- Develop specialist knowledge in quantitative measurement and the evaluation of safe radiation exposure for patients and staff.
- Medical physicists are employed in the fields of radiotherapy, medical imaging, nuclear medicine, and associated research and regulatory divisions of non-hospital institutions.
- Students will develop the skills to critically evaluate and optimize the performance of medical equipment and procedures and use their problem-solving abilities to analyse outputs, diagnose problems and provide quality assurance for patient treatments.
- Using their initiative together with a high degree of independence, they will be instrumental in the evaluation and implementation of new technologies and in the translation of research into professional practice.
- Medical physicists are important advisors to their team of professionals who often include oncologists, radiologists, therapists, technologists, and biomedical engineers.