The Medical Physics Residency Program will be hosted by the Department of Radiation Oncology at the Georgia Cancer Center.
Each rotation is typically two to three months in length and is under the direct supervision of one or two faculty physicists. To evaluate the successful completion of each rotation, residents will typically meet with a minimum of two faculty members for an oral examination. The resident will meet with the rotation faculty mentor(s) who will assess if the resident has completed their defined task(s) satisfactorily. All physics residents are expected to complete the Core Competencies in their clinical rotations by the end of residency.
Department of Radiation Oncology
Health Sciences Campus
Georgia Radiation Therapy Center
(706) 446-5314
Each resident is expected to complete the following core Competencies in their clinical rotations.
Calibration
Radiation Protection
Quality Assurance
Testing: acceptance testing and commissioning
Radiation Protection: beam quality, head leakage, and area survey
Quality Assurance
Equipment: Acceptance testing and commissioning
Imaging: Check of CT and MRI images for accuracy of contour delineation, magnifications
Isodose Plans
Quality assurance
Field Shaping: custom blocking, multileaf collimators, half-value thickness blocks, gonadal shields, eye shields, and internal shields with electrons
Bolus: material and thickness
Compensators: design of missing tissue compensators and dosimetry check
In-vivo Dosimetry: use of TLD chips, diodes
Patient Positioning: immobilization devices, body position, leveling, anatomic landmarks registration
On-line Imaging: verification of electronic portal images in comparison with simulation images
Intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) and image guided radiation therapy (IGRT)
Brachytherapy and radiation safety
Total body irradiation (TBI)
Stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), and stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT)