A brief guide to writing a medical physics leadership case

Journal of applied clinical medical physics, 2017

Medical Physics 3.0 (MP3.0) advocates that the roles of medical physics need to be redefined and reinvigorated, and furthering leadership roles was identified as a key focus. Inevitably, most medical physicists are called upon to be actively involved in major decision making at their place(s) of business, and this includes managing human resources, administrative oversight, consulting, budgeting, grand capital purchasing, and strategic planning, all of which are duties that require a wide array of leadership qualities. In an effort to address the need to improve leadership in the medical physics profession, the AAPM Summer School in 2016 provided a focused and hands-on environment for medical physicists who had interests in developing their leadership and management skills. As an outgrowth of these activities, the AAPM has formed a Leadership Academy Working Group on providing resources and course training for medical physicists to further improve those skills. These approaches This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Medical Physics

Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2021

This fictional case describes the challenging situation for a junior physicist, who joined her hometown's cancer center as a solo physicist after graduating from residency. She is concerned about providing optimal patient care as well as improving her work/life balance. She wonders how to move forward. The intended use of the case study, in either a facilitated learning session or self‐study, is to inspire the readers to discuss the situation, analyze the institutional and personal factors, apply relevant leadership skills, and propose action plans. This case study falls under the scope of, and is supported by, the Medical Physics Leadership Academy (MPLA). A sample facilitator's guide or self‐study guide is available upon request to the MPLA Cases Subcommittee.

Journal of applied clinical medical physics / American College of Medical Physics, 2015

The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and professional practice of medical physics. The AAPM has more than 8,000 members and is the principal organization of medical physicists in the United States.The AAPM will periodically define new practice guidelines for medical physics practice to help advance the science of medical physics and to improve the quality of service to patients throughout the United States. Existing medical physics practice guidelines will be reviewed for the purpose of revision or renewal, as appropriate, on their fifth anniversary or sooner.Each medical physics practice guideline represents a policy statement by the AAPM, has undergone a thorough consensus process in which it has been subjected to extensive review, and requires the approval of the Professional Council. The medical physics practice guidelines recognize that the safe and effective us...

Polish Journal of Medical Physics And Engineering, 2009

EFOMP project on the role of biomedical physics in the education of healthcare professionals The policy statements describing the role of the medical physicist (and engineer) published by organizations representing medical physics (and engineering) in Europe include the responsibility of providing a contribution to the education of healthcare professionals (physicians and paramedical professions). As a consequence, medical physicists and engineers provide educational services in most Faculties of Medicine / Health Science in Europe. In 2005, the EFOMP council took the decision to set up a Special Interest Group to develop the role of the medical physics educator in such faculties and to work with other healthcare professional groups to produce updated European curricula for them. The effort of the group would provide a base for the progress of the role, its relevance to contemporary healthcare professional education and provide input for future EFOMP policy documents regarding this ...

Physica Medica, 2018

Purpose. In today's rapidly changing and highly competitive world, strategic leadership skills have become important to all professions and essential for small professions such as Medical Physics. A practical to-do list is important. Methods. The author reflects on his own personal experiences of leadership at the national, European and international levels and his readings on the subject and summarizes these experiences in a short to-do list. Results. Essential items on the to-do list are: to clarify vision, to decide on the style of leadership to adopt, to have a deep personal commitment, to conduct an honest personal SWOT audit, to conduct an honest SWOT audit of your team/departmental/profession, to develop a practical strategic plan for achieving the vision, to persevere till the vision is achieved, to prepare the next generation of leaders. Conclusions. It is hope that this short to-do list will help others develop their own leadership skills.

Medical Physics, 2018

Derived from 2 yr of deliberations and community engagement, Medical Physics 3.0 (MP3.0) is an effort commissioned by the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) to devise a framework of strategies by which medical physicists can maintain and improve their integral roles in, and contributions to, health care and its innovation under conditions of rapid change and uncertainty. Toward that goal, MP3.0 advocates a broadened and refreshed model of sustainable excellence by which medical physicists can and should contribute to health care. The overarching conviction of MP3.0 is that every healthcare facility can benefit from medical physics and every patient's care can be improved by a medical physicist. This large and expansive challenge necessitates a range of strategies specific to each area of medical physics: clinical practice, research, product development, and education. The present paper offers a summary of the Phase 1 deliberations of the MP3.0 initiative pertaining to strategic directions of the discipline primarily but not exclusively oriented toward the clinical practice of medical physics in the United States.

Folia Medica, 2020

Introduction: The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) represents about 29,000 medical physicists worldwide and 86 adhering national member organisations and 1 affiliate. 1 The mission of IOMP is to advance medical physics practice worldwide by disseminating scientific and technical information, fostering the educational and professional development of medical physicists, and promoting the highest quality medical services for patients. The International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) is an annual event celebrated on November 7 th , Marie Sklodowska-Curie's birthday. 2 Aim: The IDMP is focused on medical physicists worldwide and supports their scientific and professional development, the dissemination of information related to medical physics and the networking between medical physicists at national, regional and global scale. IDMP 2020's theme is "Medical Physicist as a Health Professional". 3 Results: Medical physicists play an important role in healthcare services, research, development of healthcare technologies and clinical techniques, education and training of healthcare professionals. For 8 consecutive years IDMP successfully promotes the visibility and professional status of the medical physicists and our role in the community. IDMP is officially celebrated in numerous of countries around the world and has received official support by world's leading institutions, among which IAEA and WHO. 4 2020 is challenging to healthcare systems worldwide and medical physicists are among the front-liners dealing with the COVID-19 situation. We hope that this year's theme will bring awareness on the importance of our profession in the healthcare. Conclusion: This year we celebrate IDMP to honor our profession. The unusual situation is a chance for us to further develop our knowledge and skills, to find new approaches to work together for the benefit of science and healthcare.

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A Nova Ciência da Política, 1982