Authors: Stephen M. Avery, Izabella L. Barreto, Oi-Wai Chau, Cesar Della Biancia, Beata Gontova Bernat, Amanda M. Jackson, Rao Khan, Eugene P. Lief, Osama R. Mawlawi, Wilfred F. Ngwa, Christopher F. Njeh, Peter Allan Sandwall, William Swanson, Joseph Weygand, Afua A. Yorke
Affiliation: Department of Medical Physics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, VA Medical Center, Johns Hopkins University, Mayo Clinic, Champion Cancer Center, Howard University, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology and Applied Science, Dartmouth Health, University of Washington, University of Florida College of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, Emory University, University of Pennsylvania, OhioHealth, Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Radiation Oncology
Abstract Preview: Purpose: To assess needs of medical physicists working in low-and-middle-income countries (LMICs)
Methods: A survey was developed by AAPM’s Global Needs Assessment Committee (GNAC) in partnership w...
Authors: Wamied T. Abdel-Rahman, Iqbal AlAmri, Lma Alahmare, Ghada Aldosary, Marwa Alghamdi, Lujain Aljadou, Yarah Alkhulaif, Abdullah A. Alshreef, Ohoud Alsubaie, Hoton Alsufyani
Affiliation: Loma Linda University Medical Center, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, KAMC- Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs, SQCCCRC, KASCH- Ministry of National Guard Health Affairs
Abstract Preview: Purpose: The shortage of qualified medical physicists in many developing countries is due to multiple factors such as lack of awareness or access to graduate and residency training programs. An outrea...