Recent content by cbs970

Here is a recent post from an esteemed member of the Medical Physics List* re the US job and training market: "re: jobs for new medical physicists here is the problem as i see it. which is a perverse mismatch between degree programs, residency positions, and jobs. to whit: 1. there is...

See http://aapm.org/students/prospective.asp

The MP program won't teach you basic mechanics, optics, atomic and nuclear physics, circuitry, etc., all of which are on part one of the ABR exams. The first part (written) is basic physics Trivial Pursuit plus some medical physics. You must pass that to advance to part two (orals).

I don't know how you could possibly pass the Board exams, or even get into a medphys graduate program, without a physics or biophysics major. On-the-job training is no longer an option in the USA although it may be in other countries. This is a *medical* science, so there are strict medical...

See aapm.org/medical_physicist/default.asp

There is an Imaging Physics Mailing List that will provide more help than you will get here. Employment conditions, required degrees and certifications, etc vary from country to country due to variations in medical law. See hermes.gwu.edu/archives/dximgmedphys.html