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Female medical physicists: The results of a survey carried out by the International Organization for Medical Physics.

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Tsapaki, V; Rehani, MM
Published in: Phys Med
June 2015

INTRODUCTION: The gender composition of the existing medical physicist (MP) workforce around the world is basically unknown. The International Organization for Medical Physics (IOMP) performed a survey in order to investigate the number of MPs in countries around the world and the percentage of women MPs compared to total number of MPs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A simple online questionnaire prepared as a Google Forms survey asking the country, the total number of MPs, the number of female MPs and finally the gender of the person providing the data was sent in mid-March 2013 to six regional member organizations of IOMP, as well as contact points in many member countries. RESULTS: Sixty-six countries responded to the survey by mid-July 2013. Fifty two percent of those who filled the form were females, the rest males. The total number of MPs was 17,024, of which 28% were female (4807). The median values of percentages of females were 21% in the USA, 47% in Europe, 35% in Asia, 33% in Africa and 24% in Latin America. CONCLUSION: This is the first international survey that investigates the number and percentage of female MPs around the world. There are European countries that are far away from the target set by European Commission (40%) whereas in countries in the Middle East and Asia, female MPs actually outnumber males. This study is the first step in a more in-depth study that needs to be taken in near future.

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Phys Med

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EISSN

1724-191X

Publication Date

June 2015

Volume

31

Issue

4

Start / End Page

368 / 373

Location

Italy

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Societies, Scientific
  • Physics
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Internationality
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 5105 Medical and biological physics
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 3202 Clinical sciences
 

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Tsapaki, V., & Rehani, M. M. (2015). Female medical physicists: The results of a survey carried out by the International Organization for Medical Physics. Phys Med, 31(4), 368–373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.02.009
Tsapaki, Virginia, and Madan M. Rehani. “Female medical physicists: The results of a survey carried out by the International Organization for Medical Physics.Phys Med 31, no. 4 (June 2015): 368–73. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.02.009.
Tsapaki, Virginia, and Madan M. Rehani. “Female medical physicists: The results of a survey carried out by the International Organization for Medical Physics.Phys Med, vol. 31, no. 4, June 2015, pp. 368–73. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.02.009.

Published In

Phys Med

DOI

EISSN

1724-191X

Publication Date

June 2015

Volume

31

Issue

4

Start / End Page

368 / 373

Location

Italy

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Societies, Scientific
  • Physics
  • Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
  • Internationality
  • Humans
  • Female
  • 5105 Medical and biological physics
  • 4003 Biomedical engineering
  • 3202 Clinical sciences