Question 1: All of the following are characteristics of a sponsor except if S/He: |
Reference: | TRAVIS, E. L., LEILANI, D. & HELITZER, D. L. 2013. Sponsorship: A Path to the Academic Medicine C-suite for Women Faculty? Academic Medicine, 88, 1414-1417 |
Choice A: | has power |
Choice B: | is an advocate |
Choice C: | is behind the scene |
Choice D: | goes out on a limb |
Question 2: Sponsorship focuses on personal and professional development, true or false? |
Reference: | Gottlieb AS, Travis EL. Rationale and Models for Career Advancement Sponsorship in Academic Medicine: The Time Is Here; the Time Is Now. Acad Med 93(11):1620-1623, 11/2018. e-Pub 7/2018. PMID: 29979207. |
Choice A: | True |
Choice B: | False |
Question 3: 3) A protégé is a learner, true or false? |
Reference: | The Relationship You Need to Get Right, Harvard Business Review. October 2013 |
Choice A: | True |
Choice B: | False |
Question 4: From data on Racial composition of AAPM what is the estimated percentage of Blacks/African Americans? |
Reference: | Racial composition of AAPM from membership database. Accessed 10/6/2020. Total respondents 4025 out of 9300 members (43%). |
Choice A: | 5.8% |
Choice B: | 2.9% |
Choice C: | 9.6% |
Question 5: Which of the following is a significant barrier to medical physics careers for minorities? |
Reference: | Rykers K. The impact of diversity, bias and stereotype: expanding the Medical Physics and Engineering STEM workforce. Austr Phys Eng Sci Med. 2016;39:593–600. - PubMed |
Choice A: | Bias |
Choice B: | Innovation |
Choice C: | Intelligence |
Question 6: How can we increase AMPERE (Access to Medical Physics Education and Research Excellence) for minorities? |
Reference: | Hofstra et al. The Diversity-Innovation Paradox in Science. PNAS April 28, 2020 117 (17) 9284-9291. https://www.pnas.org/content/117/17/9284; Rykers K. The impact of diversity, bias and stereotype: expanding the Medical Physics and Engineering STEM workforce. Austr Phys Eng Sci Med. 2016;39:593–600. - PubMed |
Choice A: | Enhance Diversity through enhanced recruitment of minorities into physics and medical physics education pathways |
Choice B: | Increase the diversity innovation paradox |
Choice C: | Increase number of physicians |