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Survey on the interest and commitment of AIFM members to scientific activities (SicAS) - The initiative of the FutuRuS working group.
Castriconi, R; Placidi, L; Avanzo, M; Cirio, R; Gallo, P; Mazzilli, A; Milano, A; Rancati, T; Russo, P; Garibaldi, C.
Affiliation
  • Castriconi R; Medical Physics Dept, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy.
  • Placidi L; Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma, Italy.
  • Avanzo M; Department of Medical Physics, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico di Aviano (CRO) IRCCS, Aviano, PN, Italy.
  • Cirio R; Università degli Studi di Torino, Torino 10125, Italy; INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Torino, Italy.
  • Gallo P; IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Medical Physics Unit, via Manzoni 56, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. Electronic address: pasqualina.gallo@humanitas.it.
  • Mazzilli A; Medical Physics Dept, University Hospital of Parma AOUP, Parma, Italy.
  • Milano A; Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
  • Rancati T; Data Science Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milano, Italy.
  • Russo P; Università di Napoli Federico II, Dipartimento di Fisica "Ettore Pancini", Napoli, Italy; INFN - National Institute for Nuclear Physics, Napoli, Italy.
  • Garibaldi C; Unit of Radiation Research, IEO European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milano, Italy.
Phys Med ; 110: 102589, 2023 Jun.
Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37254301
ABSTRACT

PURPOSE:

The "FutuRuS" working group of the Italian Association of Medical Physics and Health Physics (AIFM) designed a survey (SicAS) to get feedback from its members regarding their interests and their experience in taking part in scientific activities and events, with the objective of focusing future efforts of the AIFM towards increasing the scientific activity of the medical physics expert (MPE).

METHODS:

SicAS was sent out in March 2022 to all AIFM members by newsletter and official communication. SicAS was structured into three sections personal information and institution of affiliation information, involvement in scientific activities, interest in and commitment to scientific activities. Responses were collected in a fully anonymised mode from the Google Forms platform and analysed with descriptive statistics.

RESULTS:

Out of 1289 members (active at the end of 2021), 467 responded to the Survey (response rate of 36%). The Survey results highlighted that AIFM members ranked the involvement of the MPE in scientific activities as highly relevant to the profession. However, 34.7% indicated devoting less than 10% of their working time to scientific activities. 67.5% of the respondents were dissatisfied with the time spent on scientific activities. The primary barrier was the lack of time (77%), followed by a lack of mentoring (32%).

CONCLUSIONS:

SicAS highlighted the need for AIFM initiatives to support members' scientific activities. National societies should help develop and support networks between members, create links among universities, hospitals, research institutions and industries, and provide guidelines and learning platforms for enhancing the MPEs' involvement in scientific activities.
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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Communication / Health Physics Type of study: Qualitative_research Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Phys Med Year: 2023 Document type: Article

Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Communication / Health Physics Type of study: Qualitative_research Country/Region as subject: Europa Language: En Journal: Phys Med Year: 2023 Document type: Article