AAPM Newsletter
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Education
July/August 2010
AAPM staff members realize the amount of waste created by a single meeting. Most green ideas cost nothing extra, and some even save our association money. Our efforts to be more environmentally responsible include the following: • AAPM does not produce any promotional postcards or brochures; all meeting program information can be found on-line. • The Pennsylvania Convention Center’s caterer, ARAMARK, uses multiple products that are costeffective as well as sustainable. Greenwaves, Eco-Products, and EATware provide full product lines of 100% decomposable and biodegradable materials. All lines conform to FDA requirements and are made from 100% Bamboo, corn starch, paper, and other natural fibers. • Brede Exposition Services, our official service contractor, produces signs on reusable Sintra plastic. Brede reuses, and then recycles miles of carpet. Aluminum and cardboard from the show floor is recycled. • Philadelphia is ranked one of the top ten green cities by SustainLane.com. 2010 Summer School Make sure to register for the 2010 AAPM Summer School, Teaching Medical Physics: Innovations in Learning, to be held immediately follow the Annual Meeting, July 22 – 25 at the University of Pennsylvania. This 2.5 day program is designed to help medical physicists become better teachers of physicians, graduate students and technologists. Highlights of the program include presentations by four academic physicists who are widely recognized as master teachers, a national expert on problembased learning and a radiologist who is highly recognized as a masterful speaker. Each participant will leave with an action plan he or she has designed to be a better teacher. Staff Recognition Part of the success of AAPM HQ operations is our ability to attract and retain an excellent team of highperforming professionals. The following AAPM team members celebrated an AAPM anniversary in the first half of 2010. I want to publicly thank them and acknowledge their efforts.
Nancy Vazquez Jennifer Hudson Zailu Gao Cecilia Hunter Karen MacFarland Lynne Fairobent Lisa Giove Laurie Hayden Onasis Budisantoso Ramy James Amanda Potter
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