Author: OMPAC Admin
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ON THE ROLE OF MEDICAL PHYSICS ASSOCIATES
Jerry Battista, Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario Coordinator, Medical Physics Education Program, Cancer Care Ontario An article published in Medical Physics (Fontenla, Doracy P., Gary A. Ezzell, and Colin G. Orton (moderator). Medical Physics 43 (1), 1-3 (2016)) presented a debate on the proposition “Medical physicist assistants are a bad idea.” Both sides presented…
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Are Physics Assistants a Bad Idea? A response to the Med. Phys. 43 (1) Point/Counterpoint, “Medical physicist assistants are a bad idea”
Silvia Neuteboom The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center In the January 2016 edition of Medical Physics, Dr. Doracy P. Fontenla of Memorial Sloane Kettering Cancer Center, and Dr. Gary A. Ezzell of the Mayo Clinic Arizona argue the Point/Counterpoint proposition, “Medical physicist assistants are a bad idea.” Although the authors are discussing the American medical physics…
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Are medical physicist assistants a bad idea?
Medical Physics journal in its recent issue (Med. Phys. 43(1) January 2016) has published a Point/Counterpoint article called “Medical physicist assistants are a bad idea” Read the article. Please read it, pass it on and send me your and others in your center’s opinion. I would post here.
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Physics Associates – Not Just the Hired Help
Results of the 2010 COMP Survey of Physics Associates in Canada Silvia Neuteboom, B. Sc, Physics Technologist, The Ottawa Hospital Cancer Center Originally published in the October 2011 volume of COMP’s magazine, InterActions. In June 2010, for the first time, COMP conducted a survey of physics associates (aka physics technologists, assistants, and/or technicians) across Canada. The purpose was to…