7-11 July 2019
EV56 - PEP M1: A Radiation Protection Program Logic Model: Inputs, Outcomes and Benchmarking Opportunities and Strategies for Keeping Your Radiation Safety Program on Course in a Sea of Constant Change (Gutierrez, Emery)Orlando V 12:15 - 14:15 |
| Part A. Successful radiation protection programs function largely in the realm of prevention, thus making it difficult to explain to upper management and others the amount of resources needed to “make nothing happen”. One possible solution to this conundrum resides in the filed of public health where logic models are often used to assess program “inputs” and program “outcomes”. This session will examine radiation protection programs from the perspective of a public health logic model and serve as the basis for a discussion about what sorts of valid benchmarking might be able to be accomplished within the radiation safety profession. Part.B. The University of Texas School of Public Health recently conducted a straw poll of approximately fifty very experienced health & safety professionals and the results were astonishing: 80% had reported to the person they current report to for a period of less than 5 years, and 25% for a period of less than 1 year! These striking results underscore the old adage that “change is constant”. But adapting to change is not something that is traditionally addressed in academic health & safety programs. Interestingly, although change is indeed constant, the underlying data that drives radiation safety programs doesn’t change. What does change is the framing of the delivery of this important information to ensure continued program support. This presentation will discuss the dilemma of constant change and provide some tips on the personal management of change and will present options to consider for communicating essential information to the ever-changing environment. |
