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Program goals

The graduate certificate in medical physics offers course work in physics as it is applied to the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases. Required course work provides theoretical and practical training in radiation dosimetry, radiation biology, radiation therapy, imaging and health physics. The goal of the program is to provide a career path in medical physics as an alternative to a terminal degree in medical physics. The program is primarily designed for retraining those who possess a doctoral degree in physics or a related field.

The mission of the medical physics graduate certificate program is to serve the Virginia and the nation by helping to meet the demand for competent medical physicists in the health care delivery setting. The program is intended for postdoctoral individuals seeking to enhance their credentials for admission into a medical physics residency position.

Student learning goals

To develop core competency in medical physics by:

• Obtaining a medical physics knowledge base
• Enhancing medical physics-specific problem-solving skills
• Enhancing clinically relevant communication skills

Student learning outcomes

• Demonstrate satisfactory knowledge of the base of scientific information required to practice clinical medical physics
• Demonstrate the ability to evaluate and integrate such knowledge into the solution of clinically relevant problems as measured by the course work
• Demonstrate an appropriate level of skill in the identification of clinical medical physics problems and the design and implementation of appropriate problem-solving methods and solutions as measured by course work
• Demonstrate appropriate written communication skills suitable for practice in clinical medical physics
• Demonstrate appropriate oral and visual communication skills suitable for practice in clinical medical physics