1. MEDICAL PHYSICS AT THE ABDUS SALAM ICTP
REVIEW OF THE PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES FROM 1982 TO TODAY

2. THE ABDUS-SALAM ICTP IS
AN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, BELONGING TO THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM (THROUGH UNESCO AND IAEA)
FOUNDED IN 1964 BY THE INITIATIVE OF THE
NOBEL LAUREATE ABDUS SALAM

3. ITS MANDATE IT TO FOSTER THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHYSICS (BETTER NATURAL SCIENCES) IN THE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ALTHOUGH ITS NAME CONTAINS
"THEORETICAL PHYSICS"
(MAINLY FOR HISTORICAL REASONS)

4. IN FACT ITS PROGRAMME COVERS MANY AREAS, BOTH OF FUNDAMENTAL AND APPLIED PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES.
THE ICTP IS AT THE SAME TIME A RESEARCH INSTITUTION

5. RESEARCH GROUPS IN
HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
CONDENSED MATTER
EARTH PHYSICS
MATHEMATICS
OTHERS

6. AND AN INSTITUTION FOR HIGH LEVEL TRAINING
AMONG THE SUBJECTS COVERED IN HIGH LEVEL TRAINING, AN IMPORTANT ROLE IS TAKEN BY MEDICAL PHYSICS

7. PRESENT ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF MEDICAL PHYISCS AT THE ABDUS SALAM –ICTP PRESENTLY THE ICTP ACTIVITIES IN THE AREA OF MEDICAL PHYSICS COVER:

8. TRAINING COURSES/SCHOOLS (OFTEN IN COOPERATION WITH THE IAEA);
THEY INCLUDE PRACTICALS AT THE TRIESTE HOSPITAL (THROUGH AN ICTP-HOSPITAL AGREEMENT)
OR IN THE ICTP INFO LABS

9. THE ASSOCIATE MEMBERS PROGRAMME
TRIL (TRAINING AND RESEARCH IN ITALIAN LABORATORIES); STAGES IN ITALIAN LABS
STEP-SANDWICH PROGRAMME (JOINT PH D WITH A HOME UNIVERSITY)

10. 1983 -TRAINING ACTIVITIES BEGIN (Anna Benini, Sergio Mascarenhas)
Several workshops

11. 1988 - COLLEGES IN MEDICAL PHYSICS BEGIN
(BENINI, CAMERON, SPRAWLS, TABAKOV…)
3-4 WEEK DURATION, 50 – 70 PARTICIPANTS EACH
MAINLY DEVOTED TO IMAGING, BUT ALSO RADIOPROTECTION AND DOSIMETRY
14 colleges (last one September 2016)
More than 1000 participant trained

12. SUBJECTS SIMILAR, (WITH UPDATED CHANGES DUE TO MODERN DEVELOPMENTS), BUT STUDENTS FROM DEV .COUNT. ALWAYS NEW AND DIFFERENT; FROM 2012, PRACTICALS AT THE TRIESTE HOSPITAL TRAINING AND EDUCATION STILL BADLY NEEDED

13. 2007 - NEW ADDITION : JOINT ICTP-IAEA ADVANCED SCHOOLS
SHORTER DURATION (1 WEEK), DIFFERENT PURPOSE.
ORGANIZED BY IAEA EXPERTS
ADDRESSED TO PROFESSIONALS WANTING TO IMPROVE (20-25 STUDENTS): SMALLER NUMBER ALSO SINCE: 
ESSENTIAL COMPONENT: PRACTICALS AT THE TS HOSPITAL (THROUGH A FORMAL AGREEMENT ICTP-HOSPITAL)

14. 2016-17 - JOINT ICTP-IAEA ADVANCED SCHOOLS 2016
WORKSHOP ON COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY: QUALITY CONTROL, DOSIMETRY AND OPTIMIZATION 2-13 MAY
WORKSHOP ON INTERNAL DOSIMETRY FOR MEDICAL PHYSICISTSSPECIALIZING IN NUCLEAR MEDICINE NOVEMBER

15. 2017
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPHY (IGRT) 8 –12 MAY
(130 APPLICATIONS)
WORKSHOP ON MONTE CARLO RADIATION TRANSPORT AND ASSOCIATED DATA NEEDS FOR MEDICAL APPLICATIONS 18 –29 SEPTEMBER
(ALREADY 122 APPLIC.; DEADLINE END MAY)

16. 2013 addition
Training Course on Medical Physics for Radiation Therapy: Dosimetry and Treatment Planning for Basic and Advanced Applications
Repeated every two years in the odd years (2013, )
THIS YEAR FROM 27 MARCH TO 7 APRIL
437 APPLICATIONS !

17. MASTER IN MEDICAL PHYSICS
NEW PROGRAMME
A two-years Master Course in Medical Physics in cooperation with the Trieste University has been established, starting from January 2014
First year: lectures and practicals in Trieste (ICTP and Hospital)
Second year: Residency in an hospital

18. First cycle: 13 students
Second cycle: 13 Students
Third cycle: 21 students
Fourth cycle : 20 students
Total : 67
Most of those for second, third and fourth cycles with IAEA/TC fellowships (total IAEA/TC fellowships = 39
External sources: 12

19. Countries table EUROPE: 4 ASIA: 10 Estonia Bahrein Georgia Bangladesh
Montenegro Iran
Ukraine Irak
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Nepal
Palestine
Qatar
Vietnam

20. Countries table ct AFRICA: 16 Burundi Senegal Egypt Sudan
Ethiopia Tanzania
Gabon Togo
Ghana Uganda
Kenya
Madagascar
Mauritius
Morocco
Nigeria
Rwanda

21. Countries table ct LATIN AMERICA:7 Argentina Ecuador El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Peru
TOTAL: = 37