Australiasian College of Physical Scientists and Engineers in Medicine

ACPSEM Membership Processes and Conditions for Ordinary Membership

The ACPSEM comprises six branches and more than 500 members. 76% of members are from Australia, 17% from New Zealand, and 7% from overseas. A majority of members are employed in public hospitals with most of these in departments of Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering or similar. Other employers are universities, national health organizations and industry.

Most members hold positions as medical physicists or biomedical engineers. In general, medical physicists have tertiary qualifications in physics whereas biomedical engineers have tertiary qualifications in engineering, but not exclusively so. The roles of medical physicists tend to be occupied in areas involving the use of ionizing radiation (e.g., radiology, radiotherapy, and nuclear medicine) or non-ionizing radiation (e.g., lasers, UV) while biomedical engineers tend to work in areas involving the detection and processing of physiological signals, computer-based diagnosis and the development of medical equipment. It is important to note, however, that there is a considerable overlap, blurring, and interchange between the clinical areas covered by the two professions, particularly with respect to medical imaging.

The ACPSEM represents scientists and engineers providing a broad range of professional services to the medical community of which the central components are:

1. Competent provision of appropriate services.
2. Promotion and development of our services.
3. Communications with colleagues on techniques and developments.

ACPSEM Membership is available at a number of different levels catering from people with an interest in medical physics and biomedical engineering to professionals working in the industry.

Benefits at all levels of membership are many and include:

1. Receipt of ACPSEM publications - Australasian Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine and Branch Newsletter
2. Discounted registration fees at annual Australasian Conferences on Engineering and Physical Sciences in Medicine.
3. Annual Branch Conferences and Scientific Meetings.
4. Access to the membership list: Location (address, phone/fax, e-mail) and work profiles (clinical areas; areas of expertise and/or interest) of members.
5. Information on job vacancies, non-EPSM conferences, etc.

Read more about what you get for your ACPSEM membership.