| Question 1: Which of the following are IAEA Technical Cooperation Project topic areas? |
| Reference: | IAEA Technical Cooperation Programme: Sixty Years and Beyond-Contributing to Development, IAEA, Vienna (2017) |
| Choice A: | Water and environment |
| Choice B: | Safety and security |
| Choice C: | Food and agriculture |
| Choice D: | Health and nutrition |
| Choice E: | All of the above |
| Question 2: According to the World Health Organization, what percentage of the world lacks access to basic diagnostic imaging? |
| Reference: | Tahvildari AM, Atnafu A, Cosco D, Acosta A, Gupta G, Hudgins PA. Global health and radiology: A new paradigm for US radiology resident training. J Am Coll Radiol 2012;9(7):516-519 |
| Choice A: | 25% |
| Choice B: | 33% |
| Choice C: | 50% |
| Choice D: | 67% |
| Question 3: What is NOT a benefit of resident participation in global outreach? |
| Reference: | Drain PK, Primack A, Hunt DD, Fawzi, Wafaie WW, Holmes KK, Gardner P. Global health in medical education: A call for more training and opportunities. Acad Med 2007;82(2):226-230 |
| Choice A: | Enhanced sensitivity to cost issues |
| Choice B: | Exposure to advanced technology |
| Choice C: | Greater appreciation for cross-cultural communication |
| Choice D: | Increased confidence |
| Question 4: What is the role of medical physics in a Readiness Assessment in RAD-AID’s global health model? |
| Reference: | https://rad-aid.org/resource-center/radiology-readiness and Mollura DJ, Culp MP, Lungren ML. Radiology in Global Health. Springer, New York, NY, 2018 |
| Choice A: | Create an assessment for low-resource institutions to self-identify needs in a request for donations |
| Choice B: | Set requirements for predetermined equipment donations that low-resource facilities must meet |
| Choice C: | Collaboratively assess existing resources at low-resource institutions that can be optimized for sustainable long-term solutions |
| Choice D: | Apply a uniform medical physics model to all low-resource health institutions regardless of existing resources and practices |
| Question 5: Within the international organizations: |
| Reference: | European Commission, Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Labour Organization, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, Pan American Health Organization, United Nations Environment Programme, World Health Organization, Radiation Protection and Safety of Radiation
Sources: International Basic Safety Standards, IAEA Safety Standards Series No. GSR Part 3, IAEA, Vienna (2014) |
| Choice A: | The IUPESM is formed by the Latin American Medical Physics Association and the IFMBE |
| Choice B: | The International Basic Safety Standards refers to the IEC for manufacturers’ medical imaging equipment standards |
| Choice C: | UNSCEAR is one of the sponsoring organizations of the 2014 International Basic Safety Standards |
| Choice D: | The European Union is the executive branch of the European Commission |
| Question 6: Regarding the role of medical imaging physicists, |
| Reference: | Hanson G, Borrás C, Jiménez P. History of the Radiological Health Program of the Pan American Health Organization: 1960 – 2006. https://www.paho.org/en/documents/history-radiological-health-program-pan-american-health-organization-1960-2006. Accessed 11 April 2021 |
| Choice A: | The International Labour Organization’s Governing Bodies consist of Radiation Control Authorities, without medical physicists in their staff |
| Choice B: | Medical imaging physicists are not considered within the WHO, IRPA, IOMP and IAEA project on Radiation Safety Culture in Health |
| Choice C: | In the 1970’s a PAHO medical physicist was involved in the design of a “Basic Radiological System”, promoted worldwide by WHO in the 1980’s |
| Choice D: | Medical physicists are not recognized as health professionals by the ILO |
