Medical physics programme gets AERB nod
Special Correspondent
TIRUCHI, January 05, 2018 00:00 IST
Course is an inter-disciplinary one
The M.Sc. Medical Physics programme offered by the Department of Medical Physics of Bharathidasan University has been recently approved by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).
The Department has been offering the course specialised in radiation technology applied to cancer therapy in collaboration with GVN Hospital, Tiruchi since 2006.
The course is an inter-disciplinary one that bridges physics with medicine and biology for applications in healthcare particularly in radiation cancer therapy. Due to increased health care awareness in India, several hospitals have installed state-of-the-art equipment for diagnostics and therapeutic treatment of cancer patients, and there has been increasing demand for well-trained medical physicists and radiation safety officers in the country, a release from the university said.
To address the shortage of skilled work force in these fastest growing areas of cancer radiation therapy, Bharathidasan University is also engaged in training PG students as qualified medical physicists and radiation safety officers.
G. Gopinath, Registrar, said medical physics was one of the fastest growing areas of employment for physicists. They play crucial roles in radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation oncology. These fields use very sophisticated and expensive equipment, and medical physicists are responsible for much of its plan, execution, testing and quality assurance.
K. Jeganathan, Head, Department of Medical Physics of the varsity, said the minimum syllabi prescribed by AERB included practicals in the university and the hospital. Successful completion of the programme and one-year internship in radiation therapy, meeting AERB criteria, will help post graduates qualify as medical physicist and get employment in medical institutions.
On successful completion of the programme, the students will have to pass an examination conducted by BARC-DAE to become eligible to be appointed as Radiological Safety Officer in medical institutions, he said.
Special Correspondent
TIRUCHI, January 05, 2018 00:00 IST
Course is an inter-disciplinary one
The M.Sc. Medical Physics programme offered by the Department of Medical Physics of Bharathidasan University has been recently approved by the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB).
The Department has been offering the course specialised in radiation technology applied to cancer therapy in collaboration with GVN Hospital, Tiruchi since 2006.
The course is an inter-disciplinary one that bridges physics with medicine and biology for applications in healthcare particularly in radiation cancer therapy. Due to increased health care awareness in India, several hospitals have installed state-of-the-art equipment for diagnostics and therapeutic treatment of cancer patients, and there has been increasing demand for well-trained medical physicists and radiation safety officers in the country, a release from the university said.
To address the shortage of skilled work force in these fastest growing areas of cancer radiation therapy, Bharathidasan University is also engaged in training PG students as qualified medical physicists and radiation safety officers.
G. Gopinath, Registrar, said medical physics was one of the fastest growing areas of employment for physicists. They play crucial roles in radiology, nuclear medicine and radiation oncology. These fields use very sophisticated and expensive equipment, and medical physicists are responsible for much of its plan, execution, testing and quality assurance.
K. Jeganathan, Head, Department of Medical Physics of the varsity, said the minimum syllabi prescribed by AERB included practicals in the university and the hospital. Successful completion of the programme and one-year internship in radiation therapy, meeting AERB criteria, will help post graduates qualify as medical physicist and get employment in medical institutions.
On successful completion of the programme, the students will have to pass an examination conducted by BARC-DAE to become eligible to be appointed as Radiological Safety Officer in medical institutions, he said.
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