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UToledo Medical physics
Приєднався 4 лют 2021
Challenges in our health care system and how to identify burnout and imposter syndrome
I gave this talk to a group of 130 newly accepted medical students and their families in April 2024. This is not strictly about medical physics but it is related. We can all suffer from stress, burnout and, for some, impost syndrome. These things are more likely in a high-stress professional environment like medical physics.
I start by discussing challenges in our health care system, then talk about stress and burnout. Finally I talk about imposter syndrome. Ways to identify these issues in ourselves and others, and how to combat them are discussed.
I start by discussing challenges in our health care system, then talk about stress and burnout. Finally I talk about imposter syndrome. Ways to identify these issues in ourselves and others, and how to combat them are discussed.
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2023 AHCMEM FAQ
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The AAPM is asking members to vote on an initiative to simply the membership categories. This quick 5 minute video aims to educate AAPM members within our chapter on what these changes mean.
Medical Physics as a Career
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What does a medial physicist do? This video discusses what a medical physicist does for a living, what different kinds of physics jobs there are in medicine and briefly how to go about becoming one. For more on the pathway to becoming a medical physicist, check out my video on that subject: ua-cam.com/video/D4-ldopO5fU/v-deo.html
How to Become a Medical Physicist in the US
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This video covers the pathway from undergraduate to becoming a board-certified medical physicist. The pathway starts off the same regardless of specialty (radiation therapy, diagnostic radiology, etc.). Later in the video I cover radiation therapy more specifically. I'll talk about what you can take as an undergrad, what you need at the graduate level and finally residency.
Making a custom electron block for use in radiation therapy
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In this video we show how custom electron blocks are made for use in radiation therapy treatments.
Residents Seminar 9th July 2021 - Ed on T REF chamber for small field dosimetry
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This is part of our Residents Seminar Series. Each week, one of the 4 medical physics residents from UToledo gives a short talk on a topic of their choosing. This week PGY2 resident Ed Cichiwicz reviews a chamber designed to be used as a a reference detector for small field dosimetry. In this application, the chamber doesnt provide the scan data but is used to remove fluctuations in the output ...
Residents Seminar - TG-198 - An Implementation Guide for TG-142
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This is part of our Residents Seminar Series. Each week, one of the 4 medical physics residents from UToledo gives a short talk on a topic of their choosing. This week PGY1 resident James Seekamp briefly goes over a new report from the AAPM; TG-198 - An Implementation Guide for TG-142.
A Career in Therapy Medical Physics
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This week I gave a talk to a group of REU students at the University of Toledo physics department. My goal was to educate them on medical physics - specifically therapy because thats what I do - as a career option for physics majors. Hopefully other undergraduates also find this information useful as most medical physicists find out about the career rather late. Note: I somehow muted myself for...
Residents Seminar HDR Interstitial Brachytherapy Ed
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This is part of our Residents Seminar Series. Each week, one of the 4 medical physics residents from UToledo gives a short talk on a topic of their choosing. This week PGY1 resident Ed Cichewicz discusses the results of a recent paper on HDR Interstitial Brachytherapy.
An Intro to Service Mode on a Varian TrueBeam
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In this video I discuss the major mode screen and service mode on a Varian TrueBeam linac. Check out our website: www.utoledo.edu/med/depts/radther/graduate/ www.utoledo.edu/med/depts/radther/residency/ On Twitter: @UToledoMedPhys Disclaimer: This video is for educational purposes only. It is not intended to replace hands-on training and you should not attempt to operate a machine that generate...
Setting up for monthly output checks and energy checks.
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In this quick video I perform the set-up for monthly output checks on our TrueBeam linac. In the case of photons, we use a cube phantom with holes for ion chamber placement at 5cm and 10cm physical depth. Output constancy is measured at 5cm and the energy consistency is measured by taking a ratio between the measurements at 5cm and 10cm and comparing to our baseline. We use a similar technique ...
Residents Seminar 4/29/2021 - James discussed IMRT for Breast Plans
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This is part of our Residents Seminar Series. Each week, one of the 4 medical physics residents from UToledo gives a short talk on a topic of their choosing. This week PGY1 resident James Seekamp takes a historical look back at the Medical Physics journal topic Point, Counter Point to see who made accurate predictions of the future.
A discussion of performing monthly QA on a linac - part 2 - safety tests and imaging
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This is the second video in a series where we discuss performing the monthly QA according to TG-142 on our Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators. This video is meant to be an introduction to medical physics graduate students to help them understand what we test and how those tests work. The information provided here is intended to be for informational purposes only and cannot replace hands on lea...
