2021 Accelerating Women and Minority Physicists
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Session Title: Organizational Awareness and Understanding Social Capital
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
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