NACP 2023
Hi, I'm Sofia and welcome to my web page!
Unfortunately I cannot be present at the NACP 2023 in Iceland, but I have prepared a small video to summarize my abstract. All references are listed below. To know what I do for work (and not only), feel free to browse this site!
References (click the hyperlink to read more)
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Samei E, Mills MD. Medical Physics 3.0, physics for every patient. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018 Nov;19(6):4-5. doi: 10.1002/acm2.12484. Epub 2018 Oct 19. PMID: 30338923; PMCID: PMC6236826.
Schuller BW, Hendrickson KRG, Rong Y. Medical physicists should meet with patients as part of the initial consult. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2018 Mar;19(2):6-9. doi: 10.1002/acm2.12305. PMID: 29536671; PMCID: PMC5849824.
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Chougule A. Leadership and challenges in medical physics: A strategic and robust approach. J Med Phys. 2020 Apr-Jun;45(2):136–8. doi: 10.4103/jmp.JMP_34_20. PMCID: PMC7416861.
Padilla L, Meleski WB, Dominick C, Athing C, Jones CL, Burns D, Cathers LA, Fields EC. Introductory patient communication training for medical physics graduate students: Pilot experience. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 Jan;23(1):e13449. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13449. Epub 2021 Oct 28. PMID: 34708923; PMCID: PMC8803301.
Gronberg M, Wang D; Medical Physics Leadership Academy (MPLA) Cases Subcommittee, American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM). Introduction of Medical Physics Leadership Academy (MPLA) case studies. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2021 Mar;22(3):287. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13187. Epub 2021 Mar 19. PMID: 33739586; PMCID: PMC7984495.
Atwood TF, Brown DW, Pasciak AS, Samei E, Mahesh M, Pawlicki T. Patient Communication for Medical Physicists. J Am Coll Radiol. 2021 Dec;18(12):1601-1604. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2021.09.039. Epub 2021 Nov 8. PMID: 34762832.
Caruana CJ, Damilakis J. Being an excellent scientist is not enough to succeed! Soft skills for medical physicists. Eur J Radiol. 2022 Oct;155:110108. doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.110108. Epub 2021 Dec 14. PMID: 34961639.
Tabakov S, Stoeva M. Collaborative networking and support for medical physics development in low and middle income (LMI) countries. Health Technol (Berl). 2021;11(5):963-969. doi: 10.1007/s12553-021-00591-1. Epub 2021 Sep 9. PMID: 34518791; PMCID: PMC8425999.
Paul J. What Do Medical Physicists Do? Leadership and Challenges in Administration and Various Business Functions. Adv Radiat Oncol. 2022 Oct 13;7(6):100947. doi: 10.1016/j.adro.2022.100947. PMID: 36420190; PMCID: PMC9677202.
Padilla L, Meleski WB, Dominick C, Athing C, Jones CL, Burns D, Cathers LA, Fields EC. Introductory patient communication training for medical physics graduate students: Pilot experience. J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2022 Jan;23(1):e13449. doi: 10.1002/acm2.13449. Epub 2021 Oct 28. PMID: 34708923; PMCID: PMC8803301.
Padilla L, Garcia DT, Rodrigues A, Hyun M. Training for the future: Introducing foundational skills necessary to promote patient-centered care practice in medical physics graduate programs. Tech Innov Patient Support Radiat Oncol. 2022 Oct 1;24:54-58. doi: 10.1016/j.tipsro.2022.09.009. PMID: 36217347; PMCID: PMC9547290.
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