| Question 1: What is the overarching vision of Medical Physics 3.0? |
| Reference: | Samei E, Pawlicki T, Bourland D, Chin E, Das S, Fox M, Freedman DJ, Hangiandreou N, Martin M, Miller R, Pavlicek W, Pavord D, Schober L, Thomadsen B, Whelan B. Redefining and reinvigorating the role of physics in clinical medicine: a Report from the AAPM |
| Choice A: | That medical physics benefits all patient care. |
| Choice B: | To ensure that the essential role of medical physics as a discipline within the healthcare process is well recognized. |
| Choice C: | That knowledge of the physics of the body and medical technology are expertly integrated in the care processes. |
| Choice D: | To ensure the research and educational trajectories of medical physics are oriented towards eventual medical benefit positioning physics as an integral part of healthcare enterprise. |
| Choice E: | All the above. |
| Question 2: What is the primary responsibility of a clinical medical physicist? |
| Reference: | • Samei E, Pawlicki T, Bourland D, Chin E, Das S, Fox M, Freedman DJ, Hangiandreou N, Martin M, Miller R, Pavlicek W, Pavord D, Schober L, Thomadsen B, Whelan B. Redefining and reinvigorating the role of physics in clinical medicine: a Report from the AAPM Medical Physics 3.0 Ad Hoc Committee. Medical Physics (online release 7/10/18, in print 2018).
• Samei E, Grist TM. Why physics in medicine? Journal of American College of Radiology 15(7): 1008-1012, 2018. |
| Choice A: | Testing equipment to make sure they meet the claimed specifications by the manufacturer. |
| Choice B: | Taking care of the patient. |
| Choice C: | Working with technologists and dosimetrists to ensure proper patient handling. |
| Choice D: | Being a scientific catalyst for innovation and precision in the development and practice of medicine. |
| Question 3: To be most effective, a medical physicist needs to acquire and maintain intentional competencies in: |
| Reference: | Samei E, Pawlicki T, Bourland D, Chin E, Das S, Fox M, Freedman DJ, Hangiandreou N, Martin M, Miller R, Pavlicek W, Pavord D, Schober L, Thomadsen B, Whelan B. Redefining and reinvigorating the role of physics in clinical medicine: a Report from the AAPM Medical Physics 3.0 Ad Hoc Committee. Medical Physics (online release 7/10/18, in print 2018). |
| Choice A: | Foundational science of medical physics and critical thinking. |
| Choice B: | Administration and leadership. |
| Choice C: | Effective communication and education. |
| Choice D: | All the above. |
| Question 4: What are the main changes in the key activities of the medical physicist based on the new European radiation protection laws? |
| Reference: | Caruana CJ, Tsapaki V, Damilakis J, Brambilla M, MartÃn GM, Dimov A, Bosmans H, Egan G, Bacher K, McClean B. EFOMP policy statement 16: The role and competences of medical physicists and medical physics experts under 2013/59/EURATOM. Phys Med. 2018 Apr;4 |
| Choice A: | Increased focus on every day clinical improvement in the radiology department. |
| Choice B: | Reorganization of medical physics reporting structure, creating an independent medical physics department reporting directly to hospital management. |
| Choice C: | All of the above. |
| Choice D: | None of the above. |
| Question 5: The introduction of artificial intelligence in medical imaging will bring many changes in the medical physics profession such as: |
| Reference: | Kortesniemi M, Tsapaki V, Trianni A, Russo P, Maas A, Källman HE, Brambilla M, Damilakis J. The European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) White Paper: Big data and deep learning in medical imaging and in relation to medical physics profession. Phys Med. 2018 Dec;56:90-93. |
| Choice A: | Replacement of many current routine tasks of MPs. |
| Choice B: | Creation of many new responsibilities. |
| Choice C: | Modification of focus from machine to operation |
| Choice D: | All of the above |
| Question 6: How can we prepare the future leaders in Medical Physics? |
| Reference: | Leadership in Medical Physics, Development of the profession and the challenges for the Medical Physics Expert. http://eutempe-net.eu/mpe01/ |
| Choice A: | by giving them the opportunity to interact with present successful leaders |
| Choice B: | encouraging them to attend a formal leadership course. |
| Choice C: | by teaching them how to participate in networks for research and development at the European and international level. |
| Choice D: | All of the above. |
| Question 7: While the number of physicists and complexity of treatment techniques and technologies have increased significantly in the Asia Pacific region, radiation oncology medical physicists practice: |
| Reference: | Kron T, Healy B, Ng KH. Surveying trends in radiation oncology medical physics in the Asia Pacific Region. Phys Med. 32(7):883-8, 2016. https://www.physicamedica.com/article/S1120-1797(16)30114-4/fulltext |
| Choice A: | Remains essentially unchanged. |
| Choice B: | Has improved significantly |
| Choice C: | Has been lacking behind. |
| Choice D: | Has expanded rapidly |
| Question 8: Job satisfaction remained moderate due to the following factors, except:: |
| Reference: | Kron T, Healy B, Ng KH. Surveying trends in radiation oncology medical physics in the Asia Pacific Region. Phys Med. 32(7):883-8, 2016. https://www.physicamedica.com/article/S1120-1797(16)30114-4/fulltext |
| Choice A: | High workload |
| Choice B: | Lack of professional recognition |
| Choice C: | Lack of promotional opportunities |
| Choice D: | Inexperience |
| Question 9: The qualitative change in professional performance for improving patient care requires: |
| Reference: | Pope C, Ziebland S, Mays N. Qualitative research in health care. Analysing qualitative data. BMJ. 2000 Jan 8;320(7227):114-6;
Berkwits M, Inui TS. Making use of qualitative research techniques. J Gen Intern Med. 1998 Mar;13(3):195-9. |
| Choice A: | Qualitative research. |
| Choice B: | Regulatory requirements. |
| Choice C: | Trends in literature. |
| Choice D: | All the above. |
| Question 10: Which is the newest communication medium that IOMP has started in mass communication with medical physicists globally: |
| Reference: | https://www.iomp.org/iomp-news1-presidents-message/ |
| Choice A: | Electronic Medical Physics World. |
| Choice B: | Medical Physics International. |
| Choice C: | IOMP Newsletter |
| Choice D: | Social media (Facebook and twitter). |
