AAPM Task Group No. 249.B—Essentials and guidelines for clinical medical physics residency training programs

Abstract

The establishment of guidelines and curriculum standards for medical physics residency training is a critical component of setting expectations and competencies for the profession. Since the last publication of these standards, residency training has become integrated into the eligibility criteria for most medical physics certification bodies. The rapid growth of medical physics requires periodic review of the curriculum to remove outdated approaches, update established knowledge, and add emerging technologies. The goal of this document is to provide a reference standard for residency training program directors, training mentors, and residents to guide creation and/or optimization of their program's curriculum. The document is intentionally forward-looking to capture emerging technological advances including hybrid diagnostic and therapeutic delivery systems and applications of image processing. This document is an update of the current residency training curriculum.

Version history of residency training guidelines

Publication Title

Date

2013 Essentials and Guidelines for Clinical Medical Physics Residency Training Programs—AAPM Report No. 249

2006 Essentials and Guidelines for Hospital-Based Medical Physics Residency Training Programs—Report No. 90

1992 Essentials and Guidelines for Hospital-Based Medical Physics Residency Training Programs—Report No. 36

The Work Group on Periodic Review of Medical Physics Residency Training (WGMPRT) would like to acknowledge the authors of past versions of this document as they form the basis for this update. It is the sincere hope of the WGMPRT that this report will continue to be used by the medical physics community to guide training in the profession.