| Question 1: Which of the following Boards in the US is currently certifying Medical Physicists in Radiation
Therapy: |
| Reference: | American Board of Medical Specialties Guide to Medical Specialties (2019),
http://www.abms.org/media/194925/abms-guide-to-medical-specialties-2019.pdf |
| Choice A: | American Board of Medical Physics |
| Choice B: | American Board of Radiology. |
| Choice C: | American Board of Nuclear Medicine. |
| Choice D: | Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine. |
| Choice E: | None of the above. |
| Question 2: The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine offers Certification in the following
specialty(ies): |
| Reference: | Bylaws of Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine, http://www.ccpm.ca/ccpmenglish/main/about-ccpm/bylaws.html. |
| Choice A: | Diagnostic Radiological Physics |
| Choice B: | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| Choice C: | Nuclear Medicine Physics |
| Choice D: | Radiation Oncology Physics |
| Choice E: | All of the above. |
| Question 3: The criterion for entry into a clinical training program leading to certification is _________ in medical physics from an accredited institution. |
| Reference: | Recommendations for Accreditation and Certification of Medical Physics Education
and Clinical Training Programmes in the RCA Region.
https://humanhealth.iaea.org/HHW/MedicalPhysics/TheMedicalPhysicist/EducationandTrainin
gRequirements/Accreditation_and_Certification/Recommendations_for_accreditation_and_cer
tification_in_medical_physics.pdf |
| Choice A: | An undergraduate degree. |
| Choice B: | A graduate degree. |
| Choice C: | A diploma. |
| Choice D: | A PhD degree. |
| Question 4: Which one of the following statements is true? |
| Reference: | https://humanhealth.iaea.org/HHW/MedicalPhysics/TheMedicalPhysicist/EducationandTraining Requirements/Educationalrequirements/index.html
https://www.ictp.it/programmes/mmp/course-description.aspx |
| Choice A: | A Medical physicist who has been Board Certified in North America or by IMPCB, can
automatically be licensed to practice in any other country. |
| Choice B: | The main concern related to the lack of recognition of medical physicists in low- and
middle-income countries is brain drain. |
| Choice C: | The ICTP Advanced Masters in Medical Physics program follows the African regional
syllabus and curriculum |
| Choice D: | All of the above. |
| Question 5: Which one of the following sentences regarding Medical Physics Certification in Latin
America is true? |
| Reference: | Tsapaki, Virginia et al. - Medical physics workforce: A global perspective. Physica
Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics , Volume 55 , 33 39, 2018. |
| Choice A: | Certification is a well stablished process and most of the professionals are certified. |
| Choice B: | Brazil is the only country with a well stablished certification process. |
| Choice C: | Medical Physics Certification in Latin America follows IMPCB exams in all countries. |
| Choice D: | The only certification in Medical Physics in the LA region is offered by the National
Nuclear Authorities. |
| Question 6: TRUE or FALSE: The medical physics workforce in Latin America is estimated in 1256
professionals, representing 9.1 Medical Physicists per million people. |
| Reference: | Tsapaki, Virginia et al. - Medical physics workforce: A global perspective. Physica
Medica: European Journal of Medical Physics , Volume 55 , 33 39, 2018. |
| Choice A: | True. |
| Choice B: | False. |
| Question 7: Which of the following statements regarding the EFOMP Examination Board (EEB) is false? |
| Reference: | About EFOMP Examination Board. https://www.efomp.org/index.php?r=pages&id=eeb-about |
| Choice A: | EEB examinations are designed to assess the knowledge, skills and competences of
medical physicists |
| Choice B: | The EEB offers an European Diploma of Medical Physics to Medical Physicists
certified in one or more sub-disciplines of Medical Physics (diagnostic and
interventional radiology, nuclear medicine and/or radiation oncology) by a national
competent authority |
| Choice C: | The EEB offers an European Attestation Certificate to those Medical Physicists that
have reached the Medical Physics Expert level. |
| Choice D: | The goal of the EEB is to facilitate the mobility of medical physicists across Europe by
replacing national certification schemes. |
| Choice E: | None of the above. |
| Question 8: Which of the following statements regarding the “medical physics expert†(MPE) is false? |
| Reference: | EU BSS - COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2013/59/EURATOM of 5 December 2013 laying down
basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2014:013:0001 |
| Choice A: | The MPE is the equivalent of the AAPM “qualified medical physicist†|
| Choice B: | The EU BSS requires governments to make arrangements for the recognition of the
MPE. |
| Choice C: | In the EU BSS the MPE is responsible for patient dosimetry. |
| Choice D: | The EU BSS requires that the MPE shall, where appropriate, liaise with the radiation
protection expert. |
| Choice E: | . The MPE functions in the new EU BSS are those which were attributed before to the
radiation protection expert. |
| Question 9: Answer TRUE or FALSE: The format of IMPCB exams for medical physicist certification is two written exams followed by one oral exam. |
| Reference: | http://www.impcbdb.org/model-program/ |
| Choice A: | True. |
| Choice B: | False. |
| Question 10: Answer TRUE or FALSE: The minimum requirement to start taking the IMPCB examinations
is graduation from an accredited college or university with an advanced degree (Masters or
Doctorate) in physics, medical physics or an equivalent degree in an appropriate physical or
engineering science discipline. |
| Reference: | http://www.impcbdb.org/model-program/ |
| Choice A: | True. |
| Choice B: | False. |
