Current Issue April 2012, Vol. 28, No. 2

The Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica (AIFM) is a non-profit Scientific and Professional Association. In order to support its more than 700 members working in the various fields of Physics as applied to Medicine, and to meet their needs and represent their interests. The Association goals are: promote and develop scientific and professional activities; promote and develop training, information and continuous professional development of its members; promote and develop the application of physics methodology to the Diagnosis, Therapy and Health Prevention; promote the National Program of Education in Medicine (ECM); To cooperate with other Health Organisations, Research Institutions and Universities, with a particular interest toward Physics Departments, Faculty of Medicine, Specialisation Schools in Medical Physics, and Institutions that operate in the various fields of Physics and Medicine.

The AIFM runs a permanent School of Continuous Education in Medical Physics (Scuola P. Caldirola) that organizes residential courses in medical physics and in the applications of physics in medicine.

The IAPM is an Association of Medical Physicists working in Health Care and Academia in Ireland. The IAPM was founded in 2010 by the merger of the Association of Physical Scientists in Medicine and the Irish Radiotherapy Physics Group and currently has over 150 members.

The aims of the Association are as follows:

• The promotion of the application of the physical sciences in medicine
• Promotion of Research and Education in the physical sciences in Medicine
• Establishing and maintaining professional standards
• Promoting professional development and the interests of the membership
• To offer appropriate advice concerning the application of physical sciences to relevant bodies as required