| Question 1: Which of the following statements about the Radiological Health Program of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) is false? |
| Reference: | History of the Radiological Health Program of the Pan American Health Organization: 1960-2006
http://www1.paho.org/hq/dmdocuments/2008/rad-health.pdf |
| Choice A: | Has been in existence for almost 60 years |
| Choice B: | Hires medical physicists as staff members and as consultants |
| Choice C: | Is one of the cosponsoring organizations of the 1996 International Basic Safety Standards for Protection Against Ionizing Radiation and for the Safety of Radiation Sources, published by the International Atomic Energy Agency, and of its recent revisio |
| Choice D: | Can provide and has provided assistance in case of radiotherapy overexposures |
| Choice E: | Does not support research projects in medical physics |
| Question 2: What needs should the Radiological Health Program of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) focus on addressing in the immediate future? |
| Reference: | History of the Radiological Health Program of the Pan American Health Organization: 1960-2006
http://www1.paho.org/hq/dmdocuments/2008/rad-health.pdf |
| Choice A: | Education and training in the evaluation, incorporation, and use of new technology |
| Choice B: | Support for strengthening radiological diagnostic and therapeutic services |
| Choice C: | Support for research on analyzing and evaluating outcomes |
| Choice D: | Implementing ways to safeguard patients and staff |
| Choice E: | Improving the capacity to respond to radiological and nuclear emergencies |
| Choice F: | All of the above |
| Question 3: The scope of duties of a military medical physicist revolves mainly around which of the following? |
| Reference: | R Rodgers, 'Tri-service overview: Medical Physics' AAPM Annual Meeting Presentation, 2011
https://www.aapm.org/meetings/amos2/pdf/59-15117-2566-419.pdf |
| Choice A: | Developing new radiation treatment technology |
| Choice B: | Maintaining a high-quality imaging program, managing regulatory licenses, and conducting room design / shielding calculations |
| Choice C: | Establishing clinical trials to advance medical physics practice |
| Choice D: | Delivering lectures to students |
| Question 4: How many active military medical / health physicists are there, and what portion of them is female? |
| Reference: | VanHorne-Sealy J, The Impact of Military Women in Health Physics. Health Physics. Nov 2018, 115(5), p 616 - 622 |
| Choice A: | 600 personnel, 35% female |
| Choice B: | 1217 personnel, 8% female |
| Choice C: | 200 personnel, 17% female |
| Choice D: | 350 personnel, 51% female |
| Question 5: In order for Medical Physics discipline to survive: |
| Reference: | Bortfeld and Jeraj, The physical basis and future of radiation therapy, Br J Rad 84 (2011), 485 - 498 |
| Choice A: | Medical Physics needs more research positions, and more academic programs |
| Choice B: | Medical Physics needs more research positions, but there are enough academic programs |
| Choice C: | Medical Physics needs more academic programs, but there are enough research positions |
| Choice D: | Medical Physics doesn't need neither more research positions, nor more academic programs |
| Question 6: Historically, what has been the main focus of physics research in radiation therapy? |
| Reference: | Bortfeld and Jeraj, The physical basis and future of radiation therapy, Br J Rad 84 (2011), 485 - 498 |
| Choice A: | Determining tissue response to radiation to move towards personalized medicine |
| Choice B: | Developing cheaper and more easily accessible radiotherapy equipment |
| Choice C: | To implement the use of particle therapy |
| Choice D: | To increase the level of precision and accuracy of dose delivery to the target volume |
