TY - BOOK ID - 145155885 TI - Leadership and challenges in medical physics : a strategic and robust approach AU - Caruana, Carmel J. AU - Institute of Physics (Great Britain) PY - 2020 SN - 0750313951 9780750313957 PB - Bristol [England] (Temple Circus, Temple Way, Bristol BS1 6HG, UK) : IOP Publishing, DB - UniCat KW - Medical physics KW - Leadership. KW - Physics. KW - Vocational Guidance. KW - Medical physics. KW - SCIENCE / Applied Sciences. KW - Vocational guideance. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:145155885 AB - Leadership and Challenges in Medical Physics: A Strategic and Robust Approach aims to present aspiring future Medical Physics leaders with effective, strategic and robust leadership skills in a world dominated by austerity economics, inter-professional competition and sometimes unchecked commoditization. Chapters are dedicated to healthy leadership and leadership styles, organizational politics, organizational psychology and negotiating skills. A compendium of SWOT themes provides leaders with a ready resource of possible ideas to trigger initial SWOT brainstorming and discussions when developing strategic plans with their own group or team. In addition, the script is peppered with reflection/discussion points or case studies to promote a systematic and well-thought out approach to strategic planning. The author, originator and leader of the EFOMP-EUTEMPE module MPE01 on leadership in Medical physics, promotes a can-do approach, and considers that his medical physics colleagues can make excellent leaders: 'We are a highly intelligent group, we have excelled as clinical scientists--I am very confident that we can excel in leadership too provided we give it the attention it deserves'. Part of IPEM-IOP Series in Physics and Engineering in Medicine and Biology. ER -