意大利年轻的医学物理学家情景:年轻的AIFM集团调查结果
Alessandra Zorz1, Francesca Calderoni2, Roberta Castriconi3
1Medical Physics Department, Veneto Institute of Oncology IOV - IRCCS, Padua, Italy.
概括
一项针对意大利年轻医学物理学家 (MP) 的调查显示,意大利南部到北部的"大脑流失"非常明显. 这种迁移是由有限的教育机会,奖学金和就业机会驱动的,影响了该领域的未来.
科学领域:
- 医学和健康物理学 医学和健康物理学
- 专业发展和培训 专业发展和培训
背景情况:
- 意大利医学和健康物理协会 (AIFM) 旨在支持其成员.
- 了解早期职业生涯专业人士所面临的挑战对于AIFM的战略规划至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 评估35岁以下的AIFM成员当前的职业和教育环境.
- 确定影响意大利年轻医学物理学家职业发展和地理流动性的关键因素.
主要方法:
- 对35岁以下的AIFM会员进行了一项包含65个问题的在线调查.
- 数据收集是在2022年11月至2023年2月期间通过AIFM邮件列表和社交媒体进行的.
- 该调查涵盖了人口统计,教育,工作经验,研究和AIFM活动参与.
主要成果:
- 收到160个回答,87%的人持有永久性工作,主要在公共医院.
- 54%的学生因课程结构 (40%) 和奖学金可用性 (25%) 而转学.
- 62.2%的人从事研究,但只有28%的人有教学经验;大多数人缺乏辐射保护专家资格.
结论:
- 从意大利南部到意大利北部,在年轻的医学物理学家中存在着一个显著的"大脑流失".
- 关键的驱动因素包括研究生课程不足,奖学金有限,南方就业前景较少.
- 调查结果将为AIFM未来的倡议提供信息,以支持早期职业生涯的专业人士.
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