El Oued University participates in a national workshop on academic/professional training in the field of medical physics. Chahid Hama Lakhdar University participated on May 6-7, 2024 at the headquarters of the Atomic Energy Governorate in a national workshop on academic/professional training in the field of medical physics. The workshop was organized within the work plan. Which was approved at the high-level meeting on training and qualification in medical physics in March 2024 at the Atomic Energy Governorate. The workshop was also part of the roadmap prepared by the intersectoral working group to guide investment in nuclear technologies for medical uses in June 2023. The university delegation was represented by Dr. Ahmeem Rashid and Dr. Latim Fathi, the latter of whom, in his capacity as Head of the Medical Physics specialty, highlighted the efforts Valley University and its method of teaching this specialty as a new model relies heavily on cooperation with the economic and social environment, represented in this case by public hospitals and private clinics. Teaching this specialty required cooperation with researchers from the Nuclear Research Center in the capital, as well as specialized doctors from the cancer control center in the state, and with the recommendations of the university director, Professor Omar Farhati, the university provided all the capabilities and appropriate conditions for visiting and collaborating professors. Here, the representative of the University of the Valley highlighted the university president’s keenness on the success of this project and his personal support to overcome the difficulties and achieve the best conditions for the smooth running of the project. He also explained the importance of the applied and practical aspect in this specialty and how the University of the Valley gave this aspect great importance, represented by conducting an important part of the training within the Cancer Control Center in the Valley. The students also conducted field training outside the state, especially the training that is conducted every year at the Nuclear Research Center in the capital. As well as the training that was conducted at the University Hospital in Batna. After that, both the Governor and the Director of the Nuclear Research Center in the capital, in cooperation with the University of the Valley, praised it as a model and called on the rest of the universities to emulate it. The University of the Valley, represented by its president, Professor Omar Farhati, and the Atomic Energy Governorate, represented by the Governor, Dr. Abdel Hamid Mallah, had previously concluded a framework agreement between the two bodies, which included various forms of cooperation. During the two days of the workshop, university representatives also worked to communicate with various bodies and partners, to discuss opportunities for cooperation and expanding the specialization to include radiation therapy, nuclear medicine, as well as medical imaging, and other issues. … Read More
