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10 '20
Volunteer’s Medical Physics Career Began as ‘Trial by Fire’ 2020;13(5):6 In this issue of The Beam, we focus our spotlight on ABR Trustee Robert A. Pooley, PhD, FAAPM, a medical physicist at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. Dr. Pooley (Bob) found his way to medical physics, as many have found their careers, through an unpredictable…
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10 '20
Item Writing for ABR Exams is Performed with Great Care by N. Reed Dunnick, MD, ABR Associate Executive Director for Diagnostic Radiology 2020;13(5):4 Although the ABR is moving to remote exams, and the platforms on which the exams are given will be different, what won’t change is the care that goes into creating each question….
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09 '20
Some diplomates are confused about the number of questions they need to answer to meet their Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) annual progress requirement. In most cases, participants must answer 52 questions per year and not all responses need to be correct. OLA passing standards are unique to each participant and are based on the question-rating…