Swiss Society for Radiation Biology and Medical Physics
| Swiss Society for Radiation Biology and Medical Physics,
Société Suisse de Radiobiologie et de Physique Médicale, Società Svizzera di Radiobiologia e di Fisica Medica, Swiss Society of Radiobiology and Medical Physics |
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| purpose | Society for Radiation Biology and Medical Physics |
| Chair: | Michael Fix |
| Establishment date: | 1964 |
| Number of members: | 274 |
| Seat : | Bern |
| Website: | SGSMP |
The Swiss Society for Radiation Biology and Medical Physics (SGSMP) is an association which, on the one hand , promotes scientific work and exchange in the fields of medical physics , radiation biology and radiation protection and, on the other hand, promotes training and further education as well as the political issues of medical physicists in the Represents Switzerland. The SGSMP was founded in Geneva in 1964 and is therefore the oldest medical-physical specialist society in the German-speaking region ( DGMP: 1969 , ÖGMP: 1980).
The company is based in Bern. At the end of 2019 it had 274 individual and 14 collective members. Academics (scientists and doctors) who are active in the fields of radiation biology, medical physics or their clinical application disciplines can become full members.
Structure and activity
The society is structured thematically. It has the three standing commissions for training, professional politics and science as well as several working groups. Both radiation biology and medical physics are applied natural sciences at the interface with medicine. The SGSMP sees itself as a platform for the promotion of translational research and interdisciplinary scientific exchange. The focus of the activities lies in the annual implementation of a conference, which is held at changing locations, sometimes with the participation of the German-speaking or European sister companies. The SGSMP funds research projects on request from company assets with a maximum of CHF 7,000. In addition, it awards up to three prizes each year for outstanding scientific work in the field that represents society. In addition to the scientific work, the technical further and advanced training is a further focus, for which in addition to the annual conference, special advanced training and working group meetings are held. In cooperation with the German Society for Medical Physics (DGMP) and the Austrian Society for Medical Physics (ÖGMP), a one-week winter school is held in Pichl (A) on selected topics of medical physics up to twice a year.
The SGSMP shares with the DGMP and the ÖGMP the publication of the journal for medical physics (ZMP), a peer-reviewed scientific journal, which appears four times a year . The Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) currently (2019) rates the impact factor at 2,322. A news bulletin published three times a year is used for internal communication. The society issues recommendations (16) and reports (20) on current scientific and practical issues and works closely with federal institutions and executive authorities, especially in the field of radiation protection. In the past, recommendations of the SGSMP have repeatedly been taken up in legally binding regulation texts.
The SGSMP awards Master’s graduate recognition in medical physics after a successful examination following at least three years of clinical training. Around 200 medical physicists currently hold this certificate. It is a legally binding requirement for certain clinical activities involving the use of ionizing radiation. For example, radiation therapy companies need at least one medical physicist with SGSMP certification per accelerator. The professional recognition distinguishes between two disciplines: medical radiation physics (all medical applications of ionizing radiation) and medical imaging (nuclear medicine, as well as all imaging modalities but without radiation therapy). The professional recognition must be renewed in a five-year cycle by providing evidence of sufficient advanced training.
In order to be able to offer those interested in this advanced training title a structured advanced training after their university degree at the Master ’s level, ETH Zurich, in coordination with the SGSMP, conducts a two-year part-time Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Medical Physics. Every two years, 15 to 25 students complete this postgraduate course.
The canon in radiation biology and medical physics aggregated and documented by the SGSMP serves as a guideline in various university and professional examinations for graduates in medical physics, medicine and other related natural sciences. Some of the examiners are sent directly by the SGSMP.
