril Abdi, Mika Kortesniemi, Touko Kaasalainen, Angelica Svalkvist, Joanna Sierpowska
Email: webinars@efomp.org
IMPORTANT: Please note that the GoToWebinar platform is software-based. This means that you will be prompted to download the GTW Opener (.exe) when joining the webinar. If your workplace does not support downloading this software, please use your personal computers when attending the webinars.
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NACP webinar |
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Oct 5, 2021 12.00 - 15.00 CET
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Opening and chair introduction, Mika Kortesniemi (10 min) New frontiers of medical physics in dosimetry and quality, Ehsan Samei (45 min) How we should adapt the medical physicist training to embrace future challenges?, Crister Ceberg (30 min) Discussion (15 min) Sponsor's talk, Siemens Healthineers (20 min) Break (5 min) Practicals, Sweden, Swedish national QA project (60 min) Closing, Mika Kortesniemi (5 min) |
Mika Kortesniemi/FI Ehsan Samei/USACrister Ceberg/SE Henrik Sundstrom/SE |
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Oct 19, 2021 12.00 - 15.00 CET |
Opening and chair introduction, Angelica Svalkvist (10 min) Evolving Quality Assurance process and methods in X-ray modalities, Hilde Bosmans (45 min) Automation of image based quality controls, Ellen Wasbø (30 min) Discussion (15 min) Sponsor's talk, Philips (20 min) Break (5 min) Practicals, Finland, QA of CBCT (60 min) Closing, Angelica Svalkvist (5 min) |
Angelica Svalkvist/SE Hilde Bosmans/ BE Ellen Wasbø/SE
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Nov 2, 2021 12.00 - 15.00 CET |
Opening and chair introduction, Touko Kaasalainen, (10 min) Patient dose tracking, DRLs and national dose registries, Sue Edyvean (45 min) Experience of dose and protocol management system, Heli Larjava (30 min) Discussion (15 min) Sponsor's talk, GE: ”GE Introduces Revolution Ascend with effortless workflow and Digital Solutions” (20 min) Break (5 min) Practicals, Norway (60 min) Closing, Touko Kaasalainen (5 min) |
Touko Kaasalainen/FI Sue Edyvean/UK Antti Kotiaho/FI
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Nov 16, 2021 12.00 - 15.00 CET |
Opening and chair introduction, Daniel Aadnevik (10 min) Image quality assessment and application of Model Observers and AI, Irene Hernández-Girón (45 min) Automatic AI based radiography image quality analysis from clinical data, Juha Peltonen (30 min) Discussion (15 min) Sponsor's talk, Canon: “How can AI-based technologies reduce radiation dose and improve image quality in CT?” (20 min) Break (5 min) Practicals: 60 min Closing, Daniel Aadnevik (5 min) |
Daniel Aadnevik/NO Irene Hernández-Girón/NL Juha Peltonen/FI
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Dec 07, 2021 12.00 - 15.00 CET |
Opening and chair introduction, Ahmed Abdi (10 min) Developing DICOM standard for patient dosimetry, Annalisa Trianni (45 min) Patient specific dosimetry, Jonas Andersson (30 min) Discussion (15 min) Sponsor's talk; RTI Group Presenter: Erik Wikström (SE) Title: “New tools and methods for challenging QA testing” (20 min) Break (5 min) Practicals, Finland, Patient specific dosimetry (60 min) Closing, Ahmed Abdi (5 min) |
Ahmed Abdi/DK Annalisa Trianni/IT Jonas Andersson/SE
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EFOMP-COCIR Webinars
A series of EFOMP-COCIR webinars are planned in March - November 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, Lorenzo Mazzoni, Irene Polycarpou, Loredana Marcu, Riccardo Corridori
Email: webinars@efomp.org
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ΕFOMP/ COCIR webinar |
Topic |
Lecturers-Panelists |
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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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2 |
May 20, 2021 12.00 - 13.30 CET |
IEC standards for radiotherapy equipment |
Inger-Lena Lamm, EFOMP Thomas Jakob, COCIR |
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3 |
November 26, 2021 12.00 - 13.30 CET |
IEC standards for diagnostic imaging equipment |
Remy Klausz, COCIR
Andreas Schaller, COCIR |
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4 |
TBC |
IEC standards for nuclear medicine equipment |
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5 |
TBC |
IEC standards for radiation dosimetry equipment | |
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6 |
TBC |
IEC standards for electrical equipment, electrical systems and software equipment |
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ECMP2020 Warm-Up webinars
The Congress Planning Committee of the 3rd European Congress of Medical Physics (ECMP2020) is organising warmup webinars as precursor to the Congress which will take place in June 2021.
Organisers
Mika Kortesniemi, Efi Koutsouveli, David Lurie, Brendan McClean
Email: webinars@efomp.org
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EFOMP-ECMP webinar |
Topic |
Lecturers-Panelists |
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January 28, 2021 12:00 - 13:30 CET |
AI in Medical Physics |
Federica Zanca, Leuven, Belgium Leonard Wee, Maastricht, Netherlands Mika Kortesniemi, Helsinki, Finland |
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April 23, 2021 12:00 - 13:30 CET |
PROTON & FLASH Radiotherapy - Challenges and Opportunities |
Joao Seco, Heidelberg, Germany Kristoffer Petersson, Oxford, UK Brendan McClean, Dublin, Ireland Mika Kortesniemi, Helsinki, Finland |
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
Email: webinars@efomp.org
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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, 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 Available at e-learning platform 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 Available at e-learning platform Masterclass: Emerging technologies and challenges for future radiological applications |
Paolo Cardarelli Ferrara, Italy Angelo Taibi & Paolo Cardarelli Ferrara, Italy |
| 8 | June 22, 2021 |
Webinar: What do the results of MTF and NPS mean in quality control testing? |
Alistair Mackenzie UK |
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