Reinvigorating Scientific Excellence
The theme of this year’s AAPM Annual Meeting is “Reinvigorating Scientific Excellence”. I chose this theme because I feel that AAPM has drifted a bit from its scientific roots; many of us (myself included) need to rejuvenate our enthusiasm as scientists. And we, as an organization, need to recognize that science is at the core of what we do.
AAPM and its members have had our share of distractions in recent years, and to be sure; medicine in the United States (and elsewhere) is changing and we have to change with it. There are many ways to survive change, but I humbly suggest that one of the most important survival strategies that we collectively can adopt is to get better at what we do as scientists.
Regardless of what your role is in the field of medical physics – a government regulator, a physicist with 110% clinical responsibilities, an educator, a medical physicist working in industry, an academic researcher, or any other role – we are all graduate-school educated scientists. Utilization of the scientific methods brings valuable contributions to each of these settings, contributions that we are uniquely capable of providing. We have many differences in job function, but the single most important trait that binds AAPM members and trainees together is our contributions to and implementation of science. We can all improve our scientific skills by adopting a personal commitment to life-long learning. AAPM provides many venues for enhancing scientific proficiency; I invite you – indeed I challenge you - to take advantage of the outstanding opportunities offered at this summer’s meeting to reinvigorate your scientific excellence.
While all of the sessions in this year’s AAPM Annual Meeting promise to be invigorating, the Scientific Program Committee and I have identified a number of sessions in this year’s meeting which are particularly reinvigorating, and these are marked by a special star. But the star is just a logo – the reinvigoration part is up to you.
John M. Boone
2015 AAPM President
Meeting Theme Designated Sessions
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Pediatric Imaging |
Monday
- 7/13/2015 |
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| SAM Imaging Educational Course |
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Room: 207 |
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The Science of QA |
Tuesday
- 7/14/2015 |
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| Therapy Symposium |
1:45 PM - 3:45 PM |
Room: Ballroom D |
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MDCT-Radiation Dose |
Thursday
- 7/16/2015 |
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| Imaging Scientific Session |
1:00 PM - 2:50 PM |
Room: Ballroom A |
