TY - JOUR
T1 - Essentials and guidelines for clinical medical physics residency training programs
T2 - Executive summary of AAPM Report Number 249
AU - Prisciandaro, Joann I.
AU - Willis, Charles E.
AU - Burmeister, Jay W.
AU - Clarke, Geoffrey D.
AU - Das, Rupak K.
AU - Esthappan, Jacqueline
AU - Gerbi, Bruce J.
AU - Harkness, Beth A.
AU - Patton, James A.
AU - Peck, Donald J.
AU - Pizzutiello, Robert J.
AU - Sandison, George A.
AU - White, Sharon L.
AU - Wichman, Brian D.
AU - Ibbott, Geoffrey S.
AU - Both, Stefan
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - There is a clear need for established standards for medical physics residency training. The complexity of techniques in imaging, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology continues to increase with each passing year. It is therefore imperative that training requirements and competencies are routinely reviewed and updated to reflect the changing environment in hospitals and clinics across the country. In 2010, the AAPM Work Group on Periodic Review of Medical Physics Residency Training was formed and charged with updating AAPM Report Number 90. This work group includes AAPM members with extensive experience in clinical, professional, and educational aspects of medical physics. The resulting report, AAPM Report Number 249, concentrates on the clinical and professional knowledge needed to function independently as a practicing medical physicist in the areas of radiation oncology, imaging, and nuclear medicine, and constitutes a revision to AAPM Report Number 90. This manuscript presents an executive summary of AAPM Report Number 249.
AB - There is a clear need for established standards for medical physics residency training. The complexity of techniques in imaging, nuclear medicine, and radiation oncology continues to increase with each passing year. It is therefore imperative that training requirements and competencies are routinely reviewed and updated to reflect the changing environment in hospitals and clinics across the country. In 2010, the AAPM Work Group on Periodic Review of Medical Physics Residency Training was formed and charged with updating AAPM Report Number 90. This work group includes AAPM members with extensive experience in clinical, professional, and educational aspects of medical physics. The resulting report, AAPM Report Number 249, concentrates on the clinical and professional knowledge needed to function independently as a practicing medical physicist in the areas of radiation oncology, imaging, and nuclear medicine, and constitutes a revision to AAPM Report Number 90. This manuscript presents an executive summary of AAPM Report Number 249.
KW - Education
KW - Medical physics
KW - Training
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84922393077&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1120/jacmp.v15i3.4763
DO - 10.1120/jacmp.v15i3.4763
M3 - Article
C2 - 24892354
AN - SCOPUS:84922393077
SN - 1526-9914
VL - 15
SP - 4
EP - 13
JO - Journal of applied clinical medical physics
JF - Journal of applied clinical medical physics
IS - 3
ER -