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The 14th National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2023 was held on May 29-30, 2023. The event was once again held in a modern hybrid format: at the Didactic and Conference Centre of the European Institute in Łódź and online – on a dedicated web platform. All lectures were translated simultaneously, and Conference guests – both those present on-site and those participating remotely – were able to choose the appropriate interpretation channel (English or Polish) and actively participate in discussions and the exchange of experiences and views on the topics discussed.

Honorary Patrons of the event were: the Minister of Health, the President of the National Atomic Energy Agency, the President of the Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine, the President of the Polish Medical Society of Radiology, National Consultant for radiology and diagnostic imaging and National Consultant for nuclear medicine.

The main goal of the PJOMED Conference – an event organized annually by the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care – is to raise awareness of the use of ionising radiation in medicine. This year’s edition of the conference covered the following topics: optimization of patient exposure during therapeutic procedures using ionising radiation performed in interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy; medical exposure based on UNSCEAR report; implementation of clinical audits; news in the iRefer clinical radiology referral guidelines; clinical decision support tools; legal requirements related to the use of ionising radiation and topics related to the quality control of radiology equipment in the context of the in-house experience of laboratories performing QC tests. Two lectures were also given as part of IAEA POL9027 project: “Enhancing the Capabilities of Positron Emission Tomography Departments to Provide High Quality Imaging and Therapies to Promote Safety Culture”.

Among the speakers from other countries who came to Łódź this year were: an expert of the International Atomic Energy Agency John Dickson from the Institute of Nuclear Medicine, University College Hospital, London [photo left]; Denis Remedios and Yash Chitale from the Royal College of Radiologists, London [photo right]; Martin Kepa from the MedCurrent Corporation, Canada; Mitchell O’Gorman and Marcin Suchomski from the xWave Technologies, Ireland. On the first day of the Conference, a remote lecture was given by Stephen Balter from the Columbia University Medical Center, New York City. The event was also attended by lecturers from Poland, including representatives of the National Research Institute of Oncology, Warsaw; the Institute of Nuclear Physics Polish Academy of Sciences, Kraków; the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Łódź; the University Hospital in Kraków; representatives of accredited testing laboratories and the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care.

Dariusz Kluszczyński, Director of the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care gave the opening speech. Then Dariusz Poznański, Director of the Department of Public Health read the letter addressed to the participants of the Conference by the Minister of Health. The introduction speeches were also given by Andrzej Głowacki, President of the National Atomic Energy Agency and col Tadeusz Nierebiński, the General Sanitary Inspector of the Polish Armed Forces.

As every year, the Conference was very popular. We were honored by the presence of, among others: Joanna Kujawa, Head of Division of Environmental Health in the Department of Public Health of the Ministry of Health; Wojciech Skweres, an expert in the same Department; Piotr Korzecki, Director of the Legal Department of National Atomic Energy Agency; Marek Zmyślony, President of the Polish Radiation Research Society; Paweł Kukołowicz, National Consultant for medical physics; the Voivodeship Consultants: Janusz Dąbrowski – for nuclear medicine, Michał Biegała – for medical physics and Piotr Grzelak – for radiology and diagnostic imaging; Małgorzata Widawska, State Sanitary Inspector of the Łódź Voivodeship and Szymon Kostrzewski, Director of the Department of Health and Social Affairs in Łódź City Hall. Also present were representatives of the State Sanitary Inspectorate from all over the country, representatives of the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Łódź, representatives of academic units in Łódź, vocational schools and representatives of health care units from all over the country. Invitations to remotely participate in the conference were also accepted by: Leszek Królicki, National Consultant for nuclear medicine; Jerzy Walecki, National Consultant for radiology and diagnostic imaging; Andrzej Kołodziejczyk, President of the Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine; Andrzej Cieszanowski, President of the Polish Medical Society of Radiology; Krzysztof Składowski, National Consultant for radiation oncology; Monika Zakrzewska, the Radiation Hygiene Department at the Chief Sanitary Inspectorate.

PJOMED 2023 conference was attended by more than 160 participants, included supervisors who perform and supervise medical radiology procedures, i.e. physicians, medical physicists as well as radiation protection inspectors and employees of accredited laboratories.

The Organising Committee of the 14th National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2023 expresses its gratitude to all Conference participants. We are grateful for your interest and positive reception of the event and invite you to the next 2024 edition!

This year’s 14^th edition of the National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2023, organised by the National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care, will be held on May 29-30, 2023 as a hybrid event: at the European Institute in Łódź and online on the web platform.

