ABR Practice Exam Question 1 – Dose Decay

August 9, 2009 · Posted in Board Certification · Comment 

For those of you preparing to take the ABR exam this September, here is a problem for you (because it’s August–one month away from your test date–and you can never do too many practice problems!). Stay tuned for more practice problems in the coming month.

A prostate I-125 seed implant patient would like to know what fraction of the dose is delivered to the tumor in 10, 60, and 80 days after the implant.

Click here for the answer to ABR Practice Exam Question 1.

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Spotlighting CAMPEP Accredited Medical Physics Programs

August 6, 2009 · Posted in Education / Training, Medical Physics Programs · 5 Comments 

With the new ABR rules in 2012 (see http://www.mdphysics.com/new-abr-certification-rule), if you intend to enter the field of medical physics, it would be beneficial–if not necessary–to plan ahead and to carefully choose which Medical Physics program you are going to attend. Starting in 2012, you must be enrolled in or have graduated from a CAMPEP accrediated school in order to qualify to sit for the ABR exam. Many schools offer medical physics programs, but not all are accrediated by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Educational Program (CAMPEP). mdphysics is planning to post some information on each school that offers an accredited medical physics program for those who are planing to pursue a degree in medical physics. Each school will be spotlighted in its own post, so if you have comments to offer regarding any of the programs, you may write them in the appropriate post.

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The Best Up and Coming Radiation Therapy / Cancer Treatment Centers

August 5, 2009 · Posted in Miscellaneous · Comment 

Imaging Technology News has published a list of the top 10 Radiation Therapy Centers “To Watch” in its July/August 2009 issue. While some radiation therapy centers (such as M.D. Anderson, Memorial Sloan-Kettering, Mayo Clinic) are well-known, well-established leaders and probably not soon to be overtaken in rank, this list of radiation therapy facilities proves that some lesser known and/or smaller centers are both thriving and ambitious–providing first-rate patient care with cutting-edge technology. Rankings were made based on “forward-thinking” (i.e. centers that are using advanced techniques and technology in patient care), innovation, operational efficiency, patient service and teamwork as well as reader nominations. The list of 10 radiation therapy centers is not ranked, however, but instead presented in alphabetical order and divided into two groups–with one group being labeled “Honorable Mention.”

Here are the centers that made the list:

  1. Allegheny General Hospital (Pittsburgh, PA)
  2. Barnes-Jewish Hospital (St. Louis, MO)
  3. Booker Cancer Center (Red Bank, NJ)
  4. Emory Department of Radiation Oncology, The Emory Clinic (Atlanta, GA)
  5. Wake Forest University Department of Radiation Oncology (Winston-Salem, NC)

Honorable Mention:

  1. Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Center (Detroit, MI)
  2. Decatur Memorial Hospital (Decatur, IL)
  3. CentraState Medical Center (Freehold, NJ)
  4. Lynn Cancer Institute of Boca Raton Community Hospital (Boca Raton, FL) 
  5. Renown Institute for Center (Reno, NV)

For descriptions of each therapy center and why they made the list, check out the full article at http://www.itnonline.net/node/33519/

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Recent NRC News Stresses Importance of Radiation Safety Officer Duties

August 2, 2009 · Posted in Radiation Safety · Comment 

If you are a medical physicist who is also serving as the Radiation Safety Officer for your institution, it’s a good idea to take your responsibility as the RSO seriously and to give a higher priority to your duties as an RSO over your other responsibilitites as a medical physicist. “The NRC must be able to rely on individuals assigned to performing key safety functions at NRC-licensed facilities,” said Mark Satorius, Regional Administrator of the NRC Region 3 office in Lisle, Illinois. He continues: “A radiation safety officer is in the front line of ensuring the safe use of nuclear materials. It is a big responsibility and needs to be taken seriously.” These statements were published in a recent NRC press release dated July 31, 2009. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has issued a confirmatory order to a radiation safety officer at the Department of Veterans Affairs Center in Lexington, Ky for failing to implement the radiation safety program in accordance with federal regulations. For details on the story you can click on this link:

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doc-collections/news/2009/09-024.iii.html

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