医学物理学家监督辐射和其他物理现象在癌症和其他疾病的诊断和治疗中的安全使用。您将学习一系列在医学上具有特定应用的物理科学主题，例如放射疗法和影像学。您将发展医学物理学领域的专业知识和技能。这包括对放射线的定量测量和评估，以确保工作人员安全使用放射线以造福患者。
Medical physicists are employed in the fields of radiotherapy, medical imaging, nuclear medicine and associated research and regulatory divisions of non-hospital institutions.<br>You'll develop the skills to critically evaluate and optimise the performance of medical equipment and procedures and use your problem-solving abilities to analyse outputs, diagnose problems and provide quality assurance for patient treatments.<br><br>Using specialist knowledge in instrumentation, and quantitative measurement you will optimise the safe and effective use of radiation for patient care.<br><br>Using your initiative together with a high degree of independence, you'll be instrumental in the evaluation and implementation of new technologies and in the translation of research into professional practice.