Sociedad Española de Física Médica

What Sociedad Española de Física Médica does

Sociedad Española de Física Médica (SEFM) is a Spanish nonprofit scientific society founded in 1974 and headquartered in Beniparrell, Valencia, dedicated to advancing the discipline and professional standing of medical physics (Física Médica) in Spain, with a particular focus on the regulated specialty of Radiofísica Hospitalaria. Its core constituents are medical physics professionals working in hospitals, residents in training (R1–R3), and partner scientific societies; the society is governed by a member-elected Junta Directiva led by President Maruxa Pérez. Revenue is generated primarily through membership dues, training programs, congress registration, and journal-related income, though specific figures are not publicly disclosed.

SEFM operates an integrated platform of professional services. Its flagship knowledge assets include the Revista de Física Médica (recently indexed in Elsevier Scopus), the long-running Fundamentos de Física Médica residential courses in Baeza (accredited through Universidad Internacional de Andalucía), a quarterly bulletin, working group reports, and the Aula Virtual e-learning environment. Communication and community infrastructure span a Telegram bot, a Spotify podcast, a YouTube channel, an organizational WhatsApp community, and presence across LinkedIn, X, Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Bluesky, and Threads, supplemented by email newsletters and in-person congresses. Distribution runs through self-serve portals (sefm.es, app.bipeek.com) and direct engagement at national and international congresses, including the upcoming ECMP 2026 in Valencia co-hosted with EFOMP.

Strategically, SEFM combines regulatory advocacy with ecosystem partnership. It holds formal collaboration agreements with the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN) on radiological protection, with the Ministry of Health on professional accreditation frameworks, and with sister societies including RSEF, SEOR, SERAM, SEPR, SEGRA, SECA, and Portugal's APFISMED, alongside international affiliations with EFOMP, ESTRO, and AAPM. The society does not operate as a commercial software or AI business and has no funding rounds, subsidiaries, or external shareholders; control rests with member assemblies and elected leadership.

Name

Sociedad Española de Física Médica

Legal name

SOCIEDAD ESPAÑOLA DE FÍSICA MÉDICA

Website

https://sefm.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Sociedad Española de Física Médica (SEFM) is a Spanish nonprofit scientific society founded in 1974 that advances the medical physics profession, particularly hospital radio physics, through training, publications, congresses, and regulatory advocacy for its professional members.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Professional Medical Physics Association

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Other Scientific and Technical Consulting Services (54169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Nursing & Allied Health Certification Prep (CNA, EMT/Paramedic, Radiology, Sonography, PT/OT) (EDANAIAB)

Keywords

• Medical physics society
• Professional training courses
• Scientific journal publication
• Radiological protection services
• Healthcare physics association

Headquarters

HQ city

Beniparrell

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels14 records

Core offering

Sociedad Española de Física Médica (SEFM) is a Spanish nonprofit scientific society that supports medical physics professionals (Radiofísicos Hospitalarios). It delivers specialized training courses (notably the annual Baeza courses on Fundamentals of Medical Physics), publishes the Revista de Física Médica scientific journal, organizes congresses, and advocates for the profession with regulatory bodies such as the Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN).

Product overview

Sociedad Española de Física Médica (SEFM) is a scientific society, not a product company. Its offerings consist of professional services including the Revista de Física Médica scientific journal (recently indexed in Scopus), educational programs like the annual Fundamentos de Física Médica courses in Baeza, professional congresses including the ECMP 2026 and joint SEFM/SEPR congresses, communication tools such as a Telegram bot and podcast, and member publications including the quarterly bulletin. The society also provides a public information portal (FisicaMedica.es) and a virtual classroom (Aula Virtual) for online education. SEFM does not offer a commercial software product.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Revista de Física Médica (RevFisMed) Official scientific journal of SEFM for disseminating medical physics research, published in online format and indexed in Scopus (Elsevier). For medical physics researchers, practitioners, and the broader scientific community.
• Cursos de Fundamentos de Física Médica (Baeza Courses)

Quantifiable outcome

• Scientific journal accepted for indexation in Scopus (Elsevier) - major milestone for scientific visibility
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

