Diversity and Professional Advancement in Medical Physics.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

While disparities in the inclusion and advancement of women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical fields have been well documented, less work has focused on medical physics specifically. In this study, we evaluate historical and current diversity within the medical physics workforce, in cohorts representative of professional advancement (PA) in the field, and within National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded medical physics research activities.

Methods and materials

The 2020 American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) membership was queried as surrogate for the medical physics workforce. Select subsets of the AAPM membership were queried as surrogate for PA and early career professional advancement (ECPA) in medical ph

SUBMITTER: Rankin J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9539787 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature