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- Title
Medical physics workforce in the United States.
- Authors
Newhauser, Wayne D.; Gress, Dustin A.; Mills, Michael D.; Jordan, David W.; Sutlief, Steven G.; Martin, Melissa C.; Jackson, Edward
- Abstract
Keywords: medical physics; workforce EN medical physics workforce 1 8 8 01/31/23 20221202 NES 221202 3.1 INTRODUCTION Medical physics is an applied science, with subspecialties in radiation therapy, imaging, nuclear medical physics, and medical health physics (radiation protection). The requirements also differ among the subspecialties of diagnostic physics, nuclear medical physics, and therapy physics. This section closely follows descriptions from the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM).[1] 3.1.1.1 Medical physics Medical physics is a modern branch of physics concerned with the application of the concepts and methods of physics to the diagnosis and treatment of human disease and is allied with health physics. Ultimately, however, the adequacy of undergraduate education is assessed by graduate programs in medical physics, the organizations that accredit medical physics programs, organizations that certify and license medical physicists, and employers.
- Subjects
MEDICAL physics; RADIATION protection; RADIATION exposure; LABOR supply; MEDICAL personnel; TRAINING of medical residents; RADIOBIOLOGY
- Publication
Journal of Applied Clinical Medical Physics, 2022, Vol 23, p1
- ISSN
1526-9914
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/acm2.13762