A discussion of performing TG-142 monthly tests on a TrueBeam linac
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This is the first video in a series where we discuss performing the monthly QA according to TG-142 on our Varian TrueBeam linear accelerators. This video is meant to be an introduction to medical physics graduate students to help them understand what we test and how those tests work. The information provided here is intended to be for informational purposes only and cannot replace hands on lear...
Practical demonstration of TG 51 on a TrueBeam at the University of Toledo
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In this video Kingsley and I perform TG-51 on a photon beam from a TrueBeam linac. We then make a small adjustment to the output to demonstrate how the output is changed on a TrueBeam. Our machine is calibrated to deliver 1cGy/MU at dmax for a 10x10 field at 100cm SSD. All measurements were performed at a physical depth of 10cm with a 0.6cc PTW 300001 ion chamber calibrated every two years by a...
Residents Seminar Point, Counter Point Who Won
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Residents Seminar Point, Counter Point Who Won
Residents Seminar 2021-02-19 - Ed on Rad Bio
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Residents Seminar 2021-02-19 - Ed on Rad Bio
UT medical physics tour Radiation Oncology
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UT medical physics tour Radiation Oncology
Components of a medical linear accelerator
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Components of a medical linear accelerator
University of Toledo physics department virtual tour for prospective PhD students
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University of Toledo physics department virtual tour for prospective PhD students
what is your print-ssd? we print the pattern at ssd95!
We print from RayStation and it knows our cone ends at 95cm so that magnification factor of 0.95 is built-in. However, we always check it. Yes, its 95cm so what should be 10cm at iso will be 9.5cm on the paper.
Thank you for the detailed information! I have a master's degree in Physics and work nearby UToledo. I would like to know if I would be able to pursue master's degree while working full-time.
So I am md , is there a way to get into this ¿
Possibly a CAMPEP certificate program would accept an MD. Alternately, the pathway would be the same as for an undergrad - take at least 3 upper level physics courses and apply to a graduate program. Shortest path would be an MS in medical physics, followed by 2 year residency.
Thank you physician
What is a dosimetrist?
In the US, it is someone who does radiation therapy treatment plans.
They do treatment plans for radiation therapy patients. A physicist or physician may also do some but a dosimetrist will often do the majority of treatment planning for a busy department
Thanks very much
Hello I hold license in physics fundamental to my country now I’m living in USA I’m very interesting to doing medical physics here in US please can you help more how I can get started
Sorry but I have to admit that I do not know enough to help on this subject. You need a pathway to ABR accreditation. Maybe the ABR website has resources.
I have a lot of questions, would I be able to set up a call with you?
Of course. I am pretty easy to google. My contact information is on our program website.
sure. Im not comfortable posting my number here but you can google me
Sorry for any confusion caused by the fact that these comments are coming from my personal account.
Hello sir, "I hold a Bachelor's degree in Radiology from my home country, and I have completed coursework in fundamental physics, radiation physics, diagnostic physics, CT scan physics, MRI physics, and ultrasound physics during my undergraduate studies. I am wondering if I can apply as an international student for a Master's in Medical Physics at universities in the United States. I would appreciate any information you have on this matter. Thank you."
Yes, you can do an MS ion medical physics as an international student. You need a degree in physics or at least 3 upper level physics courses. Very likely you would also need to prove you have the financial resources to pay for the degree because most MS degrees in medical physics are considered a professional degrees are not funded.
Thank you 🙏.I appreciate it .Great info
Starting salary as radiation therapist?
I dont know the starting salary for therapists but I know the average is $90k. Just to be clear, this video is about a career in medical physics and not RT(T)s. However, we at UToledo are about to open a RT(T) degree program so I have come to learn quite a bit about their career pathway.
Excellent and Thanks
Not seen in this way previously.
Clear enough. Thank you sir
Thank you sir
I am graduated in Phyics.can i adopt my medical physics as my future career?
Yes you can!
Hi @AsgHeR758. Yes, you can. If you have an undergrad degree in physics you would need a graduate degree from a CAMPEP accredited program, followed by a residency. If you have a PhD you can find a CAMPEP certificate program.
@@utoledomedicalphysics7616 i have ms in physics and phd in math and M starting campep accredeted certificate. How hard is it to get residency? I heard its quite competitive and that scares me if my investment will be lost. Is it easy fo get mpa with my background i.e. with little clinical experience while taking class. Thanks for video not much are available
Hi sir, these both lectures are really nice. It would be terrific with demonstration.
Very nice presentation