2021 AAPM Virtual 63rd Annual Meeting
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Session Title: Overview of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Efforts in AAPM
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 %
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