RESOURCES

News Brief - May 2015

SDAMPP Board Reports

• CAMPEP/SDAMPP Graduate Program Survey Results
  • Annual Meeting Committee (CP: President Elect)
  • Education Practices (CP: Ed Jackson)
  • Outreach Committee (CP: Robert Pizzutiello)
  • Global Activities Committee (CP: vacant)
  • Professional Issues Committee (CP: Amy Harrison)
  • Trainee Affairs Committee (CP: Jay Burmeister)
• Existing Committees to consider new member
  • Membership Committee (CP: Schueler/Fullerton)
  • Finance Committee (CP: Sam Armato)
  • Nominations Committee (CP: Fullerton) 
• All Committees can accept new members in 2015 (VOLUNTEERS WELCOME)

Education Practices Committee Reports

• John Gibbons reports on Medical Physics Residency Match
  • For therapy, 61/79 programs are enrolled.
  • For diagnostic, 8/13 programs are enrolled.
  • Total accredited US program participation is 67/76 (92%).
  • 400 individual applicants in the match.  
  • There are 318 unique applicants in MP-RAP.
  • The average applicant applied to 32 programs for 2015.
  • There were 31 programs that received >150 applications! 
  • Details available from John here – Key info on Slides 26-29
  • Discussion of results planned for Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting Committee

• Register for the SDAMPP Annual Meeting (10 people signed up already)

Trainee Affairs Committee Reports

• First “Residency Fair” planned for Anaheim 2015
• Collaborating with AAPM Students and Trainees Subcommittee on Fair
• Letter encouraging SDAMPP member programs to participate in Fair
  • 11:00-12:15 on Wednesday, July 15th in the Anaheim Marriott

Membership Committee Reports

• 15 New Members approved by SDAMPP Board -  WELCOME