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Dear Readers,
Wish you a very happy, healthy, and productive New Year 2024
“Every sunset is an opportunity to reset. Every sunrise begins with new eyes.”
Richie Norton
I hope your start to New Year was hopeful and enthusiastic as new time brings new opportunities to make progress both professionally and personally. Medical physics today is like a giant tree with innumerable branches with ever growing applications to health care. The great part of this subject is that there’s always room for something new and unlike pure physics its quite exciting and challenging to see the practical applications of every new development, invention, and innovation. However, with such a dynamic nature of the subject there is always a challenge to conquer with constant updating, a need for continuous education, skill development and acquiring competencies. The only way to achieve this is close communication in community through academic & educational events and multi-dimensional research.
AFOMP, as a vibrant regional organization of national medical physics associations from Asia-Pacific region, provides an excellent platform and opportunity to full fill the need of the updation in our profession. AFOMP team has taken this challenge and working very passionately to full fill its objectives of professional developments and academic excellence. Various programs like educational web series i.e. AFOMP webinars, schools, periodic newsletter, meet the expert series are some of the excellent efforts. Your active participation and involvement in various AFOMP academic and professional activities will surely help to achieve your professional goals.
Last year, AOCMP2023 was concluded successfully in Mumbai, India along with ICMP2023. It was a mega event with an overwhelming participation of over 1100 registered delegates. I must congratulate the organizers and hope that every participant is benefitted greatly. This year’s AOCMP2024 will be organized in conjunction with SEACOMP2024 in Penang, Malaysia during 10-13 October 2024 with the theme “Revolutionising patient care through Medical Physics” [https://www.aocmp2024.com/] . The abstract submission has already started on the 10th of January. I hope we will receive a very warm and encouraging participation, especially from students and young professionals.
I also take this opportunity to request you get familiarized with the IOMP Accreditation activities reflecting the IOMP’s ongoing commitment to endorsing and promoting high-quality educational programs that contribute to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge in medical physics. https://www.iomp.org/accreditation/
At last, but not the least I congratulate the whole editorial team of AFOMP newsletter for their efforts and excellent publication. This is AFOMP’s official means of communication with each of you. Now it comes as an online magazine, which is a great step towards the sustainability.
I hope you all enjoy reading it.
Prof. Arun Chougule Immediate Past President AFOMP
Chairman IOMP Accreditation Board and Chair ETC IOMP