Latest News 

New Chief Executive for the Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine

16 May 2012: Rosemary Cook CBE will be joining IPEM in August following the retirement of Robert Neilson

 

Opportunity to join the Healthcare Science Programme Board

10 May 2012: Chief scientific officer Professor Sue Hill is looking to expand employer representation on the Healthcare Science Programme Board (HCSPB) and is seeking HRDs and workforce directors to volunteer for consideration

 

Follow the latest developments in Modernising Scientific Careers via the new NSHCS website

09 May 2012: You can now sign up to follow the National School of Healthcare Science’s website to get the latest news on MSC education programmes

 

Free Media Workshop for Early Career Physical Scientists and Engineers

03 May 2012: Five places are reserved for IPEM members at a Sense About Science Media Workshop at the Society of Chemical Industry in London on Friday 25th May - apply now!

 

New international e-zine on medical physics from IOMP

01 May 2012: Download the latest news from the International Organisation for Medical Physics

 

The Lancet: “The influence of physics on medicine will make healthcare predictive, preventive, and personalized”

20 April 2012: A series on medical physics in The Lancet this week examines the critical contribution made by physics to health - past, present and future

 

Live Webcasts for the first time from IRPA13

18 April 2012: The International Radiation Protection Association is pleased to announce that three important sessions will be webcast live from the IRPA13 Glasgow Congress 13-18 May

 

“Strictly Engineering” - a new poster competition for engineers

18 April 2012: Take part in a free one-day workshop, get professional advice, and the chance of a generous prize!

 

Prestigious Clinical Lectureship Award goes to IPEM Medical Physicist for the first time

18 April 2012: Dr Geoff Charles-Edwards, Principal Clinical Scientist in magnetic resonance physics at Guy’s and St Thomas’, has received a Senior Clinical Lectureship Award from the Higher Education Funding Council for England.

 

Up to £250 million invested to bring Proton Beam Therapy to Manchester and London by 2017

11 April 2012: Around 1,500 cancer patients a year will benefit from cutting edge cancer treatment at The Christie and UCLH

 

Recognition for Technicians

03 April 2012: IPEM is one of seven professional bodies licensed to award new professional designations to Engineering and Science Technicians

 

MPEC 2012 - Abstract submission deadline

10 April 2012: The submission deadline for both the Biennial Radiotherapy Physics Meeting and the Medical Physics and Engineering Conference is this Monday, the 16th April 2012.

 

What stands in your way of engaging in academic work?

04 April 2012: Share your views in a survey and help with the development of a new approach to clinical academic careers in healthcare science

 

Help select this year's STP Trainees – join the interview panel in Birmingham, 2-4 May

03 April 2012: Due to the strong response to the advert for STP trainees this year, The School of Healthcare Science needs more volunteer interviewers for medical physics and clinical engineering

 

IPEM Fellow to take key role in Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at the Academy for Healthcare Science

29 March 2012: Professor Anthony Fisher has been appointed Non Executive Director for Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering at the Academy for Healthcare Science

 

IPEM trainees win prize for SMART work

28 March 2012: Recognition for a pioneering wheelchair design by two trainee clinical engineers from Edinburgh’s Southeast Mobility and Rehabilitation Technology Centre

 

King's College Medical Physicist takes leading international role

19 March 2012: The International Organisation for Medical Physics (IOPMP) has elected Dr Slavik Tabakov, of King's College London, to be its new Vice President.

 

Professional Indemnity: Who Covers What? Where? and When?

24 January 2012: A number of IPEM members have expressed concerns about whether they have any personal liability risks when providing services to third parties who have contracts with IPEM members’ employers to provide such guidance and advice.

 

Suspension of e-Learning for Healthcare programme

Unfortunate timing, as many IPEM Members involved

Reductions in public spending have led to the immediate suspension by the Department of Health of all development work on the e-Learning for Healthcare programme.