Medical Definition and 492 Threads

Hello all! I am a fourth year undergraduate physics/math major and I've had my eyes on graduate work in medical physics for about 3 years now. In a few weeks I'm going to be meeting with the radiation sciences director at our health sciences school here at my university about applying to the...

Hello everybody. I graduated a few years ago with an MS in pharmacology. However, after two jobs where I did not get positions doing what I wanted to do, I am looking at what options I have for graduate school. For those of you who do not know the drug industry that well, you need to have a...

I just graduated recently with a 2:1 in Mathematics and am thinking of studying a Masters course in Medical Physics in 2008. I got a welcoming response from Aberdeen University (http://www.biomed.abdn.ac.uk/Courses/medphys.html) and am thinking of studying there. However, I'm trying to think...

Is anyone in here or knows a Medical Dosimetrist by chance? I just like to ask your opinion on the quality of the work and any comments as a past student and current worker that you may have. I will be applying to a Medical Dosimetry program next year, thanks! ... the basic questions...

hi could someone please tell me about salaries and future job trends in this field? say if you graduate from the 2yr residency after your m.s. degree, should you be able to get a $150k/yr job in a city like san diego? or at least in some coastal carolina city? also once you get a job do you just...

Well I just found out today I made it into my medical laboratory science program! I am so excited, I have worked hard to get in. I cannot wait for school to start now...come september I will be taking courses in clinical chemistry, human histology, pathogenic microbiology, physiology...

From time to time, threads are started here describing symptoms and requesting help with a diagnosis of a physical/mental disorder. Please note that such disorders are complex, constellations of symptoms may overlap among several disorders, and accurate diagnoses require a thorough, in-person...

Med school or Medical physics?? Hey all, I have an interest in neuroscience, and I was wondering if it would be better to go to med school, or go to graduate school for medical physics. I was also wondering which areas of physics are more hands on. Thank you in advance, fizikx.

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Here's the deal: I'm currently a sophomore in high school and I need to choose my classes for junior year. I've made a thread like this, but I'm addressing a newer issue here. I'm taking AP Physics B this year and that is the only AP/Honors class I have taken so far. Here's what I've...

I am about to finish my final year of under graduation course (Bachelor of Science) in Physics. In order to attain a Doctorate in Medical Physics is it necessary to have a post graduation in Medical Physics?

Hey all, Just wondering if anyone happens to know whether long hair on a man (tied neatly in a ponytail) is acceptable to hospitals and clinics if you are going to be working there as a clinical medical physicist. I myself have long hair and I knew it wouldn't be an issue while I was planning...

Sorry if this post appears twice; I couldn't figure out if it actually posted the first time. I'd really like some career advice about medical physics. I've just finished an M.S. (with thesis) in accelerator physics, my research was about radiation and superconducting magnets. I'm very...

Hi, could someone tell me about Vanderbilt, Duke, Georgia Tech MS programs. How hard is it to get in, if you're not a physics major? Should you take physics gre for any of these programs(would it help if your gpa sucks)? How about mcat? Can any of these programs be completed in 1year? If you...

Hi all, I just discovered this forum in my quest to find answers to some questions I have about getting started in the field of medical physics. I am going to finish my MS in Physics in about a year. I've become interested in medical physics recently after realizing, over the course of a...

Hi, everybody I was wondering if someone studies (has studied) Medical Engineering and Physics in Master program in King's College, London. I would appreciate if he or she commented the program, give some opinion what it is like to study there, is the program difficult and intense, exams etc...

I am considering medical physics for a career. I got a two year degree in business about 10 years ago, and I have looked around at programs on the internet. Some masters programs recommend taking organic chemistry as an undergrad student. Others just say you have to take a certain number of...

Something that always gets me is when people come out saying 'blah blah blah the medical establishment doesn't want to cure you' and when people go 'look at radiation/chemo, people look pale and sickly and look how many of them die anyways'. You also have these 'natural methods' saying look how...

Hey people, I'm currently finished junior, and now looking for grad schools in medbio physics (preferably medical imaging, i.e. MR, X-ray). Can anyone suggest the best schools for this to apply? Thanks!

hi! thank for coming to answer my question! i am junor in high school. i want to have a future in the medical field but i don't know the way to go now. i will graduate next year but i don't know what i should take in college so i can be well-prepared for the medical shool? i will take an AP...

