Re: "ask a health physicist"

["Susie Richards" <SRICHARDS@healthsafe.uab.edu>]

>From:          "Mcelrath Susan S." <MCELRATHS@rscpo1.wilm.ge.com>
>Subject:       "ask a health physicist"


>I think the HP on-line information service is a great idea! 

Ditto!

><snip>

>I'm NOT advocating a name change for our profession. Perhaps the service 
>could be named "Radiation Information from Health Physicists on-line" or 
>some similar thing to serve a dual purpose: the teachers would know what 
>they are getting when they click that icon AND they would become familiar 
>with the term Health Physicist (and understand what we do).

I agree.  I would be a millionaire if I had a penny for every time someone asked me 
"What is health physics/physicist?"

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Susan R. Richards
Occupational Health & Safety, Radiation Safety Division                        
University of Alabama at Birmingham      
933 South 19th Street, Suite 445          
Birmingham, Alabama  35294-2041         
srichards@healthsafe.uab.edu