Objective

• The IOMP Female Group’s objective is in compliance with the main IOMP mission and directive directives to advance medical physics practice worldwide by disseminating scientific and technical information, fostering the educational and professional development of medical physicists, and promoting the highest quality medical services for patients.

Functions

• Develop, implement and coordinate tasks and projects related to the role of females in medical physics scientific, educational and practical aspects.
  Popularize the role of the women in medical physics and encourage female medical physicist to advance in the profession.
  Provide regular status/progress updates to the IOMP on all tasks and projects related to the IOMP Female Group.
  Promote the contribution of female medical physicists at major scientific conferences such as WC and ICMP.

 Membership/Representation

     Membership will consist of representation from

• IOMP ExCom
• IOMP Committees
• Regional Organisations
• National Organisations
• Corporate Members
• Individuals
• Other related groups that are likely to include International organisations representatives, Public health representatives, Voluntary sector organisations, Other local individuals and organisations with an interest in the area.

The group is open to men also.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Group chair
• Associate chair
• Members

Frequency

The frequency of meetings will be as agreed by the group to achieve the objectives in a timely fashion.

Reporting

• Reporting will be established within the existing structures to facilitate tasks evaluation and progress.
• The group actions may be subject of approval by IOMP governance.
• The group will report directly to the IOMP ExCom.

Dissemination

Dissemination methods need to be designed and implemented on a case by case basis. Three primary methods of dissemination can be used :

• presentations, workshops and seminars
• impact assessment reports and summaries
• articles in general and academic publications

Please download the women subcommittee terms of reference here.