Abstracts - BMTMedPhys 2017 – Dresden, September 10–13 • DOI 10.1515/bmt-2017-5055 Biomed. Eng.-Biomed. Tech. 2017; 62(s1): S283–S288 • © by Walter de Gruyter • Berlin • Boston S283 FS 48 The DAAD Pagel Project "Supporting Medical Physics Education in Bangladesh" Hensley Frank, Ruprecht Karls Universität, Heidelberg, Deutschland, frank.hensley@gmx.de Volker Steil, Universitätsklinikum, Mannheim, Deutschland, volker.steil@umm.de Hasin Anupama Azhari, Gono Bishwabidyalay (University), Dhaka, Bangladesch, ahasinanupama@gmail.com Flavia Molina, Universitätsklinikum, Mannheim, Deutschland Golam Abu Zakaria, Klinikum Oberberg, Gummersbach, Deutschland, GolamAbu.Zakaria@klinikum- oberberg.de The DAAD Pagel Project „Supporting Medical Physics Education in Bangladesh” is based on a number of previous projects by Working group AK16 of DGMP “Medizinische Physik in den Entwicklungsländern” and by the Heidelberg University Faculty of Physics in co-operation with the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ). In the former projects the first master program teaching Medical Physicists in Bangladesh was initiated at Gono Bishwabidyalay (University) in Savar, Dhaka, and 11 students of the course were invited to Germany to work on the practical assignments of their Master’s thesis. In 1998 The Bangladesh Medical Physics Association (since 2009 Society), founded in 1998 by these students has since then has organized national and international meetings and workshops, and has lobbied the Bangladesh Ministry of Health, achieving recognition of the profession of Medical Physics as important member of all fields of Radiation Medicine. In the years 2014-2017 the Pagel Project between the University of Heidelberg Medical Center in Mannheim and Gono University has continued these activities by inviting Gono students to parts of the Mannheim Medical Physics Masters course. Two PhD students were invited to Germany to fulfill the practical assignments of their thesis and 6 graduated medical physicists to achieve practical experience in 3 month visits at hospitals in Germany. Based on the experience of the ongoing project, the future cooperation between University of Heidelberg Medical Center in Mannheim and Gono University will focus on improving the teaching of mathematical and technical skills, by supporting co-operations between Gono and other universities, hospitals and government institutions in Bangladesh and in the South Asian area. Unauthenticated Download Date | 7/28/18 6:39 PM