Campus Report :
A round table meeting on ‘Accreditation and Certification issues in the field of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering was held on Tuesday under the joint auspices of the Department of Biomedical Physics & Technology of Dhaka University (DU) and Bangladesh Medical Physics Association, says a press release.
Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Shahid Akhtar Hussain and the Dean of the Faculty of Science Prof M Yousuf Ali Molla were present as the special guests at the meeting held at the Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences of DU.
Moderated by the chairperson of the Department of Biomedical Physics and Technology Prof K Siddique-e Rabbani, keynote papers were presented by Dr Sadiq Malik, Chief Medical Physicist of Delta Cancer Hospital and Prof Kamila Afroj, Chief Scientific Officer of the National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. Heads and retired specialists of several relevant government and private organisations, oncologists and young medical physicists practicing in different hospitals and members of the initiating organization participated in the meeting.
The speakers discussed different aspects, possibilities and realities of biomedical engineering. the meeting resolved that an independent board should be created under the leadership of DU with membership from individual specialists, relevant associations, governent and non-government organisations. DU will take initiatives to see that the accreditation and certification given by this board is approved and accepted by the Government.
A round table meeting on ‘Accreditation and Certification issues in the field of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering was held on Tuesday under the joint auspices of the Department of Biomedical Physics & Technology of Dhaka University (DU) and Bangladesh Medical Physics Association, says a press release.
Pro-Vice Chancellor Prof Shahid Akhtar Hussain and the Dean of the Faculty of Science Prof M Yousuf Ali Molla were present as the special guests at the meeting held at the Centre for Advanced Research in Sciences of DU.
Moderated by the chairperson of the Department of Biomedical Physics and Technology Prof K Siddique-e Rabbani, keynote papers were presented by Dr Sadiq Malik, Chief Medical Physicist of Delta Cancer Hospital and Prof Kamila Afroj, Chief Scientific Officer of the National Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences of Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission. Heads and retired specialists of several relevant government and private organisations, oncologists and young medical physicists practicing in different hospitals and members of the initiating organization participated in the meeting.
The speakers discussed different aspects, possibilities and realities of biomedical engineering. the meeting resolved that an independent board should be created under the leadership of DU with membership from individual specialists, relevant associations, governent and non-government organisations. DU will take initiatives to see that the accreditation and certification given by this board is approved and accepted by the Government.
