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Medical Physics 3.0 in Practice


N Hangiandreou

E Ford

X Li

T Atwood

D Pavord






N Hangiandreou1*, E Ford2*, X Li3*, T Atwood4*, D Pavord5*, (1) Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, (2) University of Washington, Seattle, WA, (3) The Cleveland Clinic, Beachwood, OH, (4) UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA, (5) Health Quest, Poughkeepsie, NY

Presentations

1:45 PM : Quality and safety analytics as a pathway to evidence based imaging practice - N Hangiandreou, Presenting Author
2:09 PM : Quality and safety analytics as a pathway to evidence based therapy practice - E Ford, Presenting Author
2:33 PM : Personalization of pediatric imaging in terms of needed indication-based quality per dose - X Li, Presenting Author
2:57 PM : Patient consult: direct interface of physicist with the patient in the course of the treatment - T Atwood, Presenting Author
3:21 PM : Process improvement plans across in-patient and out-patient operations - D Pavord, Presenting Author

WE-F-FS2-0 (Wednesday, August 2, 2017) 1:45 PM - 3:45 PM Room: Four Seasons 2


Medical physicists have the unique calling and expertise to be scientific agents of innovation and quality in the development and practice of medicine. However, this is not consistently realized to its full potential. Further, broad and profound changes in the delivery of healthcare are underway and accelerating, and our profession must urgently address these changes head-on. Medical Physics 3.0 (MP3.0) is a new initiative of the AAPM to define and promote sustainable excellence in medical physics – through education, research, and clinical practice. Given new mandates in healthcare of value-based, personalized, and evidence-based practice, MP3.0 aims to redefine and reinvigorate the role of physics in modern medicine by growing and building upon the unique skills of medical physicists. MP3.0 defines a standard and promotes a culture for physicists to engage proactively and meaningfully in medicine, and to take a scientific approach in quantification of benefit in value-based care.

This two-session symposium cuts across the scientific, educational, and professional objectives of Medical Physics 3.0 in both the imaging and therapy sub-disciplines. Session 1 (MP3.0 in design) will articulate attributes that MP3.0 physicists should aspire to, including administrative, scientific, and educational skills. Session 2 (MP3.0 in practice) offers case studies of how physicists can expertly enact, express, and enhance the quality of clinical care through expert intentional contributions to quality and safety analytics, personalization of pediatric care, direct patient care, and process improvement. Whether working in a consulting academic, research, or clinical environment, in therapy or in imaging, Medical Physics 3.0 encourages a mindset and a skillset, which are essential to realizing the vast potential of medical physics to improve human health.

Learning Objectives:
1. Experience how physicists can expertly enact, express, and enhance the quality of clinical care.
2. Learn specific MP3.0 clinical activities pertaining to personalization of pediatric imaging, direct patient care, and quality and safety analytics as a pathway to evidence-based practice.
3. Understand how process improvement can impact in-patient and out-patient operations.


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