Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine

Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine
Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, IPEM, logo.jpg
IPEM, Fairmount House, York, UK.jpgFairmount House in York
Formation1997 (1943)
TypeLearned society
HeadquartersFairmount House, 230 Tadcaster Road, York, YO24 1ES, England
Location
  • United Kingdom
Coordinates53°56′54″N 1°06′03″W / 53.9483429°N 1.1008885°W / 53.9483429; -1.1008885Coordinates: 53°56′54″N 1°06′03″W / 53.9483429°N 1.1008885°W / 53.9483429; -1.1008885
Membership
4,700
Official language
English
President
Professor Stephen O'Connor
Key people
Philip Morgan
Staff
16
Websitewww.ipem.ac.uk

The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) is the United Kingdom's professional body and learned society for physicists, engineers and technologists within the field of medicine, founded in 1995, changing its name from the Institution of Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology (IPEMB) in 1997.[1] The Institute is governed by an elected Board of Trustees reporting to which are the Science, Research and Innovation Council and the Professional and Standards Council. The councils have operational responsibility for scientific and professional aspects of the Institute's work, respectively. Beneath the councils is a substructure of committees, groups and panels of members, which undertake the work of the Institute.

The Institute is licensed by the Engineering Council to register Chartered Engineers, Incorporated Engineers and Engineering Technologists and by the Science Council to register Chartered Scientists,[2] Registered Scientists and Registered Science Technicians.[2]

The aim of the Institute and its members, set out in its charitable objects and articles of association, is to promote for the public benefit the advancement of physics and engineering applied to medicine and biology, and to advance public education in the field.[3]

History

The organization can trace its origin to three societies:[1][4][5]

  • the Hospital Physicists Association (HPA) founded in 1943,
  • the Hospital Physics Technicians Association (HPTA) founded in 1952, and
  • the Biological Engineering Society (BES) founded in 1960.

The HPA created its scientific arm in 1984, the Institute of Physical Sciences in Medicine (IPSM). The trade union and scientific activities split in 1989: the scientific arm merged with the BES to form IPEMB while the trade union (HPA) joined the Manufacturing, Science and Finance Trades Union (MSF).[1][5] The Association of Medical Technologists (AMT), formerly HPTA, merged with IPEM in 2001.[1]

IPEM timeline

Membership

There are several categories of membership:

  • Fellowship (FIPEM): This is the most senior category of membership. It is only awarded to Full Members (MIPEM) who have made an outstanding contribution to Medical Physics or Engineering.
  • Full Membership (MIPEM): This category is for people seeking recognition as professional Scientists, Engineers or Technologist in the field of Medical Physics or Engineering. It includes the old Incorporated Membership.
  • Associate Membership: For people working in the relevant area including STP trainees. Postgraduate students and apprentices in an appropriate field are eligible for free Associate Membership
  • Professional Affiliate Membership: For professionals who are working with applications of physics and engineering applied to medicine but who are working as professionals other than clinical scientists or clinical/biomedical engineers e.g. doctors, radiographers, nurses, vets and dentists.
  • Affiliate Membership: For anyone with an interest in Medical Physics and Engineering. Full-time undergraduate students are eligible for free Affiliate Membership
  • Honorary Fellowship is awarded for outstanding contributions in the field of physics or engineering applied to medicine or related biological science.
  • Company Membership
  • Dual Membership with the Institute of Physics allows a 25% discount on membership subscriptions payable to each organisation for those who are or become individual members of both organisations.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

The Institute is a signatory[6] of the Engineering Diversity Concordat of the Royal Academy of Engineering and the Science Council Diversity Declaration and has its own Equality Policy.[7]

Annual Conference and Woolmer Lecture

The Institute holds an annual conference on Medical Physics and Engineering. During this conference the flagship lecture of the Institute, the Woolmer Lecture, is presented. The lecture is dedicated to Professor Ronald Woolmer who was the first Director of the Research Department of Anaesthetics at the Royal College of Surgeons.[8] Woolmer convened a meeting at the Royal College of Surgeons, London, to discuss the evolving field of engineering applied to medicine.[9] It was agreed that the group should hold regular meetings and as a result the Biological Engineering Society (BES) was formed with Ronald Woolmer as the first President. Woolmer died two years after the formation of the BES and it was agreed that a memorial lecture would be sponsored in recognition of his achievements.
The following table includes a list of the lectures since 2002:

