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    Medical Physicist

    AGE OF PATIENTS CARED FOR

    Newborn/Neonate (birth to 30 days)

    Infant (31 days to 12 months)

    Toddler(1 - 3 years)

    Preschool (3 - 5 years)

    School Age (5 - 12 years)

    Adolescents (12 - 18 years)

    Young Adults (18 - 39 years)

    Middle Adults (39 - 64 years)

    Older Adults (64+ years)

    Elderly Adults (Over 79+ years)

    GENERAL SKILLS

    Standard Precautions

    Isolation Precautions

    Pediatric Respiratory/ Cardiac Arrest

    Adult Respiratory/ Cardiac Arrest

    Crash Carts

    Defibrillators

    BASIC CLINICAL SKILLS IN RADIOTHERAPY

    The Clinical Environment

    Simulation

    Clinical Conduct

    Chart Checking

    Record and Verify Systems

    Basic Radiation Safety

    QUALITY ASSURANCE IN RADIATION ONCOLOGY

    Linear Accelerator Quality Assurance

    Acceptance Testing and Commissioning

    Measurement Equipment QA

    CT Simulator QA

    Portal Imaging and kV X-Ray Imaging QA

    Cone-Beam CT QA

    PET-CT QA

    HDR QA

    Software Systems QA

    Prevention of Technology-Related Errors

    TREATMENT PLANNING

    Prerequisites for Treatment Planning

    Mark and Start Cases

    3D-Conformal Planning

    IMRT Planning

    Protocols

    Secondary Monitor Unit (MU) Checks

    Block Cutting

    Diodes/TLD

    Beam Data Collection, Modeling, and Commissioning

    SPECIAL PROCEDURES

    Radiosurgery

    LDR Brachytherapy

    HDR Brachytherapy

    TBI Electrons and Photons

    IGRT Methods

    Rotational Therapy

    Proton Therapy

    HEALTH PHYSICS

    Radiation Safety

    Instrumentation for Health Physics Measurements

    Shielding Calculations

    Isotope Procedures

    CERTIFICATIONS

    American Board of Radiology

    American Board of Medical Physics

    The Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine

    The American College of Science in Nuclear Medicine

    The American Board of Health Physics

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