Steven Yorio

8/8/21

Professional Service

With the advent of the summer semester and having the opportunity to dive deeper into
the more complex concepts of medical dosimetry, I decided I wanted to become more involved
with the driving force behind the field, the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists
(AAMD). I was able to acquire a position on the communications committee and began
participating in the social media forums for the AAMD group. Now I must admit that I am not an
avid user of social media sites outside of LinkedIn, but luckily my wife was able to connect me
to the group on Facebook through her account since I haven’t had an account with Facebook
since high school, over fifteen years ago, and the website has changed drastically since I was a
member.
It has been a great experience thus far being able to get to know other
dosimetrists/students around the country that are involved with this committee. As a group, we
take on tasks like generating advertisements for upcoming events in the field of Dosimetry,
monthly and annual announcements, and coordinate future events to promote the profession. The
communications committee meets via phone conference on the first Wednesday of every month
to divide up who will post various details for future events or things to be celebrated by all
members of the profession, for example August 18th is National Medical Dosimetrists Day and
we will all be posting announcements for it.
Additionally, we all post different aspects of dosimetry news on our pages and AAMD
group pages along with the appropriate links to provide readers with more in-depth information
on the subject. For the month of July 2021, I shared the AAMD workforce study reports and job
outlook for the year, and for August I will be posting the abstracts for the next annual meeting. It
has been a privilege to become involved with the organization and give back to the professional
and educational organization that is shaping my career.
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Below is an example of our group’s organized monthly

meeting minutes:
Communications Committee
Monthly Call Minutes
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Conference Call #: (866) ***-**** 12 pm ET
I. Welcome- Cyre Kalu (moving to Minneapolis) and Crystal Bull (lives in Kansas City) to
the Communications Committee
II. Headquarters Update:
1. National Medical Dosimetrist Day August 18th- everyone please post something
on FB/LI to promote this. Whitney will handle Instagram
2. NMDD Facebook Frame- please use on your Facebook page to promote our
profession
3. Video Clip request to send to International members in Brazil- Whitney has sent
clips already
4. Committee Forms (email sent out)- due August 31-
a. Volunteer obligations - everyone on the committee needs to sign the Conflict of
Interest and Confidentiality Statement. Required for all AAMD volunteers. Also,
the board has discussed that we’d like all committee volunteers to strive to attend
80% of the monthly calls. Succession planning for volunteers is that after serving
for 2+ years on a committee; our hope is that members feel prepared to step up
into leadership roles whether it’s a Co-Chair or AAMD Reg Rep or other Board
role. 
5. Committee Charges, Policies and Procedures, and Budget for 2021-2022- email
sent out
6. Co-Chair - we need a co-chair to assist on this committee
7. Board meeting this week to discuss strategic planning. Lots of things on their
agenda

III. Subcommittee Projects-

1. eMonitor (Need replacement for Tracey)-
a. Meet the board (Tracey, Chav, Akhil) – 4 board members content
completed!
b. Valerie submitted National Medical Dosimetrist Day article to HQ

2. Promotions & Social Media (Dana) – emailed out monthly (see below)
a. Posting to Twitter and LinkenIn- Twitter managed by HQ with username
and password and Linkedin page is a group that you post to.  Click on the
group then post directly there (from your personal account).

3. Resources & Education (Chavanon, Akhil)-

a. IG Content Creation:
1. Meet the Board/Co-Chairs
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a. A Spotlight series: IG would have the picture of the board
member and a short caption with the link to the eMonitor
where they have been featured.
b. Will need to send questions to newly elected members in
August- Whitney will send their emails to Chav and Akhil
so we can email out questions to them.

4. Website & Outreach (Mariel, Lauren)-

a. IG Content Creation:
1. Cancer Awareness Posts
a. August 1st is World Lung Cancer Day- Valerie created post
already
2. Content for NMDD week?- If anyone has any ideas email them to
Lauren and Whitney

IV. Group Projects

a. NMDD poster complete- Thank you to everyone on the Committee for
your help on this project!
#CareBehindEveryPlan

b. Instagram- AAMD- @medicaldosimetry

1. Continue creating content for future posts.
a. #medicaldosimetry and #AAMDdosimetry
b. Looking into incorporating polls under stories section for
more engagement. Need ideas for questions. Please help
brainstorm questions for us to create polls on IG.
c. Monthly call meeting time- Whitney sent out Doodle poll for all members
to fill out- votes are in for the committee meeting time and 7 people opted
for 12:00pm ET on the first Wednesday of each month

V. Additional Items
1. Kalin’s term ended July 31st. Looking for a new co-chair! – Let Valerie or Whitney
know if interested.

VI. Next call September 1, 2021

Social Media Tasks for August:

NMDD--Tracey (Everyone please post)
Career center--Mariel 
CE center--Lauren 
Submit abstracts for next annual meeting--Steven 
Promote volunteering--Chavanon 
Workforce study reports--Dana