The SGSMP is a member of the two umbrella associations European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) and the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP).
history
The first forerunner of the SGSMP was the Working Group for Radiation Biology (SAS) founded on March 28, 1963. The founding president was Gerhart Wagner, president of the Federal Commission on Radiation Protection. The first attempt by natural scientists in the field of radiation effects to found a radiobiological society failed due to the resistance of radiologists, who favored the integration of radiobiology into the then still joint Swiss Society for Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (SGRNM). However, at the first annual meeting of the SAS on April 24, 1964, the establishment of an independent Swiss Society for Radiation Biology (SGS) was completed. The aim was to gain more recognition and funding for the subject of radiation biology and to promote an expansion of the training of prospective physicians and natural scientists in the fundamentals of the scientific fields of radiation physics, radiation biology and radiation protection. Hedi Fritz-Niggli was elected as the company's first president . She is considered to be the founder of radiation biology in Switzerland and was head of the Institute for Radiation Biology at the University of Zurich from 1963 to 1989 .
In the first few years, the focus was on scientific exchange at the annual conferences, some of which were held with the participation of the German-speaking or European sister societies.
In 1980 the increasing importance of medical radiation physics was taken into account and society expanded. It was now called the Swiss Society for Radiation Biology and Radiation Physics (SGSP or SSRR). In addition to the annual conferences, the activities expanded to include the formation of working groups, statements in consultation procedures on draft laws and ordinances, and the organization of training courses and seminars.
In 1980 the society was involved in the founding of the European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) under the then President, Guelfo Poretti (Bern). In 1982 the company also joined the International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP).
Since the field of activity of medical physicists increasingly encompassed not only therapeutic radiation physics, but also extended to other areas of medicine, especially imaging, the entire medical physics was integrated into the area of interest of the company in 1988 and renamed Swiss Society for Radiation Biology and Medical Physics (SGSMP, SSRPM, SSRFM) pictured.
In 1984 the SGSMP began to offer a service for radiation therapy facilities in Switzerland, which has been carried out almost every year since then: a metrological comparison of the radiation systems with regard to the dose delivered . At the premiere, Jean-François Valley traveled from clinic to clinic with a suitable measuring device. In the same year the first report of the company appeared, which summarized the results of the dosimetry comparison.
In the 1970s and 1980s, medical physicists became more and more important for the clinical course of radiation therapy treatment. At the beginning of the 1980s, however, there was still no structured training. In order to guarantee a high and uniform level of expertise, a working group of the SGSMP created a corresponding guideline in 1988. The specialist approval in medical physics of the SGSMP was developed together with the supervisory authority, the Federal Office of Public Health (BAG) and has been expressly mentioned as a necessary and sufficient certificate of ability in various regulation texts since its existence. For example, the revised Radiation Protection Ordinance in 1994 required for the first time that a “medical physicist with specialist approval from the SGSMP” must regularly check the safety-relevant and dose-determining elements of radiation facilities.
The company formulated a corresponding guideline for awarding professional recognition in 1986 and has been awarding this advanced training title since 1988, at that time for the first time to 15 candidates. In terms of content, it is based on international guidelines and has been fully recognized by EFOMP since 2000. Since 2009, the SGSMP has differentiated between two disciplines when granting specialist recognition: Medical radiation physics (all medical applications of ionizing radiation) and medical imaging (nuclear medicine, as well as all imaging modalities but without radiation therapy).
The SGRNM and later its successor companies the Swiss Society for Radiology (SGR), the Swiss Society for Nuclear Medicine (SGNM) have recognized this advanced training title since 1992, and the Swiss Society for Radio-Oncology (SRO) since it was founded in 2001.
The company's logo was created in 1995 by Horst Nemec, Basel.
In order to be able to offer those interested in the specialist recognition in medical physics a structured further education after their university degree at the master’s level, Peter Ruegsegger introduced a two-year extra-occupational postgraduate course (NDS) at the ETH Zurich in 1994 in coordination with the SGSMP. The NDS was restructured in 2006 and converted into a Master of Advanced Studies (MAS) in Medical Physics in accordance with the Bologna Process.
