The Physics Residency Program is structured as a two-year training program beginning on July 1 of each year.
For successful program completion, the resident must accomplish the following:
- Successfully complete all aspects of clinical rotations and competencies
- Successfully complete required reports, attending didactic courses, and passing exams
For successful advancement through the residency program, the resident must:
- Pass each clinical rotation and quarterly performance evaluations
- Keep a log of departmental conference attendance and procedure participation, co-signed by the Residency Director
- Pass ABR-style mock oral examinations by the Physics Faculty at the end of each year
Other details related to the Residency Program include:
- Orientation
- Radiation Physics didactic course taken together with oncology residents (1st year only)
- Radiation biology course taken together with oncology residents (1st year only)
- Ethical considerations seminar (aligned with AAPM TG159 report)
- Radiation safety lectures
Residents are required to participate in the following conferences and special lectures:
- Weekly Chart Rounds
- Presentations at Brown-Bag educational conferences
- Monthly departmental conferences (Mortality and Morbidity, Brachytherapy, Medical Physics Journal Club)
Residents are also required to make formal presentations following the schedules directed towards Physicists and Dosimetrists/Therapists.
