IMPACT OF 10 YEARS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MASTER OF ADVANCED STUDIES IN MEDICAL PHYSICS

The Master of advanced studies in medical physics (MMP) has been jointly organized by the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) and the Trieste University since 2014, with support from IAEA. The MMP consists of one academic year followed by a year of supervised clinical training in hospitals. It aims to address the shortage of high-quality education and training for medical physicists in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), equipping graduates with clinical skills and competencies to be applied in their home countries. The paper analyses the answers of 125 graduates, out of the 174 graduates up to the 2023, to a survey distributed in 2024 to evaluate the impact of the MMP on individual careers, clinical activities, and on the developed activities to contribute to the development of medical physics at national level. This paper analyses the responses of 124 graduates -out of a total of 174 graduates up to 2023 - to a survey distributed in October 2024. The aim is to evaluate the impact of the MMP on individual careers, clinical practice, and the graduates’ contributions to the development of medical physics at the national level.