Lopez Medina Antonio, Polycarpou Irene, Tzoumi Nefeli, Irazola Leticia, Koutsouveli Efi
Medical Physics Department, Hospital do Meixoeiro, Galaria, EOXI Vigo, Vigo, Spain; Galicia Sur Health Research Institute (IISGS), Vigo, Spain; Department of Functional Biology and Health Sciences, University of Vigo, Vigo, Spain.
Department of Health Sciences, European University Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus.
Phys Med. 2024 Sep;125:104499. doi: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2024.104499. Epub 2024 Aug 12.
To ensure the continued advancement of the medical physics profession, the European Federation of Organisations for Medical Physics (EFOMP) has designed a mentorship programme. This programme aims to support Early Career Medical Physicists by providing them with the guidance needed for both professional and personal development to meet the continually evolving demands of the medical physics field within their working environments. The EFOMP mentorship programme is an important step forward in supporting the next generation of medical physicists. This article provides an overview of the history, framework, goals, and implementation strategy of this programme. The programme will have two main orientations: mentoring, which will help mentees to improve their scientific, professional and soft skills, and enabling, which aims to prepare a sufficient number of early career professionals to get involved within EFOMP's activities, join the EFOMP structures and represent the European Medical Physics community to National and International Organisations. Each year a survey from mentors and mentees will be conducted and analysed by the European and International Matters Committee and the Early Career Special Interest Group to identify areas for improvement and to evaluate the degree of satisfaction and achievements of the participants. By providing structured mentoring, fostering professional development, and promoting sustainability, EFOMP aims to ensure that early career medical physicists are well-prepared to meet the challenges of the future and continue to advance the field of medical physics as a community.
为确保医学物理专业的持续发展，欧洲医学物理组织联合会（EFOMP）设计了一项导师计划。该计划旨在通过为早期职业医学物理学家提供专业和个人发展所需的指导，以满足其工作环境中医学物理领域不断变化的需求，从而支持他们。EFOMP导师计划是支持下一代医学物理学家向前迈出的重要一步。本文概述了该计划的历史、框架、目标和实施策略。该计划将有两个主要方向：指导，这将帮助学员提高他们的科学、专业和软技能；赋能，旨在培养足够数量的早期职业专业人员参与EFOMP的活动、加入EFOMP架构并代表欧洲医学物理界与国家和国际组织打交道。欧洲和国际事务委员会以及早期职业特别兴趣小组将每年对导师和学员进行一次调查并进行分析，以确定需要改进的领域，并评估参与者的满意度和成就程度。通过提供结构化指导、促进专业发展和推动可持续性，EFOMP旨在确保早期职业医学物理学家做好充分准备，迎接未来的挑战，并作为一个群体继续推动医学物理领域的发展。
