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The 5 th International Day of Medical Physics poster produced by the Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics (IOMP Member) in November 7, 2017 [1].
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The 5th International Day of Medical Physics (IDMP) on November 7, 2017, featured six women physicists, including Marie Skłodowska Curie, who pioneered the study of radioactivity. It was held in conjunction with her 150th birthday anniversary. The other five were Chien-Shiung Wu, Rosalyn Yalow, Maria Mayer, Harriet Brooks and Marie Curie's daughter...
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... the well-known Marie Curie, five exceptional women, Chien-Shiung Wu, Rosalyn Yalow, Maria Mayer, Harriet Brooks and Irène Joliot-Curie were recognized for their outstanding roles in nuclear physics (Fig. ...
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... One of the major accomplishment through this mentoring programme is the joint effort in article writing and conference presentations. Two peer-reviewed articles were published [15,17] and several presentations have been carried out to report the formation and activities of the group in the regional or international conferences such as IUPESM World Congress of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering 2018, XXVI Brazilian Congress of Medical Physics 2019 and AFOMP Monthly Webinar 2020. These exercises provide a platform for the current mentor-mentee to share their experiences in the mentoring programme as well as outreach to more prospective young medical physicists and potential mentors to join in this programme. ...
This paper aims to present on the establishment of the "Medical Physics: Leadership and Mentoring Programme" and its achievements to date. The objectives of the programme are to develop leadership roles among young medical physicists and to provide guidance and support for young medical physicists by creating an atmosphere of openness where meaningful communication and trust can exist. Since its formation in 2016, the programme has expanded and kept growing to offer a platform for the young medical physicists to equip with leadership values. The group applies an e-mentoring method, which offers an innovative way of mentoring despite geographic constraint. Tele-mentoring sessions have also been organised to enable the mentors to share their experiences with mentees. Throughout its 4 years of operation, the group has accomplished four important achievements: worldwide professional network establishment, tele-mentoring sessions with guest mentors, scientific collaborations and publications as well as information dissemination. A questionnaire survey to study the key impacts of the programme on mentees shows that the majority of the mentees agreed that this programme has been beneficial in their career pathway. There is a need to further strengthen and expand the programme to become a more structured programme. It is envisaged that the programme could be considered as a training model for other medical physics groups in future.
... Mentees are encouraged to excel in their professional skills throughout the mentoring program, such as article writing and conference participation. Good examples of collaboration among the mentees are demonstrated through the publication of the article [21] and conference presentations. The article titled "Women in physics: pioneers who inspire us" was written by an initiative of female mentees of the group, guided by one mentor. ...
Mentoring aims to improve careers and create benefits for the participants' personal and professional lives. Mentoring can be an individual or a shared experience for a group, while the mentor’s role remains the same in both models. Mentors should increase confidence, teach, inspire, and set examples, helping the mentees to mould their path, contributing to the pursuit of their personal and professional goals. This study aims to report on the experience of early-career medical physics professionals and postgraduate students participating in a global mentoring program and to assess the impact of this activity on their professional development. The objectives of this mentoring program are to develop leadership roles among young medical physicists and to provide guidance
and support. An online questionnaire was administered to the mentee participants. The analysis of their responses is reported in this work and the current status of the programme was examined using a SWOT analysis. In general, the mentoring experience had a positive impact on the mentees. The mentors were found especially helpful in the decision-making situations and in other conflicts that may arise with career development. Additionally, the mentees felt that mentoring contributed to the development of leadership skills required for the job market and assist in personal development. This paper concludes that participation of young medical physicists in a mentoring group program is beneficial to their career and therefore should be encouraged.