In the 1990s, in addition to the scientific issues, the professional-political aspects also became eligible for funding. Within the SGSMP there was a demand that medical and non-medical academics, especially medical physicists, should be put on an equal footing at clinical institutions. In order to pursue this goal vigorously, the Swiss Professional Association for Medical Physicists (SBMP) was founded within the SGSMP in 2002, which operated legally independently of the SGSMP. The founding president was Peter Pemler, Zurich. The SBMP promoted professional politics, but was also responsible for further training issues and thus for specialist recognition in medical physics. In order to avoid the additional administrative effort, the professional association was abolished again in 2010 and the ethics policy as well as education and training were incorporated into the SGSMP according to the statutes. To this end, three standing commissions have been formed for the areas of science, training and professional development, and their chairpersons belong to the board.
The SGSMP has been a trilingual society since it was founded, and communication was carried out accordingly on its occasions. In the 1990s, however, English became the language of meetings and, until the 2008 annual conference in Chur, it completely replaced the three national languages in scientific presentations.
Congresses and events
The annual meeting of the SGSMP has been held since 1964 and was only suspended in 1969, 1972 and 1974.
In order to take account of international networking and interdisciplinarity, numerous scientific congresses were held in cooperation with other organizations. In 1985 the first joint "Medical Physics" conference of the Swiss Society for Radiation Biology and Radiation Physics (SGSP), the German Society for Medical Physics (DGMP) and the Austrian Society for Medical Physics (ÖGMP) took place in Bern. The conference president was Guelfo Poretti. This joint meeting of the three societies in the German-speaking area is held roughly every three years to this day. In addition to the joint meetings of the SGSMP, DGMP and ÖGMP, the SGSMP has also organized joint congresses with other thematically related specialist societies, for example in 1993 and 1999 together with the Swiss Society for Biomedical Technology (SGBT) and in 2003 and 2016 together with the Scientific Association of Swiss Radiation Oncology (SASRO).
The SGSMP regularly organizes workshops and seminars on current topics for the purpose of professional training and further education for its members. It all started in 1992 in Lausanne with an event entitled "3D Treatment Planning". Since 1988 the DGMP, ÖGMP and SGSMP in Pichl (Austria) have jointly organized one to two one-week advanced training events called "Winter School". A larger, coherent sub-area of medical physics is dealt with there.
Publication organs
The first scientific publication was between 1966 and 1975 the journal "Radiologica Clinica et Biologica" (Verlag S. Karger, Basel), which was published together with the SGRNM.
Since 1978, the scientific contributions to the annual meetings have been published in the respective conference reports of the society.
Since 1981, a news magazine, called Bulletin, has been published annually, then alternately two or three times a year, in order to promote the exchange of information among members outside of the scientific discourse.
Since 1982 the society has published recommendations that are developed by working groups for special areas of activity and have also received international attention.
The German and Austrian Societies for Medical Physics (DGMP and ÖGMP) founded the Journal for Medical Physics (ZMP) in 1991. The SGSMP decided to become co-editor in 1995. In 2001 the ZMP was included in various international literature services (such as MEDLINE, Index Medicus, Scopus, Current Contents, NISC etc.). Since 2010, the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) has assessed the ZMP with an "Impact Factor" subject to certain conditions, which has risen continuously in recent years and is currently (2019) at 2,322.
Research funding, prizes and awards
Since 1991, the SGSMP has awarded up to three prizes for scientific work in the field of radiation biology or medical physics to an individual or research group at its annual meetings. The prize money is donated by the Varian company and amounts to a maximum of CHF 3,000. The first award winner in 1991 was Hans Neuenschwander, Bern, for his work "A macroscopic Monte Carlo method for electron beam dose calculations". Since then, out of a total of 73 submitted works, 25 have been awarded the main prize and 24 have been awarded a recognition prize (as of 2019).
Since 2006, the SGSMP has been awarding the Theophil-Christen-Medal to people who have made outstanding contributions to society.
In 2007, the possibility of project-related research funding with a maximum amount of CHF 7,000 was created and in 2008 it was first awarded to Hans Schiefer, St. Gallen, for the "Dosimetry Intercomparison 2008". The sum is provided from the company's assets.
