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SUMMARY:Review of Medical Physics in Africa
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Stephen Inkoom (Radiation Protection Institute\, Gha
 na Atomic Energy Commission )\nThis talk is is actually this month's PHYSI
 CS MATTERS presentation of the American Physical Society (APS) Forum on In
 ternational Physics (FIP).  \n\nThis talk has its [separate registration a
 nd Zoom link][1]..\n\n\n**Abstract:**\nMedical physics (MP) has been an in
 dispensable and strategic stakeholder in the delivery of healthcare in Afr
 ica\, with immense support to diagnostic radiology (DR)\, nuclear medicine
  (NM) and radiotherapy (RT).\n\nThere are eleven (11) countries that have 
 MP academic programmes and seven (7) that have clinical training programme
 s in Africa\, by the use of a harmonized curriculum developed by the Inter
 national Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)\, with additional support from the tr
 aining of medical physicists through the International Centre for Theoreti
 cal Physics (ICTP) in Trieste\, Italy\, where one hundred and twenty-four 
 (124) ICTP medical physics graduates have been trained since 2014/15 to 20
 23/24 for ten (10) cycles.\n\nThe Federation of African Medical Physicist 
 Organisations (FAMPO) was established in 2009\, and the Federation’s act
 ivities are extended throughout Africa and the local Islands in the Region
 . FAMPO promotes MP Professional Practice\, Education and Training\, Resea
 rch and Development within Africa. FAMPO region has more than 1\,200 Medic
 al Physicists for a population of about 1.3 billion. About sixty percent (
 60%) of MPs are in radiotherapy (RT)\; 30% in Medical Imaging\; 10% in Res
 earch & Industry. With respect to Medical Physicist recognition in Africa\
 , only six (6) of the fifty-four (54) African countries have legislative r
 ecognition for MPs.\n\nFor the future\, FAMPO would continue to strengthen
  collaboration with National Member Organizations and members\, advocate f
 or legislative recognition of medical physicists\, enhance education and t
 raining opportunities for medical physicists\, collaborate with key bodies
  and institutions such as the International Organisation for Medical Physi
 cs (IOMP)\, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)\, American Associati
 on of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM)\, etc. to bridge the knowledge gap and
  equip medical physicists with the skills necessary to meet the growing de
 mands of the field.\n\nIt is expected that these initiatives and partnersh
 ips would promote medical physics profession within the region\, strengthe
 n research and innovation within the medical physics community in Africa\,
  enhance legislative recognition\, and expand and enhance FAMPO’s networ
 k and member engagement.\n\n\n-------------\n**Biography**:\nProf. Stephen
  Inkoom obtained his PhD degree in Medical Physics in 2014 from the Univer
 sity of Ghana. The PhD programme was a sandwich programme between the Univ
 ersity of Ghana and University of Crete\, Greece with support from the Int
 ernational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and the Government of Ghana.\n\nPro
 f. Stephen Inkoom is currently a Deputy Director and Chief Research Scient
 ist at the Radiation Protection Institute of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commi
 ssion. He is also Associate Professor of Medical Physics\, School of Nucle
 ar and Allied Sciences\, University of Ghana. His work focuses on radiatio
 n protection\, medical physics\, and the safe application of nuclear and a
 ccelerator-based technologies in healthcare\, reserach and industry. He is
  actively involved in national and international initiatives supporting ca
 pacity building\, regulation\, and the development of medical physics in A
 frica\, working closely with organizations such as the IAEA and served as 
 a Project Scientific Consultant for IAEA Project RAF9064- Improving the Ca
 pabilities of Member States for Radiation Protection of Member States\, In
 ternational Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP)\, Federation of Africa
 n Medical Physics Organizations (FAMPO) where He serves as the Secratray G
 eneral\, and others to strengthen education\, research\, and clinical prac
 tice of medical physics and radiation protection across the region. As Pro
 ject Coordinator for the NORPART Project\, 20+ Masters and PhD Students be
 nefitted from Students Exchange Programme for students from Universities i
 n Ghana for an Exchange Stay (2018-2023) at the Norwegian University of Sc
 ience and Technology (NTNU)\, Trondheim\, Norway in Medical Physics and Ra
 diation Protection Education. Additionally\, 500+ trainees benefited from 
 Annual Summer Schools in Ghana (2016 – 2023) in Medical Physics and Radi
 ation Protection Education. He has mentored 50+ Medical Physics students f
 rom Africa\, and been playing a Leading role in Medical Physics education 
 and training in Africa. Prof. Stephen Inkoom has 20 years of experience in
  radiation protection and medical physics practice\, providing leadership 
 and mentorship in education and training\, research and professional devel
 opment both in Africa and globally.\n\n\n  [1]: https://apsphysics.zoom.us
 /webinar/register/WN_YuPbgNXfTyuYA0ePH2BZBA#/registration\n\nMore about PH
 YSICS MATTERS\, https://engage.aps.org/fip/resources/activities/physics-ma
 tters\n\nDiscover International Engagement page\, https://www.aps.org/abou
 t/international\n\nand\n    Free possible APS membership (https://www.aps.
 org/membership/join/physicists-worldwide) \n    Free student membership\n 
    More activities available by joining FIP (https://engage.aps.org/fip/ho
 me)\n\nhttps://events.saip.org.za/event/272/contributions/10349/
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