Overview

If the weightiness of a topic can be measured by the persistence of observed discussion, surely the role of research in the professional life of the clinical medical physicist would rise to the top of any list of notable issues that we face. In this Point Counterpoint debate, we will hear from two medical physicists, each with standing in the worlds of both clinical practice and research effort. These Point Counterpoint contributions will focus on one aspect of our broader professional environment, the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) process and whether or not that structure should be used to encourage (or require) research effort in clinical practice. The MOC concept and implementation has not been without controversy; adding the possibility of a research related requirement will certainly enliven the debate.

I offer thanks to our contributors, and note that they are writing in the classic style of a debate, the opinions that they argue may or may not reflect their personal views.

Arguing for the proposition is Christopher Njeh, Ph.D. Dr. Njeh was born in Cameroon and earned his BSc, MSc and PhD from Birmingham University, Aberdeen University and Sheffield Hallam University, UK, respectively. He has worked at the Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge and Queen Elizabeth’s Hospital, Birmingham, UK, as well as the Osteoporosis and Arthritis Research Group of the Department of Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Njeh completed a medical physics residency at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore. He has since served as Chief Medical Physicist at Texas Oncology in Tyler, TX and held adjunct faculty positions at the University of Texas at Tyler, and California State University Fresno. He is currently Chief Medical Physicist at Franciscan Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, and is adjunct faculty at the University of Kentucky. Dr. Njeh is certified in Therapeutic Radiologic Physics by the ABR. His major research interests include Osteoporosis, image‐guided radiation therapy and accelerated partial breast irradiation. He is an author or co‐author of over 70 peer‐reviewed journal articles and 10 book chapters and is co‐editor of two books. He is an Associate Editor of the British Journal of Radiology.

Arguing against the proposition is Michael Silosky, M.S. Mr. Silosky is an Associate Professor in the department of Radiology at the University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Anschutz Medical Campus. He received his B.S. in Physics from the University of Illinois at Champaign‐Urbana and his M.S. from the University of Texas, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences in Houston. Before completion of his graduate studies, Mr. Silosky worked for over six years as a physics technologist (physics assistant) at M.D. Anderson Cancer center in the Department of Imaging Physics. While working as both a diagnostic and nuclear medicine physicist, Mr. Silosky serves as a Vice‐Chair of the AAPM Online Learning Services Sub‐Committee as well as AAPM's Liaison to the RSNA Educational Exhibits Committee. His professional and research interests include medical image display technology and quality assurance.

中文翻译：

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作为认证维护（MOC）的一部分，应期望所有临床医学物理学家以会议演示和发表的文章的形式定期演示一些临床研究。

总览

如果一个话题的重要性可以通过所观察到的讨论的持续性来衡量，那么研究在临床医学物理学家的职业生涯中的作用无疑将成为我们所面临的任何重要问题中的头等大事。在Point Pointpoint辩论中，我们将听取两位医学物理学家的意见，每位物理学家都在临床实践和研究工作中处于领先地位。这些点对点贡献将集中在我们更广泛的专业环境的一个方面，认证维持（MOC）流程以及是否应使用该结构来鼓励（或要求）临床实践中的研究工作。MOC的概念和实施并非没有争议。增加与研究相关的要求的可能性肯定会使辩论更加活跃。

我要感谢我们的贡献者，并指出他们以经典的辩论风格写作，他们争论的观点可能反映也可能不反映他们的个人观点。

主张该主张的是克里斯托弗·涅耶（Christopher Njeh）博士。Njeh博士出生于喀麦隆，分别获得了伯明翰大学，阿伯丁大学和英国谢菲尔德哈勒姆大学的理学学士，理学硕士学位和博士学位。他曾在剑桥的Addenbrooke医院和英国伯明翰的伊丽莎白女王医院以及加州大学旧金山分校放射学系骨质疏松和关节炎研究小组工作。Njeh博士在巴尔的摩的约翰·霍普金斯大学完成了医学物理学的实习。从那以后，他一直担任德克萨斯州泰勒市德克萨斯州肿瘤学的首席医学物理学家，并在德克萨斯大学泰勒大学和加州州立大学弗雷斯诺分校担任兼职教授。他目前是印第安纳州印第安纳波利斯的方济各会健康中心的首席医学物理学家，并且是肯塔基大学的兼职教师。Njeh博士通过了ABR的放射治疗物理认证。他的主要研究兴趣包括骨质疏松症，图像引导放射治疗和加速局部乳房照射。他是70多篇经过同行评审的期刊文章和10本书章节的作者或合著者，还是两本书的共同编辑。他是《英国放射学杂志》的副编辑。

反对该提议的是迈克尔·西洛斯基（Michael Silosky）女士。西洛斯基（Silosky）先生是科罗拉多大学安舒兹医学校区医学院放射学系的副教授。他获得了伊利诺伊州香槟厄巴纳分校的物理学学士学位，并获得了德克萨斯大学休斯顿分校生物医学科学系的硕士学位。在完成研究生学习之前，Silosky先生在影像物理系的MD Anderson癌症中心担任物理技术员（物理助理）超过六年。Silosky先生在担任诊断和核医学物理学家的同时，还担任AAPM在线学习服务小组委员会的副主席以及AAPM与RSNA教育展览委员会的联络人。