Individuals who have made special contributions in the fields of radiation biology, medical physics or related sciences can be appointed honorary members.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statutes 2017, SGSMP, accessed on March 6, 2020
- ↑ DGMP website, accessed on March 6, 2020
- ↑ website on mission ÖGMP, accessed on March 6, 2020
- ↑ site for SSRMP Research Grant, SSRMP, accessed on March 6, 2020
- ↑ Varian Price website, SGSMP, accessed March 11, 2020
- ↑ Website of the winter school in Pichl, accessed on March 6, 2020
- ^ Website of the Zeitschrift für Medizinische Physik, Elsevier, accessed March 6, 2020
- ↑ Website about the previously published bulletins, SGSMP, accessed on March 11, 2020
- ↑ Recommendations and Reports website, SGSMP, accessed March 6, 2020
- ↑ Art. 36 and 182 of the Radiation Protection Ordinance (StSV) in the version of February 1, 2019, Federal Office of Public Health, accessed on March 11, 2020
- ↑ Entry MP1 and MP2 in Appendix 2 Table 1 of the EDI Ordinance on Basic and Advanced Training and Permitted Activities in Radiation Protection (Radiation Protection Training Ordinance) in the version of June 12, 2018, Federal Office of Public Health, accessed on March 11, 2020
- ↑ Art. 11, 15, 18, 20, 21 and Annex 5 of the EDI Ordinance on Radiation Protection in Medical Particle Accelerator Systems (Accelerator Ordinance, BeV) in the version of January 1, 2018, Federal Office of Public Health, accessed on March 11, 2020
- ↑ Art. 6 and 31 of the Ordinance of the FDHA on the handling of closed radioactive sources in medicine (MeQV) in the version of January 1, 2018, Federal Office of Public Health, accessed on March 11, 2020
- ↑ Art. 6, 27, 28, 29 and 30 of the EDI Ordinance on Radiation Protection in Medical X-ray Systems (Roentgen Ordinance, RöV) in the version dated January 1, 2018, Federal Office of Public Health, accessed on March 11, 2020
- ↑ Art. 65 of the Ordinance of the FDHA on the Handling of Radioactive Material (UraM) in the version of January 30, 2018, Federal Office of Public Health, accessed on March 11, 2020
- ↑ Website about the specialist recognition in Medical Physics, SGSMP, accessed on March 13, 2020
- ↑ Art. 18 of the EDI Ordinance on Radiation Protection for Medical Particle Accelerator Systems (Accelerator Ordinance, BeV) in the version of January 1, 2018, Federal Office of Public Health, accessed on March 11, 2020
- ↑ Website about the specialist recognition in Medical Physics, SGSMP, accessed on March 11, 2020
- ^ Website of the MAS program Medical Physics, ETH Zurich, accessed on March 6, 2020
- ^ Website of the European Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (EFOMP), EFOMP, accessed on March 6, 2020
- ↑ site on the IOMP (International Organization for Medical Physics), IOMP, accessed on 6 March 2020
- ↑ Anniversary brochure - Publication de jubilé - Anniversary publication 1964 - 2014, Swiss Society for Radiation Biology and Medical Physics (SGSMP, SSRMP, SSRFM), October 2014, ISBN 3-908125-55-3
- ↑ Website of the Federal Commission for Radiation Protection (KSR), Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), accessed on March 11, 2020
- ^ Website of the Swiss Society for Radiology (SGR), SGR / SSR, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ^ Website of the Swiss Society for Nuclear Medicine (SGNM), SGNM, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ^ Website of the Swiss Society for Radiation Oncology (SRO), SRO, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ↑ site of the meetings, SSRMP, accessed on 11 March 2020
- ^ Website of the Swiss Society for Biomedical Engineering (SSBE), SGBT / SSBE, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ^ Website of the Scientific Association of Swiss Radiation Oncology (SASRO), SASRO, accessed on March 12, 2020
- ↑ Varian Medical Systems website, accessed March 13, 2020