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Thanks for replying again. I'm pretty sure my dad does all of those, maybe not radiation safety consulting but he does prepare the practice's clinics for yearly inspections and regular checks. I posted near the end of my second comment that my dad used to do nuclear physics and worked on nuclear...

What do you specialize in? Radiation therapy or nuclear medicine? Also, from what my dad's told me everything is extremely easy compared to what he used to do. But I've read that a typical medical physicist only does one specialty and only approves plans made by the dosimetrists. Is that true? I...

My father is medical physicist, I just never really had too many talks with him about exactly what he does. I know most of what he does but I wanted some more perspectives into the field. I also just wanted to see if the career is particularly fulfilling for him, as he originally did nuclear...

Hi all, I'm new to the forum. I chanced across some threads regarding medical physics but I didn't want to hijack someone else's post to ask some questions. So I'm just finishing up my first year of college and I've been trying to get more insight into various careers that I could pursue...