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The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) represents over 16,500 medical physicists worldwide and 76 adhering national member organisations.

The mission of IOMP is to advance medical physics practice worldwide by disseminating scientific and technical information, fostering the educational and professional development of medical physicists, and promoting the highest quality medical services for patients.

LASTEST NEWS and UPDATES

• HTTTG.    The IUPESM has set up a Health Technology and Training Task Group (HTTTG).See http://www.biomedea.org/HTTTG/
• World Congress 2009. Revised dates: 7-12 September 2009. See www.wc2009.org
• Controversies in Medical Physics: a Compendium of Point/Counterpoint Debates. This series of articles in the journal Medical Physics has now been compiled and published. It is available free (open-access) on http://www.aapm.org/pubs/books/PointCounterpointCompendium.pdf
• IOMP Specialist List.

           IOMP is producing a list of medical physicists who are willing to serve as consultants for

          specific medical physics assignments.  See 'IOMP Specialist List' for further details

           and  a form for completion if you wish to be included in the List.  

• Virtual Council Meeting October 2007

           For draft Minutes see Council V Meeting Oct. 2007

• Medicalphysicsweb (http://medicalphysicsweb.org). This website (IOP Publishing) provides the medical physics community with analysis, emerging technologies and clinical applications that underpin medical physics. There's also hot topics and features each week
• Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics (JACMP). This on-line journal of the American College of Medical Physics is now co-sponsored by IOMP. Please visit http://www.jacmp.org
• ‘Review and Way Forward: 2006-2012’. This document reviews the current activities and sets out plans and proposals for the next six years. It was approved by Council at its meeting in the World Congress in August.
• IAEA. New training material on Radiation Protection -  see under Ed. and Training, Also for IAEA International Action Plan Inter on the Radiological Protection of Patients see http://rpop.iaea.org/RPoP/RPoP/Content/About.htm

• Symposium on Medical Physics in Africa. Held at the World Congress in 2006 Abstracts & Talks

 

SPONSORED and ENDORSED MEETINGS.

• American College of Medical Physics (ACMP) Annual meeting. Seattle. May 3-6 2008.See www.acmp.org for details

CONTACT IOMP: See 'Officers' under 'Introduction to IOMP' or email 2008.iomp@iomp.org