In Dec 2022, Dr Francis LEE, HKAMP, attended the AOCMP Annual Meeting in Taiwan, and presented on the topic “The training and development of Medical Physics professional in Hong Kong”. Similar to many Medical Physicists who found it difficult to attend overseas activities due to the pandemic situation, Dr LEE could only attend online, but the situation is improving and we should hopefully resume normal in this coming year.
A 3D printing workshop, including lectures, were held by HKAMP in Dec 2022. In addition to the online lectures which drew a large audience, 20 physicists also got to get their hands dirty when trying out the design and printing themselves. The application of 3D printing is expanding rapidly in the medical field. The roles of Medical Physicists, as technical and medical experts, are also being explored.
Congratulation to the 4 physicists who have completed their HKAMP certification programme and obtained their certificates after passing their professional assessment held in September 2022. They are regarded as competent to perform their medical physics duties independently, they will also need to maintain their certification through continual professional development activities that are subject to regular audit.
A region wide radiation emergency drill was held by the Government on 12 Jan 2023, simulating a radiation incident happening in the nearby DayaBay Nuclear Powerplant. More than 1400personnel from 37 bureaux, departments, and organizations, including police, fire, border control, observatory, etc, participated in the drill. Medical physicists were invited to be observers this time. “Residents” and “visitors” on the Island Tung Ping Chau, closest, to the powerplant, were evacuated by the marine and checked for radiation contamination when landing on a dedicated port. There were also demonstrations of the vehicles and equipment used for radiation monitoring and emergency, with numerous upgrades to the equipment compared to the previous drill performed 5 years ago.
