International Perspectives on Medical Physics (MP) Occupational Culture (OC): MPOC Survey 2024

Objective To identify and measure dimensions of Medical Physics Occupational culture across various countries while focusing on Medical Physicists only. Methodology A cross sectional survey was carried out to grasp the opinions of Medical Physicists from May to July 2024. 170 Medical Physicists were contacted via social media platform LinkedIn through Purposive sampling. Data was analysed using discriptive statistics. Results 30 Medical Physicists responded to the E-Survey. The dimension of Control received greatest support in terms of mean scores (9.8) and frequency followed by dimensions of Enjoyment and Communication with mean scores of 7.7 and 7.5 respectively. The dimension of Reward and Recognition, Knowledge and support received mean scores of 7.2, 7.0 and 6.8 respectively indicating mild agreement. The dimensions of Power and risk received a mean scores of 6.2 and 5.8 indicating partial agreement. The dimension of Professional attitudes (Professional Jeolousy and career harassment) received lowest support with a mean scores of 5.2 showing its neutrality or undecided stance. Conclusion The present study assessed occupational cultural values of 30 Medical Physicists from 11 countries around the world. The study provided support for MPOC values that were explored in previous study by Taqaddas. The most important value was control. A number of recommendations are made to tackle discrimination and career harassment. Further research involving greater number of medical physicists representing various countries is required to fully understand the similarities and differences between occupational cultural values of Medical Physicists.