Question 1: How many total committees and subcommittees in AAPM are dedicated to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) efforts? |
Reference: | https://www.aapm.org/org/structure/default.asp?committee_code=BR |
Choice A: | 1 |
Choice B: | 8 |
Choice C: | 15 |
Choice D: | 20 |
Choice E: | >20 |
Question 2: What did the original “WMRSC” acronym stand for? |
Reference: | https://www.aapm.org/org/structure/committee/article.asp?id=1107 |
Choice A: | Women and Minority Research Subcommittee |
Choice B: | Working group for Minority Research Subcommittee |
Choice C: | Women and Minorities Subcommittee |
Choice D: | Working group for Minority Research Subcommittee |
Choice E: | Women and Minority Recruitment Subcommittee |
Question 3: Which statement is true? |
Reference: | https://www.getsmartoregon.org/assets/Equality-Initiative-Inforgraph-6.jpg |
Choice A: | Equality and equity are interchangeable. |
Choice B: | Equity is about giving fairness and justice. |
Choice C: | Equality is more important as it allows all of us to have equal access to certain privileges in society. |
Choice D: | Equity involves giving everyone the same thing irrespective of their needs and identity. |
Choice E: | Equality and equity are mandated in the US Constitution so no efforts need to be made to ensure either. |
Question 4: Roughly, what percentage of entering class Medical Physics PhDs were women in 2017? |
Reference: | http://www.sdampp.org/resources.php |
Choice A: | 42 % |
Choice B: | 50 % |
Choice C: | 10 % |
Choice D: | 70 % |
Choice E: | 22 % |
Question 5: With regards to EDI, which statement is false about being a mentor, ally, advocate or sponsor? |
Reference: | https://hermoney.com/earn/careers/ally-advocate-mentor-sponsor-how-to-be-one-how-to-get-one-and-why-you-should/ |
Choice A: | Only individuals from an underrepresented racial or gender group need an advocate to advance in their careers. |
Choice B: | Mentors can benefit as much as mentees from the professional relationship. |
Choice C: | Being a sponsor should include using one’s reputation and influence to help another individual land a job or opportunity. |
Choice D: | Allyship is enhanced by first doing self-reflection and speaking up for others with less social capital even when they are not present in the room to address social inequities. |
Question 6: What percentage of full AAPM members identified as women in 2019? |
Reference: | Covington E, Moran JM, Paradis KC. The state of gender equity in medical physics. Medical Physics 47(4):2038-43, 2020. |
Choice A: | 10 % |
Choice B: | 40 % |
Choice C: | 32 % |
Choice D: | 23 % |
Choice E: | 51 % |