AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 8.a.: Linear accelerator performance tests
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12080
Abstract: Abstract Purpose The purpose of this guideline is to provide a list of critical performance tests in order to assist the Qualified Medical Physicist (QMP) in establishing and maintaining a safe and effective quality assurance… read more here.
Keywords: medical physics; linear accelerator; performance tests; physics ... See more keywords
Navigating the medical physics education and training landscape
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12202
Abstract: Abstract Purpose The education and training landscape has been profoundly reshaped by the ABR 2012/2014 initiative and the MedPhys Match. This work quantifies these changes and summarizes available reports, surveys, and statistics on education and… read more here.
Keywords: education training; medical physics; physics; graduate ... See more keywords
State of the JACMP
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12245
Abstract: I want to bring the JACMP Community up to date with the evolving status of the JACMP respecting the AAPM and the worldwide clinical physics community. We have just completed a highly successful transition to… read more here.
Keywords: jacmp; article; medical physics; physics ... See more keywords
AAPM medical physics practice guideline 10.a.: Scope of practice for clinical medical physics
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12469
Abstract: Abstract The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education, and professional practice of medical physics. The AAPM has more than 8000… read more here.
Keywords: medical physics; physics; practice; scope practice ... See more keywords
Medical Physics 3.0, physics for every patient
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12484
Abstract: This issue, the JACMP presents a Guest Editorial authored by Ehsan Samei on the planned aspirations of the future of medical physics. I invite everyone to consider the opinion below and the reference publication on… read more here.
Keywords: medicine; medical physics; physics; every patient ... See more keywords
AAPM medical physics practice guideline 7.a.: Supervision of medical physicist assistants
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.12774
Abstract: Abstract The American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) is a nonprofit professional society whose primary purposes are to advance the science, education and professional practice of medical physics. The AAPM has more than 8,000… read more here.
Keywords: medical physics; physics; practice; practice guidelines ... See more keywords
Four anecdotes, four superlative men, and some musings on the meaning of medical physics practice
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13264
Abstract: April 9–10 brought to Louisville, KY a flowering of my dogwood trees and some occasional violets pushing their way through my grass. Spring is a fertile season for new thinking, and I wish to share… read more here.
Keywords: health physics; class; medical physics; physics ... See more keywords
AAPM Medical Physics Practice Guideline 12.a: Fluoroscopy dose management
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13526
Abstract: 1 Department of Radiology, The Metro Health System, Cleveland, Ohio, USA 2 Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA 3 Department of Radiology, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA 4… read more here.
Keywords: radiology; usa department; physics; medical physics ... See more keywords
A qualitative investigation of resilience and well‐being among medical physics residents
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13554
Abstract: Abstract Purpose Medical physics residents (MPRs) will define and shape the future of physics in medicine. We sought to better understand the residency experience, as related to resilience and well‐being, through the lens of current… read more here.
Keywords: physics; residency; medical physics; physics residents ... See more keywords
Medical physics workforce in the United States
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13762
Abstract: Medical physics is an applied science, with subspecialties in radiation therapy, imaging, nuclear medical physics, and medical health physics (radiation protection). Examples of applications heavily dependent on medical physics expertise include the delivery of external-beam… read more here.
Keywords: physics; physics workforce; medical physics; workforce united ... See more keywords
AAPM Task Group 298: Recommendations on certificate program/alternative pathway candidate education and training
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DOI: 10.1002/acm2.13777
Abstract: Abstract Entry into the field of clinical medical physics is most commonly accomplished through the completion of a Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP)‐accredited graduate and residency program. To allow a mechanism… read more here.
Keywords: physics; alternative pathway; education training; medical physics ... See more keywords