Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Topics at a Medical Physics Residency Journal Club

Overview

Journal J Appl Clin Med Phys

Specialties Biophysics
General Medicine

Date 2023 Aug 16

PMID 37583276

Authors

Jessica M Fagerstrom

Cheyann Windsor

Daniel Zaks

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Abstract

A journal club program was initiated in a clinically focused, geographically distributed medical physics therapy residency program. This program currently supports two residents at different clinical sites, who regularly present at the new journal club. For one of the sessions, residents were assigned to present on topics related to the broad themes of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in the context of medical physics, radiation oncology, or medical oncology. As in other journal club sessions, residents were responsible for choosing their respective articles within required criteria and with approval from the program director. The session was executed in late 2022, with both residents leading and facilitating discussion for the residents, the residency program director, and all residency faculty members. This education case report will include the learning objectives for the journal club session, a description of the content covered in the session, discussion regarding the session's alignment with the original learning objectives, and ideas for program directors intending to include evidence-based EDI topics in journal clubs.

Citing Articles

Equity, diversity, and inclusion topics at a medical physics residency journal club.

Fagerstrom J, Windsor C, Zaks D J Appl Clin Med Phys. 2023; 24(9):e14126.

PMID: 37583276 PMC: 10476978. DOI: 10.1002/acm2.14126.

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