13 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• Real Sociedad Española de Física (RSEF)majorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 17 July 2026Framework collaboration agreement signed in July 2026 to strengthen ties between both entities and promote knowledge exchange among members. Includes reciprocal training pricing and joint scientific activities.
• APFISMED (Associação Portuguesa dos Físicos Médicos)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 October 2025Cross-border collaboration agreement with Portuguese medical physics association to favor information exchange, professional practice recommendations, and joint development activities.
• Sociedad Española de Calidad Asistencial (SECA)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025Framework agreement to promote training, research, and healthcare quality improvement with a multidisciplinary and innovative approach.
• Sociedad Española de RadiocirugíamajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 18 March 2025Collaboration agreement for joint consensus documents on indications, treatment, and quality criteria for brain metastases. Signed by SEFM president Maruxa Pérez and SER president José Miguel Delgado.
• European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSEFM is a member society of EFOMP, participating in European congresses (ECMP), receiving European Medical Physics News, and collaborating on international standards and training.
• Sociedad Española de Oncología Radioterápica (SEOR)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint courses, congresses, and consensus meetings. SEFM present at SEOR National Congress annually. Collaboration on brachytherapy guidelines and protontherapy.
• Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica (SERAM)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFramework agreement for joint working groups on diagnostic imaging acceptance tests, professional collaboration, and shared training activities.
• Sociedad Española de Graduados y Técnicos en Radiología (SEGRA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerFramework agreement to be signed for collaboration on professional standards and training for radiology technicians.
• Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica (SEPR)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing collaboration in radiological protection forum with CSN. Joint working groups on patient dose registry and acceptance tests.
• Consejo de Seguridad Nuclear (CSN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegulatory collaboration on radiological protection. SEFM participates in CSN working groups, provides professional qualifications, and collaborates on regulatory developments.
• Universidad Internacional de Andalucía (UNIA)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Fundamentos de Física Médica (Baeza) courses, providing academic accreditation through the university.
• ESTRO (European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on training courses in Spain (e.g., Imaging for Physicists), joint events, and international congress participation.
• AAPM (American Association of Physicists in Medicine)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational collaboration through member awards, guidelines publication, and scientific exchange.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Sociedade Portuguesa de Física Médica / APFISMED: Portuguese medical physics association. Recently signed a cross-border collaboration agreement with SEFM in October 2025; comparable in size, mission, and Iberian healthcare-system context.
• Sociedad Española de Protección Radiológica (SEPR): Spanish society focused on radiological protection, collaborating with SEFM and the CSN on shared working groups. Operates as a closely related national professional society with overlapping member base and joint congresses (Congreso Conjunto SEFM/SEPR).
• Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM): UK-based scientific society for medical physicists and clinical engineers. Highly comparable to SEFM in scope (training, publications, accreditation, regulatory engagement) and structure (member dues, volunteer governance).
• American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM): The largest national medical physics professional society, headquartered in the US. Directly comparable as a member-funded association providing scientific journals, training, accreditation support, and advocacy for medical physicists — the same role SEFM plays in Spain.

Broad incumbents

• International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP): Global umbrella for medical physics organizations. Provides international accreditation, the IOMP newsletter, and connects national societies like SEFM; a comparable but larger-scope entity.
• European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP): Pan-European umbrella federation of which SEFM is a member society. EFOMP organizes ECMP congresses, sets European training standards, and publishes European Medical Physics News, partially overlapping with SEFM's national remit.
• European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology (ESTRO): European radiotherapy society offering overlapping training (including in Spain), congresses, and guidelines relevant to SEFM members in radiotherapy physics. A broader incumbent that competes for member attention and training budgets.

Regional players

• Sociedad Española de Oncología Radioterápica (SEOR): Spanish radiotherapy oncology society with a joint congress and joint courses with SEFM. Comparable national-level professional society with a related but distinct (clinical rather than physics) member base.
• Real Sociedad Española de Física (RSEF): General Spanish physics society that signed a framework collaboration agreement with SEFM in July 2026. Comparable as a national scientific society providing cross-disciplinary exchange and joint training pricing.
• Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica (SERAM): Spanish radiology society that has a framework agreement with SEFM for joint working groups and training. Comparable as a national Spanish medical specialty society with shared stakeholders in imaging physics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SEFM_redes
• YouTubeyoutube.com/c/SociedadEspa%C3%B1oladeF%C3%ADsicaM%C3%A9dica
• Facebookfacebook.com/sefminfo
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sociedad-espa%C3%B1ola-de-f%C3%ADsica-m%C3%A9dica
• Instagraminstagram.com/sefm_redes
• TikToktiktok.com/@sefm_redes

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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