On Thursday (July 19th), the Physics Department of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia, encouraged improving the quality of medical physicists in Banjarmasin by holding a seminar and workshop entitled “Improving the Quality and Competence of Medical Physicists in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology.”
In this event, which ran until Saturday (July 21st), medical physicists from the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia (FMIPA UI), who are members of the Medical Physics and Biophysics Laboratory (LFMB), namely Dr. Supriyanto Ardjo Pawiro (Chairman of the Alliance of Indonesian Medical Physicists (AFISMI)), Prof. Dr. Djarwani, Lukmanda Evan Lubis, M.Sc., and Ika Bayuadi, M.Sc., shared the results of their research with medical physicists in the field of diagnostic and interventional radiology in Kalimantan.
A total of 23 participants attended the event, including medical physicists from hospitals, medical physicists who are examiners at the Health Facility Testing Institute of the Indonesian Ministry of Health, and students from the Kalimantan Polytechnic and Physics Department of Lambung Mangkurat University.
Supriyanto explained that there are only 22 medical physicists on the island of Kalimantan, while 16 work in the Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Installation.
According to him, the problem they face is the difficulty of participating in professional and scientific development activities due to limited personnel and possibly budget.
“Therefore, the Medical Physics and Biophysics Laboratory (LFMB), Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia, is holding this activity,” Supriyanto added.
Prof. Dr. Djarwani, as the first speaker, explained the role of medical physicists in Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology (RDI) and the development of this science. This was followed by a presentation on radiation dose measurement in radiology examinations by Lukmanda Evan Lubis, M.Si.
The second day of the session began with a presentation on Quality Assurance of Fluoscopy and CT equipment by Lukmanda Lubis and Ika Bayuadi, M.Si.
Participants were also given the opportunity to do practical work using the CAT Phantom.© An instrument for assessing the image quality of diagnostic radiology devices developed by LFMB UI.
These practical sessions were conducted in parallel. Participants were guided by all the speakers. After the practical sessions were completed, the data from the practical sessions were discussed in a discussion session.
The discussion session was led by Dr. Supriyanto, the Principal Registrar, who demonstrated how to process and analyze laboratory data. The discussion also addressed the impact of the test results and their analysis on clinical radiology examinations.
The event closed with an exchange of souvenirs by the Chairperson of AFISMI DPW South Kalimantan Sari Kartika, ST, M.Kes., and the main servant gave a Fantom KUCING souvenir.© for Medical physicist participants from hospitals so that it can be used in testing the quality of aircraft in clinical applications.