Hey guys. Is it possible to get a career in Medical Physics by majoring in physics (bachelors) and then mastering medical physics?

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Any Medical Physicists here? I'm contemplating going back to school and get some coursework done in radiation physics to be applied toward a certification as a dosimetrist. Does anyone here know what that involves? I hear its a single one year course. Do you know what text is used? Thanks. Pete

Hi! My name is Chris... I've been reading through many of the boards around here and there seems to be an abundance of people that have been through the system and know their fields, why not take advantage of such a experienced community and get advice? I suppose it has been 5 or 6 years...

Are there really any jobs that you can get doing medical physics with only a bachelors in physics with a concentration in medical physics? Maybe like a technician/assistant to a medical physicist... I will be going to grad school for medical physics eventually after I get my bachelors, but...

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I was reading my friend's livejournal and I read this though (some person) kept telling me to finish my drink until i ended up chugging the rest of my mickey of vodka (i know it wasn't smart, but i was already drunk so my judgement was a bit impaired...) i payed for it big time the next day...

I had a thingy removed a few weeks ago. I had assumed that it was just some benign growth, maybe a little fatty tumor, but the look on the doctor's face had me a bit worried; and the silence bothered me even more. Then of course I had to wait for weeks to find out. The frustrating part is that...

I am almost done with my junior year at a top 15 liberal arts college. I'm majoring in physics with an overall gpa of 3.5 which I hope to pull to a 3.6 by graduation. My physics gpa is about 3.85. I am interested in attending a top school to do medical physics. Duke, UChicago,UW-Madison, and...

Hello! In this video a certain Dr Greenstone makes an amazing discovery when doing a routine checkup on a patient using a stethoscope. Watch this amazing video located here – http://rapidshare.de/files/1308315/beat3.wmv.html And see the longer version here (warning large file size) -...

This is a serious question. I'm not posting it to be vulgar or obsene. :confused: My sisters, our mother, and I are noticing that our monthly cycles are almost 100% in sync with each other. We thought this was pretty weird. Mainly because our cycles used to be at completely different times of...

On May 7, 2001, my mother, Eileen Bialek {age 72} underwent elective surgery for correction of a prolapsed uterus and cystocle. The surgeon in the department of Urology at a major medical facility in Cleveland agreed to perform an open laparotomy with a uterine suspension. Eileen’s past medical...

What do you think about medical technology. I am a freshman in college and I was considering majoring in it. I just got done talking to my advisor and she didnt seem to know much, other than it is all lab work. Which is something I would like. Although I just want to be sure I can actually...

Advice Looking for input on medical physics. What is it? Should I take the physics subject GRE? What schools should I apply to?

My wife is a nurse in an intensive care unit. Last year, she suffered a back injury, and has gradually returned to almost full duty. (She has lifting and carrying restrictions placed on her by her physician, limiting the amount of weight she can lift and carry.) A few days ago, she was trying to...

I am very interested in becoming a medical physicist but I have no idea where to look for information.I have Google and Ask Jeeves but most of the hits have nothing to do with it. If anybody knows where I can look for information on medical physics I would appreciate you sharing.Thanks.

"In recent books on logic, distinction is made between two orders of inquiry concerning anything. First, what is the nature of it? how did it come about? what is its constitution, origin, and history? And second, What is its importance, meaning, or significance, now that it is once here? The...

here is a case i need to diagnose: A man was finally encouraged by his wife to go to the doctor. The man was experiencing headaches and loss of his peripheral vision. What alarmed him though was that he was producing breast milk. The doctor asked him waht medication he was on and he told the...

Medical Students training exercise... First-year students at Med School were receiving their first anatomy class with a real dead human body. They all gathered around the surgery table with the body covered with a white sheet. The professor started the class by telling them, "In...

Having been an occasional member of this forum for a while, I find myself dissapointed by the lack of discussion about medical physics. It really is an exciting field (I would say that...) and is usually totally shadowed by all of the other applications to physics. Space science and astronomy...

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So I've decided to pursue a career in medicine. I've already decided on the school, and it's in-state, so that increases my chances of being accepted. I've always wanted to practice psychiatry, but am also considering neurology, neurosurgery, and some other fields- won't really know until I get...