COMP is thrilled to host the in-person Winter School 2026!
Join us January 28 – 31, 2026 in Ottawa, Ontario, for dynamic, interactive programming designed to foster interprofessional collaborative relationships and embrace new knowledge, while advancing continuing education and professional development goals.
This year’s Winter School is being developed in collaboration with CADRA, who is helping lead the program planning, with generous support from our partners CARO and CAMRT. Their contributions are instrumental in shaping a rich, multidisciplinary experience that reflects the diverse expertise across the Canadian radiation medicine and medical imaging communities.
The theme: Quality and Safety in the Practice of Radiation Medicine and Medical Imaging: 2010-2025 will provide an opportunity for medical physicists and their medical radiation technology (therapy and imaging), radiation oncology and radiology colleagues to examine the evolution of best practices, celebrate progress, and engage in conversations to inspire the next generation of improvements in patient care and professional excellence.
The learning objectives for the school are to:
- Discuss the topics in Quality in both radiation oncology (RO) and Imaging that impact current practice.
- Appreciate considerations in best practice for the implementation of Data Gathering and Data Driven Decision making in Health Care System Performance.
- Consider the patient and family centred view when discussing the current challenges in RO and diagnostic imaging (DI)
- Awareness of future opportunities for clinical development and implementation for Big Data/Artificial Intelligence in the radiation therapy and medical imaging community.
- Appreciate the unique champions the Canadian RO and DI communities are in Quality
- Collaborate with relevant stakeholders and quality champions including industry, computer scientists, and community and patient partners, and appreciate the expertise on the responsible development and integration of data-informed adaptive treatment and dose calculations across multiple imaging modalities
Radiation Medicine
If you work in radiation medicine, you’ll benefit from the revisiting of the work and mandate of CPQR over the past 15 years (national coordination of incident reporting, peer learning, technical quality control and programmatic guidance etc), updates from early adopters in TG-263 and O3 nomenclature standardization, consideration of quality in light of adaptive and multi-modality technologies and workflows, and a dedicated workshop opportunity for reirradiation.
Medical Imaging
If you work in medical imaging, you’ll benefit from conversations about the leveraging of AI to generate efficiencies in scheduling and workflows, updates on national guidance on appropriate imaging, workforce planning, and other quality priorities, and in-depth insight to system interoperability, clinical decision-making tools, and consideration of professional preparedness for emerging technologies (theranostics, multi-modality imaging etc).
