1. Medical Physicist

2. Nature of Work Clinical Setting Research Education

3. The Clinical Setting Diagnosis Treatment Radiotherapy

4. Research Current Hot Topics: Cancer- Chemotherapy Heart disease- CT scans Mental Illness- Gamma Knife Radiation Dosages Present in Foods Updates in Radiation Technology

5. Education Public Information Sessions Training Residents Post-secondary Teaching

6. Salary (based on national median salaries) M.S. Degree: $115,000 PhD: $124,000 M.S. Degree w/ Board Cert.: $162,000 PhD w/ Board Cert.: $175,000

7. Employment Opportunities Research facilities Regulation agencies Universities Environmental Protection Agency OSHA Nuclear Technology Hospital Setting

8. Coursework: Fall Freshman Year (based on Bachelor of Science UNC-Chapel Hill curriculum) Calculus II Mechanical Physics I Lifetime Fitness English Composition and Rhetoric A

9. Coursework: Spring Freshman Year Calculus III Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism Economics Foreign Language Enhancement Course English Composition and Rhetoric B

10. Coursework: Fall Sophomore Year Differential Equations Modern Physics Western Civilization Philosophy

11. Coursework: Spring Sophomore Year Advanced Mechanical Physics Numerical Technology Sociology English Literature

12. Coursework: Fall Junior Year Mathematical Methodology I Electricity and Magnetism I U.S. Diversity Course Electronics I Art, Music, Architecture, or Drama course

13. Coursework: Spring Junior Year Mathematical Methodology II Electricity and Magnetism II Quantum Mechanics Communications Course European History

14. Coursework: Fall Senior Year Thermodynamics Advanced Laboratory I Quantum Applications African, Middle East, or Latin American history course

15. Coursework: Spring Senior Year Advanced Lab II Current Issues Experiential Education

16. Path to Becoming a Medical Physicist 4 years undergraduate school with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Physics (course load outlined in previous slides) 4 years graduate school with a Masters Degree in Science or a PhD 5 years of experience in the field (usually a residency program or research project in the field of biophysics or medical physics)

17. Job Outlook Every year, between 250 and 300 positions in medical physics become available. This is a growth of 130% in the field. 50% of current medical physicists are over the age of fifty, so there is a high probability that even more medical physicist positions will become available for students currently entering college.

18. Sources http://aapm.org/medical_physicist/default.asp http://medicalphysics.duke.edu/careers/demand.html http://www.physics.unc.edu/academics/ugrad/bs.php http://physics.nist.gov/MajResProj/Biophysics/biophys.html