The school will provide an overview of radiation biology, from the basics models to the clinically applied models such as the LQM. In addition, the course reviews the impact of oxygen in radiation therapy of tissues/cells. 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 Radiotherapy.
Faculty
Joao Seco German Cancer Research Center, DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
Iuliana Toma-Dasu Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
Thomas Schmidt TUM, Munich, Germany
Francesca Ballarini Universita di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Christian Karger DKFZ, Heidelberg, Germany
Emily Kjellsson Lindblom Stockholm University and Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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 patients
- Contribution 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)
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)
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)
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
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)
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.
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.
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 editing : AVC-ČVUT, z.s. and Christos Alexakos (EFOMP Web Master)
e-learning supervisor : Alberto Torresin
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 optimization
- Practical IMRT/VMAT planning
- Knowledge Based treatment planning
- Managing 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