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Mike Mahathy, Organizing Committee Chair
This coming February, the Health Physics Society (HPS) joins with the American Academy of Health Physics, American Association of Physicists in Medicine, American Nuclear Society, Conference of Radiation Control Program Directors, Canadian Radiation Protection Association, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, and Mexican Society of Irradiation and Dosimetry to host the first ever North American Regional Congress for the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA). This meeting will be held in St. Louis, Missouri, 20–24 February 2022, and will be HYBRID, that is, a mix between in-person and virtual participation.
We are calling on you to present a Professional Education Program course (PEP) or Continuing Education Lecture (CEL) at this historic meeting as part of the HPS continuing education program. PEP courses include two hours of instruction on topics of current interest to a practicing health physicist while CEL lectures include one hour of seminar covering a wide variety of professional topics of interest to health physicists.
Abstracts can be submitted using this link. Instructors will have the option of presenting live in person or live virtually; please select "PEP/CEL" in the TOPIC pulldown menu. PEPs will be presented on Sunday, 20 February, while CELs will be given in the mornings on 21–23 February before meeting sessions begin. Some CELs may be selected to be given as high visibility refresher courses to be held during the meeting on 21, 22, or 23 February.
Course materials should be pertinent to the current practice in the wide field of radiation safety and protection, medical health physics, or research. Please note the deadline for submission is 15 OCTOBER 2021. This deadline is needed to allow time for abstracts to be reviewed for continuing education credits by granting organizations. If you have questions or prefer to email your abstract, please contact Mike Mahathy.
An accepted course abstract is a commitment to present the course. Instructors of PEP and CEL courses will be remunerated per HPS policy. The Continuing Education Committee looks forward to seeing your course abstract.
