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15 January 2019
52nd HPS Midyear Meeting Program

Jack Kraus, Program Committee Chair

The 52nd Health Physics Society (HPS) Midyear Meeting, 17–20 February 2019 in San Diego, California, will be a memorable meeting! The Society has been active in getting a wide range of speakers for this meeting. The preliminary program is now available on the HPS website. Highlighted in this article are some of the unique sessions to be held at the San Diego Sheraton in just a little over a month.

NCRP/Military Workshop

The HPS Military Health Physics Section is pleased to be working with the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements (NCRP) to host a special session/workshop on military health physics. A full day of military-related talks, picked by the HPS and NCRP, will be featured Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. The talks will offer a historical perspective of our military health physics programs, current program roles and projects, and exciting insights into the future. Half of our midyear plenary session will feature talks from military health physics as well. Stay tuned to the next newsletter for more details on the plenary.

IRPA/HPS

Another special feature of this midyear meeting will be the inclusion of an HPS cosponsored workshop with the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA) on radiation safety culture in health care. The workshop will be held on the Wednesday afternoon and Thursday of the meeting, 20–21 February 2019. With participants from IRPA, HPS, the World Health Organization, the International Organization for Medical Physics, and more, this two-day event will be a global discussion on establishing a sustainable safety culture program in health care. The meeting will be hands-on, with breakout groups, facilitated discussion and question-and-answer sessions planned! Best of all, this workshop is FREE to all paid HPS midyear meeting attendees (separate registration required if not attending the midyear meeting). Check out the meeting page on the HPS website soon for an updated posting and outline on the workshop. Please contact Steve King with any questions.

We will see you in San Diego!