Program Information

Workshop Outline

THURSDAY, JULY 31

6:00pm-7:30pm Registration
All sessions take place in Salon ABC
7:30pm-9:00pm

Orientation
History and Challenges in Teaching Physics
William Hendee, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
Herb Mower, Lahey Clinic

FRIDAY, AUGUST 1

7:30am-8:30am Breakfast, Salon DEF
8:30am-8:45am Opening Remarks
William Hendee, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
8:45am-9:30am Keynote: How People Learn Physics
Edward Redish, PhD, University of Maryland
9:30am-10:15am Plenary: Comparing How Physicists and Physicians Learn
Gary Becker, MD, American Board of Radiology
E. Russell Ritenour, PhD, University of Minnesota
10:15am-10:30am Break
10:30am-11:30am Breakout Sessions: Best Practices and Helpful Hints
11:30am-12:15pm Assembly Review of Breakout Sessions
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch, Salon DEF
1:30pm-2:15pm Keynote: Understanding and Engaging Your Audience: Lessons Learned from Undergraduate Physics Education
Victor Montemayor, PhD, Middle Tennessee State University
2:15pm-3:00pm Plenary: Assessing the Assimilation of Knowledge
Stephen Thomas, PhD, American Board of Radiology
Kimberly Applegate, MD, University of Indiana
3:00pm-3:15pm Break
3:15pm-4:15pm Breakout Sessions: Best Practices and Helpful Hints
4:15pm-5:00pm Assembly Review of Breakout Sessions
5:30pm-7:00pm Reception, Marina Plaza Foyer
7:00pm Dinner on your own

SATURDAY, AUGUST 2

7:30am-8:30am Breakfast, Salon DEF
8:30am-9:00am Keynote: Knowing What to Teach
J. Anthony Seibert, PhD, University of California, Davis
Ervin Podgorsak, PhD, McGill University
9:00am-10:00am Plenary 1: A Physics Curriculum for Radiologists and Radiation Oncologists
Philip Heintz, PhD, University of New Mexico
George Starkschall, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center

Plenary 2: A Physics Curriculum for Physicists
Jay Burmeister, PhD, Karmanos Cancer Institute
Edward Jackson, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:00am-10:15am Break
10:15am-11:15am Breakout Sessions: Best Practices and Helpful Hints
11:15am-Noon Assembly Review of Breakout Sessions
Noon-1:15pm Lunch, Salon DEF
1:15pm-2:00pm Keynote: Teaching and Learning Through Collaboration
George Nikiforidis, PhD, Patras University School of Medicine
2:00pm-3:00pm

Discussion Session

  • Active vs. Passive Learning
  • Examples and Stories
  • Tag-Team Teaching
  • Emphasizing Images and Applications
  • Web-based Resources
  • Panel of Representatives from AAPM, RSNA, ACR, ARRS and ASTRO
3:00pm-3:15pm Break
3:15pm-4:15pm Breakout Sessions: Best Practices and Helpful Hints
4:15pm-5:00pm Assembly Review of Breakout Sessions
Dinner on your own

SUNDAY, AUGUST 3

7:30am-8:30am Breakfast, Salon DEF
8:00am-8:30am Rudiments of Action Plan Development
William Hendee, PhD, Medical College of Wisconsin
8:30am-9:30am Development of Individual Action Plans
9:30am-9:45am Break
10:15am-11:15am Work Sessions - Sharing of Action Plans
11:15am-11:30am Modification of Individual Action Plans
11:30am-12:15pm Assembly Review of Action Plans
12:15pm-12:30pm Workshop Summary and Closing Comments