Medical Physics During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Spreading to every corner of the Earth, the COVID-19 virus has had an unparalleled impact on all aspects of our lives. This book explores in detail how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected clinical practice, education, and research in medical physics, and how colleagues on the frontline dealt with this unpredictable and unprecedented pandemic. It tackles key questions such as: How did medical physicists first respond to the situation? What innovative strategies were taken and how effective were they? How are medical physicists preparing for the future? There will be a focus on the different experiences of regional medical physicists and the responses and outlooks in clinical practice, education, and research in the affected continents, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Europe, Africa and North and Latin America. With over 91 contributors from 39 countries, this unique resource contains key perspectives from teams from each territory to ensure a global range of accounts. The collective opinion and wisdom from the major medical physics journal editors-in-chief are also explored, alongside how the pandemic has affected the quantity and quality of publications. Voices of early-career researchers and students of medical physics will be included, with narratives of their experiences coping with life during the pandemic. Lastly, communicating leadership in times of adversity is highlighted. This book will be a historic account of the impact of the COVID-19 virus on the field of medical physics. It will be an ideal reference for medical physicists, medical physics trainees and students, hospital administrators, regulators, and healthcare professionals allied with medical physics. Key features: - The first book to cover the impact of COVID-19 on the field of medical physics - Edited by two experts in the field, with chapter contributions from subject area specialists around the world - Broad, global coverage, ranging from the impact on teaching, research, and publishing, with unique perspectives from journal editors and students and trainees

Kwan Hoong Ng PhD, ABMP, FinstP, FIOMP, AMM, FASc. A Professor of Medical Physics at the University of Malaya. Among others, he specialises in breast imaging, radiological protection and dosimetry, medical physics education and risk communication. Prof Ng received the prestigious IOMP Marie Sklodowska Curie Award at the WC2018, Prague. Dr. Magdalena Stoeva is an elected member of the governing bodies of the IOMP and the IUPESM. She has expertise in medical physics, engineering and computer systems at academic and hospital level, as well as organizational and international experience. Dr Stoeva holds the prestigious IUPAP Young Scientist and the Leonardo da Vinci awards

1. Consolidating wisdom from diverse talents in medical physics during COVID-19 pandemic 2. Medical Physics Services in Radiation Oncology: Pandemic Trials and Tribulations 3. Adjustments to Nuclear Medicine Physics Services in Response to the Pandemic 4 Adapting in a Crisis: Radiology Medical Physics Service Provision during a Pandemic 5 Education and Training During COVID-19 Pandemics - lessons learned and the way forward 6. Role of Medical Physicists in Scientific Research During COVID-19 Pandemic - switching to the "new normal" 7 IOMP's Global Perspectives for Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic 8. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives - Asia Pacific 9. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives - Middle East 10. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives - Europe 11. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives - Africa 12. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives - North America 13. Medical Physics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Global Perspectives - Latin America and the Caribbeans 14 Medical Physics Journals during the time of Covid-19 - the Editor's experience (February - October 2020) 15. The response of Medical Physics for World Benefit to the COVID-19 crisis 16. Early Career Medical Physics Experience during the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience and perspectives from Medical Physics: Leadership & Mentoring program 17. Communicating Leadership in times of Adversity