Kearla Bentz Service Journal: Profession 1

Service-Learning Journal: Professional

Over the last year I participated in the American Association of Medical Dosimetrists

(AAMD) Student Subcommittee as my professional service. The Student Subcommittee is

formed by medical dosimetry students that are members of AAMD. It serves a great way to

network with fellow dosimetry students and goes over a wealth of information as well as ways to

get further involved in the profession.

The Student Subcommittee met and discussed topics of interest in medical dosimetry via

zoom links. It was informative to be a part of these meetings and get to know more about the

AAMD organization and current happenings in the medical dosimetry profession. It also gave

students a platform to voice opinions on areas of improvements and involvement. I enjoyed

being a part of the Student Subcommittee.

Additionally, the AAMD hosted student webinars throughout the last year. These

webinars covered topics such as adaptive radiotherapy, treatment planning solutions, and image

guidance. I found these webinars very beneficial to my learning and application of dosimetry

planning. During one of the first webinars, I even won a Starbucks gift card for being involved in

the discussion!

Another option for professional service that I was not able to attend this year (but hope to

attend next year) was the AAMD 48th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana. This event

brings together vendors and medical dosimetry professionals to present findings such as new

technology, planning processes, and advances in medical dosimetry. I really wish I would have

been able to attend this event because it is a great way to network and become more involved in

the profession. It was nice that many of the presentations were available through video
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recordings for those that could not attend. Obviously, this even was a big topic of discussion for

the Student Subcommittee as well. Below is an email from Whitney O’Donnell who is the

Director of Membership for the Student Subcommittee.

Hi Kearla!
Yes, welcome to the AAMD Student Subcommittee! I will be adding you to our meeting invite
momentarily. Please be on the lookout for it. It will have our Zoom meeting link. I’m not sure if the
minutes are finalized yet from our last meeting, so I will reach out to our Co-Chair and see if he can send

them to the whole group…including you. 😊

Thanks and I look forward to meeting you soon!

Whitney

Whitney O’Donnell
Director of Membership
wodonnell@medicaldosimetry.org
American Association of Medical Dosimetrists (AAMD)
703-677-8071 ext. 101
www.medicaldosimetry.org

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