Message from the Program Director
Thank you for your interest in our program! The Medical Physics Certificate Program at University of Michigan is administered by the Department of Radiation Oncology, in collaboration with the Rackham Graduate School and Nuclear Engineering & Radiological Sciences. Trainees will complete didactic courses and have the opportunity to shadow qualified medical physicists to gain clinical experiences at the University Hospital (main campus) and our hospital affiliates. Our program is currently in preparation for accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP).
Eligibility
This certificate program is open to students with a PhD in physics, engineering or a science field related to medical physics. As CAMPEP requires a doctorate (for students that do not have a CAMPEP-approved medical physics masters degree) to enter a residency program for clinical training, official enrollment into this certificate will only be granted after the doctoral degree is earned.
For additional information, please direct any inquiries to Alex Moncion, Ph.D, [email protected]
Current US standards of professional practice require medical physicists to complete structured clinical training and either have graduated from accredited graduate programs or obtain a certificate approved by CAMPEP. Our program complies with CAMPEP education standards, and fully prepares trainees to compete for residency positions. Trainees are expected to complete the following six core courses with a total of 19 credits. Students who have completed some of these courses as part of previous graduate study will be required to take any remaining CAMPEP-required core courses.
- Radiological Physics and Dosimetry (2 credits)
- Radiation Therapy Physics (3 credits)
- Medical Radiological Health Engineering (3 credits)
- Radiation Biology (3 credits)
- Physics of Medical Imaging (3 credits)
- Anatomy (5 credits)
This course is taught by faculty from the Cancer Biology Division. Offered in the fall as a part of Medical Physics Certificate Program, this course covers three basic areas of radiation biology:
- Molecular and cellular radiation biology
- Radiation and human health
- Principles of radiation therapy
The Medical Physics Certificate Program is open to students with a PhD in physics, engineering or a science field related to medical physics. The certificate program is currently open for enrollment.
To qualify for CAMPEP certification, students must take a specific set of six courses with a total of 19 credits. Students who have completed some of these courses while undergraduates or as part of previous graduate study will be required to take any additional CAMPEP-required core courses as well as a sufficient number of approved technical elective courses, for a minimum of 12 credits being attributed solely to graduate certificate studies through Rackham.
As CAMPEP requires a doctorate (for students that do not have a CAMPEP approved medical physics MS) to enter a residency program for clinical training, official enrollment into the Medical Physics certificate will only be granted after the doctoral degree is earned.
