医学物理学系是威斯康星大学麦迪逊医学院和公共卫生学院的基础科学系之一，它为诊断和治疗医学物理学以及健康物理学提供全面的培训。该部门的硕士学位获得了北美最顶尖的医学物理学课程之一的强大奖学金。毕业生已准备好在大学，国家实验室或医学和核技术行业担任教学和/或研究职位。毕业生还准备入学医学物理学居住计划，以成为有资格担任临床医学物理学职位的董事会。医学物理学家可以专业地参与患者的治疗，高级医学成像和诊​​断程序或相关研究和教学领域。保健物理学家可以在核工业设施，医院或实验室中执行辐射防护计划，或者可以对测量电离
One of the basic science departments of the UWMadison School of Medicine and Public Health, the Department of Medical Physics offers comprehensive training in diagnostic and therapeutic medical physics and in health physics. Achievement of the MS degree in this department reflects strong scholarship in one of the top medical physics programs in North America. Graduates are prepared for teaching and/or research positions in universities, national laboratories, or in the medical and nuclear technology industries. Graduates are also prepared for admission into medical physics residency programs to become board eligible for clinical medical physics positions.<br><br>Medical physicists may participate professionally in the treatment of patients, in advanced medical imaging and diagnostic procedures, or in related areas of research and teaching. Health physicists may operate radiation protection programs at nuclear industrial facilities, hospitals, or laboratories, or may perform research on methods of measuring ionizing radiations (i.e., dosimetry).