German Society For Medical Physics

The European Federation of Organisations in Medical Physics (EFOMP) was founded in May 1980 in London to serve as an umbrella organisation for all NMOs. The current membership covers 35 national organisations which together represent more than 7500 medical physicists and clinical engineers working in the field of medical physics. Each country can only be represented by one NMO. When a country has more than one eligible society there must be a formal arrangement as to which will represent the country as its NMO. The process for doing this is set out in Annexe 11. The governing body of EFOMP is its Council. This consists of representatives of the NMOs; the number of representatives that each NMO is entitled to send to Council is set out in the Constitution. These representatives are also members of the Company and, as such, their election is defined in the Articles of the company. The Officers meet, usually twice a year, as a Board. Its remit is to manage the affairs of EFOMP and prepare papers for Council. Council meets annually and deals with all issues except those affecting the legal status of the Company. Council is responsible for electing the Officers of EFOMP. Medical Physics is the application of physics to healthcare; using physics for patient imaging, measurement and treatment. Medical physicists are graduate scientists, normally holding post-graduate qualifications, who work in many different areas of healthcare managing and delivering services and carrying out research and development.