UBC/BCCA Medical Physics Journal Club - #01 - "Ethics"
Channel: haldclark
Date: 2014-10-26

‣In this meeting we introduce ethics in medical physics. We focus on the question of whether formal ethics training should be mandatory for graduate students, look briefly at the history of ethics, and provide a short ethics quiz to get you thinking about everyday ethical issues.

• Preparatory background reading: 
◦ AAPM Report No. 159 ("Recommended ethics curriculum for medical physics graduate and residency programs: Report of Task Group 159", http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3451116 )

• Preparatory background knowledge required: none.
• Material difficulty level: low.
• Speaker: Hal Clark.
• Lecture series number: 01.
• Date: 20141024-120000.
• Location: UBC, Hennings Building, Room 309.

• About the series:
‣The Medical Physics Journal Club is put on by graduate students at the University of British Columbia and the British Columbia Cancer Agency. We aim to cover materials which are not typically covered during graduate school, but which are important for Medical Physicists to know (e.g., clinical guidelines, technical specifications, classic papers on select topics). Emphasis is on encouraging dialogue between members/attendees/viewers. Comments and questions are welcomed!

• Additional materials, references:
[1] http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1839376
[2] http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.1621868
[3] http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.3451116
[4] http://dx.doi.org/10.1118/1.4797463
[5] http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-03895-2_2

• Pointers to relevant materials:
◦ Start with AAPM reports 109 & 159. They contain lots of references and pointers. 
◦ COMP/OCPM Code of Ethics available at: https://www.medphys.ca/content.php?doc=286
◦ UBC Ombudsperson: http://ombudsoffice.ubc.ca/

• Links to images, other media used:
◦ Sailing ship: (20141014, modified) http://pixabay.com/en/sailboat-sail-boat-water-navy-37726/
◦ Shipwreck: (20141014, modified) http://pixabay.com/en/wreck-ship-sunken-cracked-broken-145639/
◦ Crab Pokemon: (20141017, modified) http://amandanoelledesign.deviantart.com/art/Tribal-Krabby-154871224
◦ Life raft: my own. Released under CC0 license.
◦ Life raft people: my own. Contact for license.
◦ Spit cups: my own. Contact for license.
◦ “Paradiso”: (20141020) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Paradiso_Canto_31.jpg
◦ “Inferno”: (20141020) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/68/Stradano_Inferno_Canto_08.jpg
◦ Hippocrates engraving. (20141023) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates#mediaviewer/File:Hippocrates_rubens.jpg
◦ Hippocratic Oath. (20131023) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippocrates#mediaviewer/File:HippocraticOath.jpg
◦ Thomas Percival. (20141022) http://www.ldysinger.com/ThM_580_Bioethics/03_Hist_2_15-19c/x-percival.jpg
◦ Scooby Doo Fun Run. (20141023) http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cambridge_Fun_Run_Scooby_Doo.jpg
◦ Volume Knob. (20141024, modified) http://pixabay.com/p-319322/?no_redirect
◦ Train Wreck. (20141023) http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/19/Train_wreck_at_Montparnasse_1895.jpg