Welcome
Welcome to our Virtual International Day of Medical Physics 2021 at the DKFZ. This year´s topic is "Communicating the Role of Medical Physicists to the Public" and we are very happy to explain our daily tasks and challenges in the field of "Medical Physics in Radiation Therapy" to everyone out there.
Our Live-Online-Event is scheduled for Sun. Nov. 07th 2021 from 1 - 2.30pm (CET) (9 - 10.30am in Santiago de Chile; 7 - 8.30pm ICT, Thailand) with national and international colleagues and it is hosted online via Zoom. Participantion is free of charge and everyone who is interested can register online below to get all information about the Live-Online-Event and not to miss any updates here.
This Live-Online-Event is supplemented by short videos. In these videos members of our division give an insight into their daily tasks and challenges on a commonly understandable level. The videos are available below.
Try out and explore the field of Medical Physics in Radiation Therapy!
Our event is hosted by the DKFZ under the auspices of the Heidelberg Institute for Radiation Oncology (HIRO), togehter with our partners (see below).
If you have further questions, please contact us via e-mail at symposium.medphys@dkfz-heidelberg.de
Looking forward to seeing you online on Nov. 07th 2021!
Registration for Live-Online-Event
The registration for our Live-Online-Event is closed.
Speakers
Prof. Paola Caprile Etchart, PhD
Program Leader of the Master's Course "Medical Physics"
Physics Faculty, Pontifical Catholic University Santiago de Chile, Chile
Todsaporn Fuangrod, PhD
Assistant Dean for Research Innovation, Entrepreneurial development and IT
Medical Physics Program, Princess Srisavangavadhana College of Medicine, Chulabhorn Royal Academy
Program
Nov. 07th 2021:
9am (Santiago de Chile)/1pm (CET, Germany)/7pm (ICT, Thailand)
- Oliver Jäkel: The role of Radiation Therapy and Medical Physics
9.30am/1.30pm/7.30pm
- Todsaporn Fuangrod: Direction of Medical Physicist's research towards patient safety in radiation therapy: Thailand's perspective
- Thiansin Liamsuwan: Medical Physics Education: Thailand's perspective
10am/2pm/8pm
- Paola Caprile: Techniques in Radiation Therapy/Medical Physics
10.30am/2.30pm/8.30pm
- Closing
Further videos
Our short pre-recorded videos from members of our participating institutes as well as the recordings of our Live-Online-Event are available on the following websites:
Contact
Anna Moshanina, Marcel Schäfer, Dr. Simone Barthold-Beß
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Please feel free to contact us by email to symposium.medphys@dkfz-heidelberg.de if you have any further questions.
Organizing Team
Anna Moshanina, Dr. Simone Barthold-Beß, Marcel Schäfer
Division of Medical Physics in Radiation Oncology
German Cancer Research Center
Im Neuenheimer Feld 223
DE-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
This event is part of the project "Center of Excellence in Investigation and Teaching" at Heidelberg Center Latin America (HCLA) which is funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.
