April 2016 In this semester, I volunteered to help the organization of the Great Lakes Chapter (GLC) of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) winter meeting, which was held on Thursday March 24th, 2016 at Henry Ford-West Bloomfield Hospital, MI. Here is the link to the event on the website of GLC AAPM: http://chapter.aapm.org/GLC/ The local GLC routinely holds a couple of meetings every year. The topic for this winter meeting was about failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA). Three invited speakers, Kelly Younge, Ph.D. from University of Michigan, Brett Miller, M.S. from Henry Ford Health System, Michigan, and Gary Ezzell, Ph.D. from Mayo Clinic, Arizona, gave their talks of "FMEA Applications in Radiation Oncology", "FMEA and root cause analysis applied to Customer Technical Bulletins (CTBs)", and "Applying FMEA and Root Cause Analysis techniques to the clinical medical physics environment", respectively. My contribution: In this event, I worked as a volunteer at the reception desk to help the registration process: gathering registration fees for the attendees, dispatching broachers, answering questions, etc. I also had some good conversations with the board officers elected. I was told that for each meeting, there are two sources of income, vendor contributions and registration fees, and different types of expenses like catering, reimbursement of expenses to the visiting speakers, honor prizes, etc. Personal reflection: I had done some research on FMEA on the Radiation Safety course last semester. Through the talks in this meeting, I had a better understanding of how FMEA can identify potential hazards before actual damage occurs to patients, and collecting and analyzing the errors and near-misses could provide very valuable information to improve safety and quality of radiotherapy. I learned a lot by participating the local GLC meeting and helping the registration process. Its always a good opportunity to improve professional knowledge by attending these meetings. Its also a good place to social with the local peers.
Scott Hadley
Michael Huberts
Jun Zhou
Stephen Gardner
Carri Glide-Hurst
President
President-Elect
Treasurer
Secretary
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2016 Winter Meeting
Thursday, March 24th, 2016 ~ 3:25 7:15 Henry Ford West Bloomfield, 6777 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield, MI 48322
We invite all GLC members and friends to join us for a
Winter Meeting on applying Failure Mode and Effects Analysis and Root Cause Analysis techniques to the clinical medical physics environment. Featuring guest speaker, Dr Gary Ezzell
Kelly Younge, Ph.D.
Brett Miller, M.S.
University of Michigan
Henry Ford Health System
Gary Ezzell, Ph.D.
Mayo Clinic Arizona
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$10 - GLC Members and Associate Members
Free - GLC Student and Resident Members 2.25 CME Credits Pending
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2016 Winter Meeting
Thursday, March 24th, 2016 ~ 3:25 7:15 Henry Ford West Bloomfield, 6777 W Maple Rd, West Bloomfield, MI 48322