Ashley Cetnar, PhD, MS

Open-ended survey responses are extremely valuable since participants voluntarily share insights that they feel are necessary to express. The purpose of this study is to accurately reflect members’ perception of the AAPM climate, through analysis of open-ende...

Understanding of medical physics is essential for safe and effective radiation oncology practice. This study evaluates current instructional practices for physics education in radiation oncology physician residency programs following the release of the AAPM/A...

Education is a core professional responsibility for medical physicists, yet most receive limited formal training in pedagogy or instructional design. Recognizing this gap, the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) established the Community of...

HyperSight imaging (HS-CBCT) is commercially available for TrueBeam linear accelerators enabling an advanced iterative reconstruction algorithm with metal artifact reduction (iCBCT-MAR). iCBCT-MAR reduces scatter and improves image quality in the presence of...

To evaluate the impact of the AAPM MPLA Pathways to Leadership program on member engagement and leadership development by summarizing outcomes from the initial cohorts. The goal of the 6-month program is to help members learn more about the organization and p...

Professional

Abstract: Our workforce is currently experiencing a substantial shortage of qualified medical physicists. Solutions to this shortage must include expansion of our education and training infrastructure and, ideally, improvements in this infrastructure as well....

Professional