2025 Global Medical Physics Continuing Education Course This course is designed to empower practicing medical physicists by refreshing didactic knowledge and enhancing fundamental expertise in medical physics. Course Highlights: ·         Endorsed by: AAPM, FAMPO, and IOMP ·         Co-organized by: The Global Medical Physics Education and Training Committee (GMPETC) of the AAPM, FAMPO, GSMP, and NAMP ·         Format: Following th ..read more

Dear Colleagues, Medical Physics for World Benefit (MPWB) is pleased to invite you to our upcoming MPWB Webinar Series 2025 session: Tuesday, March 18, 2025 ⏰ 09:00 ET | 13:00 GMT | 15:00 CET Topic: Quality Assurance for Imaging in Radiotherapy Speaker: Dr. Ramiro Pino (USA) Moderators: Sarah Ashmeg & Arjit Baghwala Register here: MPWB Webinar Registration Dr. Ramiro Pino is a Chief Radiation Physicist, Director of the Medical Physics Residency Program, Houston Methodist Hospital, Texas. Associate Professor of Medical Physics at the Academic Institute, Houston Meth ..read more

Dear members and friends of MPWB,  Thanks a lot to those who have attended one of our two Annual General Meetings (AGMs). I hope you found it informative and we would love to get feedback in particular regarding things we can improve.  This is my last message as MPWB president and I am delighted to hand over to Afua Yorke who is a great person coming with new ideas while knowing the organisation well and building on present strengths. MPWB will enter 2025 with a new structure involving a management committee and a few other working groups which will allow more members to get involved ..read more

News Brief: Friday, December 23, 2024 Thank you to everyone who participated in the International Day of Medical Physics Poem Competition this year! We received 9 inspiring entries that celebrated the field of medical physics. We are excited to announce the winners of this year’s competition, as announced during the AGM. Each of the following winners will receive a pair of MPWB socks as a token of our appreciation for their outstanding submissions: Malamati Gkaravela Alberto Pérez Rozos Andrew Zwaniga Congratulations to the winners! Your contributions have highlighte ..read more

Medical Physics for World Benefit (MPWB) Canada & MPWB USA invite all members to attend the upcoming Annual General Meeting. Two identical sessions will be offered to accommodate our global membership. Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024 Times: 6:00 am ET (11AM GMT) and 3:00 pm ET (8PM GMT) Platform: Zoom Purpose: Join us as we discuss the past year's accomplishments, current projects, and strategic priorities for the future. Your input and engagement are vital to our continued success. AGM Agenda Welcome and Review of Agenda (Tomas Kron) Review and Approva ..read more

News Brief: Friday, December 23, 2024 Thank you to everyone who participated in the International Day of Medical Physics Poem Competition this year! We received 9 inspiring entries that celebrated the field of medical physics. We are excited to announce the winners of this year’s competition, as announced during the AGM. Each of the following winners will receive a pair of MPWB socks as a token of our appreciation for their outstanding submissions: Malamati Gkaravela Alberto Pérez Rozos Andrew Zwaniga Congratulations to the winners! Your contributions have highlighte ..read more

Medical Physics for World Benefit (MPWB) Canada & MPWB USA invite all members to attend the upcoming Annual General Meeting. Two identical sessions will be offered to accommodate our global membership. Date: Thursday, December 5, 2024 Times: 6:00 am ET (11AM GMT) and 3:00 pm ET (8PM GMT) Platform: Zoom Purpose: Join us as we discuss the past year's accomplishments, current projects, and strategic priorities for the future. Your input and engagement are vital to our continued success. AGM Agenda Welcome and Review of Agenda (Tomas Kron) Review and Approva ..read more

To celebrate International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP), November 7, Medical Physics for World Benefits (MPWB) is holding a competition for medical physicists all over the world. We are launching a Poem competition. Poems should have some relation to medical physics and consist of no more than 14 lines, which fits anything from Haikus to Sonnets. Contributions can be in any language – if in a language other than English please attempt to provide also an English translation and more importantly an audio recording of the Poem to allow the judges to appreciate rhythm and sound. Anyone can co ..read more

Dear colleagues and friends, Volunteer organisations such as MPWB are an interesting lot. I had the privilege to be involved with a few medical physics ones and find some common features which are both challenging and encouraging: 1.       Working with colleagues who share similar expertise, experiences and aspirations is a privilege and pleasure. 2.       Most of us have daytime jobs – I am always aware that there is so much more I could do for MPWB (alas, there are risks to control, people to manage, QA to be organised and ..read more

Speaker: Dr. Samantha Simiele (USA) Moderators: Sarah Ashmeg and Arjit Baghwala Date: Tuesday, 24 th September Time: 09:00 ET (15:00 CET) The registration link for the webinar is here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_pnZl3_xBSSa6NO7PFXpICA Dr. Samantha Simiele is the Chief of Brachytherapy at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is an active member of the American Brachytherapy Society and the American Association of Physicists in Medicine. She is a member of the AAPM’s Working Group on Medical Errors in Brachytherapy and has co-authored multiple medical p ..read more