At the breakfast students from Years 10 to 12 share a table with two or three women who are either in a career in physics or engineering, or are at university as an undergraduate or a postgraduate. The students have a chance to ask questions about their careers and what study at university is like. Students are seated with students from other schools.
At each event there is an address by a prominent scientist, who talks about her area of interest at a level appropriate for the audience. Date: Mon 17th August, Closing date for bookings: 7th August Venue: Davidson Room Gordon Institute, Fenwick St, Geelong Times: 9:30am and finish about 12:00am. Speaker: Natalie Clements, Medical Physicist Bio: Natalie Clements is a Medical Physicist at GenesisCare Victoria, where cancer patients get treated with radiation therapy. At the clinic in Frankston, Natalie does quality assurance testing of the radiotherapy machines, and she consults on complex patient cases and radiation safety concerns. Natalie’s job includes research to develop new ways of doing things and traveling to conferences to present, as well as managing the Medical Physics students through their 3-year traineeship to become qualified. Topic: Treating Cancer with radiology Abstract: The growing and ageing population in Australia means the incidence of cancer is rapidly increasing, putting pressure on the healthcare industry to treat cancer patients with the most up-to-date technology and techniques. Medical Physicists are constantly in demand as we are at the forefront of testing and commissioning the many different machines and computer systems that are used to image and treat cancer patients. While we tend to work in the background and are largely unseen by cancer patients, we are a crucial aspect of them receiving high quality and accurate radiotherapy. This talk will explore the use of physics to treat cancer, and the roles that Medical Physicists play throughout a patient’s radiotherapy journey.
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Teacher
No Charge
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No Charge
Max number of students per school: To enable more schools to participate, there was an initial maximum of twelve (12) students per school. Booking:
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Program:
There is a 45 min talk, sfollowed by questions. After this there are two activities on Careers in STEM i) Quiz and Job Roles Analysis and ii) Case Studies analysis. A Q&A with a panel of guests rounds out the event.
The Girls in Physics events are organised by the Vicphysics Teachers’ Network and Geelong Tech School and supported by the Invergowrie Foundation.
