通过STEM教育赋予年轻人的力量:通过医学物理,让加纳的高中生参与到医学物理中
Afua A Yorke1, Mercy T Schandorf2, Abigail N M Quaye3
1University of Washington Fred Hutch Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
Journal of applied clinical medical physics
|May 13, 2025
概括
加纳的一项为高中女生介绍医学物理的计划显著提高了她们对这一STEM职业的认识和兴趣. 该倡议成功地揭开了放射性瘤学的神秘性,并突出了各种职业道路.
科学领域:
- 医学物理 医学物理
- 在STEM教育方面.
- 辐射瘤学 辐射瘤学
背景情况:
- 促进科学,技术,工程和数学 (STEM) 的多样性至关重要.
- 高中女生往往对医学物理等专业领域的接触有限.
- 有针对性的宣传可以有效地扩大职业前景.
研究的目的:
- 提高高中女生对医学物理学职业机会的认识.
- 通过引人入胜的教育计划,向学生介绍医学物理领域.
- 培养对STEM职业的兴趣,特别是医学物理学.
主要方法:
- 为加纳阿克拉的65名高中女生进行了演讲和实践会议.
- 该项目名为"辐射瘤学的英雄",包括模拟和治疗规划活动.
- 使用评估前和评估后的调查以及反的主题分析来评估有效性.
主要成果:
- 最初对医学物理学的认识很低 (12.3%),但在介绍后,87.3%的人表现出改变的看法.
- 参与者表现出更好的理解,消除了辐射安全的误解,并认识到该领域的跨学科性质.
- 该计划成功地激励了参与者,并扩大了他们对医学物理学职业生涯的看法.
结论:
- 推广计划有效地提高了参与者对医学物理学的认识和理解.
- 参与者了解了医学物理学与生物学,数学和工程学的跨学科联系.
- 这个程序模型可以很容易地复制为社区和学校的STEM外展计划.
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