CONFERENCE THEMES:

This year’s PJOMED 2023 Conference will cover the following topics:

• therapeutic procedures using ionizing radiation performed in interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and radiotherapy
• medical exposure
• clinical audits
• unintended and accidental exposures
• news in the iRefer clinical radiology referral guidelines
• clinical decision support tools
• realization of IAEA POL9027 project: “Enhancing the Capabilities of Positron Emission Tomography Departments to Provide High Quality Imaging and Therapies to Promote Safety Culture”
• quality control of radiology equipment
  
  

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME: here

CONFERENCE ABSTRACTS BOOKLET: here

HONORARY PATRONS OF THE EVENT:

	Minister of Health
	President of the National Atomic Energy Agency
	Polish Medical Society of Radiology
	Polish Society of Nuclear Medicine

CONFERENCE PARTICIPANTS:

The conference is intended for:

• persons performing and supervising medical radiology procedures (physicians, medical physicists, medical engineers, electro-radiology technicians, nurses);
• radiation protection inspectors;
• employees of the State Sanitary Inspection;
• laboratory personnel performing quality control tests of medical radiology equipment;
• persons responsible for management in healthcare facilities;
• everyone who is interested in issues relating to the medical use of ionising radiation in medicine.

Conference participants will receive credits in accordance with the provisions of the Regulation of the Minister of Health of 21 February 2022 on the ways of fulfilling the obligation of professional development of physicians and dentists
(consolidated text, Dz.U. of 2022, item 464).

Conference participants will be able to receive 5 credits in connection with the requirement to improve their qualifications in the field of patient radiation protection in accordance with Article 33n (4)(3) of the Act – Atomic Law
(consolidated text, Dz. U. of 2021, item 1941, as amended).

Persons interested in delivering a speech at the PJOMED 2023 Conference are kindly requested to send – by e-mail only to: pjomed2023@nullkcor.gov.pl – their proposed topics, including details of the authors and contact details, until April 27, 2023. Applicants will be notified by electronic mail (e-mail) whether their proposals have been qualified for inclusion in the Conference agenda.

REGISTRATION AND TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION:

• The National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care is the organiser of the 14th National Conference “Ionising Radiation in Medicine” PJOMED 2023, which will be held on May 29-30, 2023, in hybrid format: on-site, at the Didactic and Conference Centre of the European Institute in Lodz, 258/260 Piotrkowska Street, and online (via the ClickMeeting platform) – https://www.kcor.gov.pl/
• Registration shall be made using electronic means only, by filling in the registration form (link available at the bottom of the page).
• Registration fee is 400,00 PLN per person.
• The registration fee can be paid using a traditional method (bank transfer) or electronically (payment via PayU).
• Students are entitled to a 50% discount on the registration fee. Discounted fee (200,00 PLN) can be paid only by traditional method (bank transfer). For more information, please contact us at: pjomed2023@nullkcor.gov.pl .
• The registration deadline falls on May 25, 2023 (Thursday) at 12 p.m.
• Cancellation of participation in the PJOMED 2023 Conference can only be made in writing. The cancellation can be sent by post or by e-mail to the following address: pjomed2023@nullkcor.gov.pl. The cancellation notice must contain the cancelling person’s details and bank account number for the refund of the registration fee.
  IMPORTANT: In the case of receiving information about cancellation of participation in the Conference after 12:00 p.m. on May 25, 2025 (Thursday) the registration fee is not refundable.

  IMPORTANT: To complete Conference Registration Process (after the registration form has been filled in) in each case you need to press “Buy ticket”/”Pay” button. This is also required when the payment for participation in the Conference will be made using methods of payment other than PayU, e.g. by traditional bank transfer.

Payment:

• PayU payment:
  After filling in the registration form, press the “Buy ticket”/”Pay” button and follow instructions – a window to select available electronic payment methods will unfold (PayU does not charge any commission from the payers).
• Payment by other means, e.g. traditional bank transfer:
  A traditional bank transfer can be made at a later time: after filling in the registration form you need to press “Buy Ticket”/”Pay” button and then the web page of the form closes without further payment procedure. Data filled in the form will be automatically saved in the system supporting the Conference. After making the payment to the following bank account number: 54 1010 1371 0015 1522 3100 0000 by May 22, 2023 at the latest, the participant’s account will be activated and the participant will be notified of this fact by e-mail via the address provided during registration. Please provide the first and last name(s) of the person(s) to whom the payment relates and the note: ”PJOMED 2023 Registration Fee” in the title of the transfer.

In-person participation:
To participate in the conference in person at the European Institute in Łódź, please write this request in the „Uwagi dla organizatorów Konferencji” (“Comments for conference organizers”) field in the registration form.

Link to registration form: registration completed

Information on the processing of personal data: here

CONFERENCE-RELATED INFORMATION IS PROVIDED THROUGH: Education and Publications Department, National Centre for Radiation Protection in Health Care Smugowa 6, 91- 433 Łódź
tel.: + 48 42 2032910 fax: 42 6550489 e-mail: pjomed2023@nullkcor.gov.pl