Membership Benefits
There are many reasons to join the Association québécoise des physicien(ne)s médicaux cliniques (AQPMC). Among the most important is the fact that you will be joining over 200 other people in your professional network: medical physicists like yourself, active in the profession and committed to continually improving and perfecting the way things are done.
Being a member allows you to meet your peers face to face at events such as the Annual Scientific Meeting and other conferences and meetings supported by the AQPMC. These are opportunities to learn continuously and ensure that you stay on top of the latest studies, guideline changes and new protocols being implemented in the industry. In addition, the Annual Scientific Meeting is free for members and includes lunch and breaks. Student members are also eligible for a prize for the best presentation. The Jean Pouliot Award is also given each year for the best paper published by a student as first author. Other activities are also organized.
If you can’t attend the annual meeting, you can still keep up with what’s new and exciting through the newsletter. The AQPMC is also the only association that can negotiate the working conditions of medical physicists with the Ministry of Health and Social Services (MSSS). The Association is therefore the best way to keep you informed of the different negotiations and of the information transmitted by the MSSS.
While it is obviously important for you to stay abreast of medical physics news, you may also want to see how to advance your career. The AQPMC supports its members in this regard through a medical physics section, but also through the job postings on its website. You will find current job postings, salary survey results and continuing education information.
Three categories of membership characterize the membership:
Regular Member
Eligible members are those who have graduated from a recognized university, and who subscribe to the specific objectives of the AQPMC, and who practice medical physics in the Quebec hospital setting, as determined by a review of the annual membership application.
Those who qualify may become members upon payment of their annual dues.
Medical physicists hired under the agreement between the MSSS and the AQPMC on title 1203 become de facto regular members upon payment of their annual dues.
Each member present at an official meeting will have the right to exercise one vote. However, members may be asked to vote by mail on specific issues. Members may also serve on the Board of Directors.
Student Member
Student members must be individuals who are studying full-time in a specialty that will subsequently qualify them for regular membership in the AQPMC. Student members must submit proof of their student status.
Those who qualify may become members upon payment of their annual dues as student members.
Student members do not have voting rights. Student members may be asked to participate in committees with the approval of the Board of Directors.
Associate Membership
Eligible members are those who were previously regular members, but who have retired, left the health care system or are practicing outside of Quebec.
Eligible are those who were previously student members who have graduated and are now seeking employment or practicing medical physics outside the Quebec health care system.
Eligible members are those who meet the eligibility criteria for regular membership, except that they hold a management position (with medical physicists in their staff).
Those who meet the eligibility criteria for regular membership, except that they hold an academic position and practice medical physics in a Quebec hospital or university setting.
Those who practice medical physics in Quebec, but who are not eligible for regular membership, are eligible, with the approval of the Board of Directors.
Those who are eligible may become members upon payment of their annual dues.
Associate members do not have voting rights in the association, but may participate in the activities of the AQPMC and serve on committees. Associate members may not serve on the Board of Directors.