Health Physics - Education
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Educating medical staff about responding to a radiological or nuclear emergency.

29 Apr 2009 A growing body of audience research reveals medical personnel in hospitals are unprepared for a large-scale radiological emergency such as a terrorist event involving radioactive or nuclear materials. Also, medical personnel in hospitals lack a ... Read more...

Continuing dental education in radiation protection: monitoring the outcomes.

27 Feb 2009 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate an evolving radiation protection dental postgraduate course run in Wales between 2003 and 2007. METHODS: We compared three standardized course series. Course content was enhanced in 2006 to target areas of weakness. In 2007, ... Read more...

Methods and resources for physics education in radiology residency programs: survey results.

Sep 2008 Over the past 2 years, ongoing efforts have been made to reevaluate and restructure the way physics education is provided to radiology residents. Program directors and faculty from North American radiology residency programs were surveyed about how ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Health Physics - Education'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Educating medical staff about responding to a radiological or nuclear emergency. 29 Apr 2009
• Continuing dental education in radiation protection: monitoring the outcomes. 27 Feb 2009
• Editorial: international certification of medical physicists. 9 Feb 2009
• Methods and resources for physics education in radiology residency programs: survey results. Sep 2008
• Anniversary paper: the AAPM Professional Council--50th anniversary, 2008. 30 Jul 2008
• Medical physics in 2020: will we still be relevant? 30 May 2008
• Anniversary paper: AAPM Education Council: looking back or looking forward. 29 Apr 2008
• The present status of medical physics education and training in Europe: an EFOMP survey. Dec 2007
• The American Board of Radiology Perspective on Maintenance of Certification: Part IV: Practice quality improvement in radiologic physics. 30 Oct 2007
• Point/Counterpoint. The ABR written and oral examinations in medical physics as currently conducted are sufficiently comprehensive and demanding to ensure that successful candidates have adequate knowledge and experience to practice in the designated specialty field. 30 Aug 2007
• The expanding role in preparedness and response for a state radiation control program. 30 Jul 2007
• Radiation oncology physicists will need to better understand medical imaging. 30 Dec 2006
• Computers, p53 and dosimetry: what does this spell? 30 Aug 2006
• A time of opportunity in the education of medical physicists: Report of a multi-organizational summit on the education of medical physicists. 30 Aug 2006
• The effectiveness of dental postgraduate courses--are we doing the right thing? 30 Aug 2006
• Point/Counterpoint. The proposed MOC requirements for physicists are reasonable. 29 Jun 2006
• Patterns of care for brachytherapy in Europe. Results in Spain. 29 Apr 2006
• A review of educational philosophies as applied to radiation safety training at medical institutions. 29 Apr 2006
• Maintenance of certification in radiologic physics. 30 Mar 2006
• RadSim: a program to simulate individual particle interactions for educational purposes. 28 Mar 2006

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Technical information about 'Health Physics'

Definition: The science concerned with problems of radiation protection relevant to reducing or preventing radiation exposure, and the effects of ionizing radiation on humans and their environment.

Descriptor UI: D006283

Alternative terms: Health Physics; Physics, Health; Radiologic Physics; Physics, Radiologic;

Related Mesh Headings: Radiation Monitoring; Radiation Protection; Radiometry;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; education; history; instrumentation; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics;

Tree Number: H01.671.368; H02.229.333;

History Note: 73(67)

Technical Notes: SPEC: SPEC qualif; physics or phys principles in the field of med = specific med term (IM) + PHYSICS (NIM) or specific phys principle (IM), as "The physics of brachytherapy" = BRACHYTHERAPY (IM) + PHYSICS (NIM)