Year Lecturer Subject
2002 Professor Anthony Unsworth Hip Joint Replacement
2003 Dr Arun Holden Computational Modelling in Medicine and Biology
2004 Professor Kevin Warwick Implant Technology
2005 Dr Henrik Gollee Assistive technologies for function restoration
2006 Professor Denis Noble Cardiac Modelling
2007 Professor Sir Michael Brady Digital Imaging
2008 Professor Clive Hahn Bioengineering Aspects of the Lung: Models and Measurements
2009 Professor Martin Birchall Regenerative Medicine: New challenges, new hopes
2010 Professor Mark Tooley Imitating the Patient
2011 Professor Willi Kalender Developments in Computed Tomography: Is sub-mSv a realistic option?
2012 Professor Lionel Tarassenko Physiology-Driven Signal Analysis and Data
2013 몰리 스티븐스 교수 초민감 바이오센싱 및 재생의학 바이오소재 설계
2014 데이비드 키팅 교수 메디컬 물리학: 혁신의 관문
2015 토니 바커 교수 초창기 자력 자극 – 첫 30년
2016 앤드루 테일러 교수 엔지니어링과 이미지가 심혈관계 장치를 설계하는 데 도움이 될 수 있을까?
2017 요제프 케스 교수 왜 경직된 종양은 부드러운 암세포를 포함하고 있을까?
2018 앨리슨 노블 교수 의료용 초음파에 대한 인체 이미지 인식, 인공지능 및 지각변동향

출판물

IPEM은 세 개의 국제 동료 검토 저널을 소유하고 있다.[10]

PMB와 생리학적 측정은 IOP 출판과 연계하여 출판되며, 의료공학 및 물리학은 엘스비에가 발행한다.
이 연구소는 또한 다음과 같이 발표한다.[11]

  • SPACE – 회원 및 비회원에게 무료로 제공되는 Institute의 분기별 잡지.
  • 보고서 시리즈
  • 교육 및 교재
  • IOP 출판사와 공동으로 하는 포괄적인 전자책 프로그램

IPEM의 사장

IPEM 사장은 2년간 재직하며 연례 총회에서 취임한다. 다음 표에는 IPEMB/IPEM의 역대 사장 목록이 수록되어 있다.[12][13][14][15]

날짜 대통령
1995–97 피터 N.T. 교수 웰스 CBE
1997–99 P. F. 샤프 OBE 교수
1999–2001 R.H. 스몰우드 교수
2001–03 스마예 OBE 박사
2003–05 P.C. 교수 윌리엄스
2005–07 P.C. 잭슨 박사
2007–09 K.T. Isson OBE 박사
2009-11 C.J. 깁슨 박사
2011–13 P.H. 재릿 교수
2013–15 S.F. 교수 케빌
2015–17 D. 브레틀
2017–19 M. 툴리 교수
2019-21 오코너 교수

참조

  1. ^ a b c d Jennings, Allan (December 2006). "Introduction". Scope. 15 (Heritage Supplement): 2–5.
  2. ^ a b "Search the Professional Registers". The Science Council.
  3. ^ IPEM (2013). "2012 A Review of the Year" (PDF). Retrieved 16 September 2013.
  4. ^ K. Reynard (2003). Aslib Directory of Information Sources in the United Kingdom. Aslib. p. 646. ISBN 978-0-85142-472-9. Retrieved 7 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b Zoi Kolitsi; et al. (2001). "Introduction". In Zoi Kolitsi (ed.). Towards a European Framework for Education and Training in Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering. IOS Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-1-58603-151-0.
  6. ^ "Engineering Diversity Concordat Signatories". www.raeng.org.u. 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. ^ "IPEM EQUALITY POLICY STATEMENT" (PDF). www.ipem.ac.uk. 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. ^ G.S.W.O (February 1963). "In Memoriam: Professor R. F. Woolmer, V.R.D.". Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. 332 (1): 129–131.
  9. ^ "Prof. R. F. Woolmer, 1908–1962". Medical Electronics and Biological Engineering. 2 (1): 161–162. April–June 1963.
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2013.CS1 maint: 제목으로 보관된 복사본(링크)
  11. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 September 2013. Retrieved 9 September 2013.CS1 maint: 제목으로 보관된 복사본(링크)
  12. ^ "Appendix 3: Honorary Officers of the IPEM Diversity within the Institute". Scope. 15 (Heritage Supplement): 56. December 2006.
  13. ^ Ison, Keith (December 2007). "President's Letter: Diversity within the Institute". Scope. 16 (4). ISSN 0964-9565.
  14. ^ Gibson, Chris (December 2009). "President's Letter: Welcome to all readers". Scope. 20 (4): 3. ISSN 0964-9565. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.
  15. ^ Jarritt, Peter (December 2011). "President's Letter: In the Spotlight". Scope. 20 (4): 3. ISSN 0964-9565. Archived from the original on 23 January 2013. Retrieved 23 January 2013.

외부 링크

  • www.ipem.ac.uk – IPEM 공식 사이트
  • E-SCOPE – IPEM 매거진의 온라인 아카이브(www.ipem.ac.uk/ScientificJournalsPublications/SCOPE/E-SCOPE.aspx)