ProgramCIP 51.2205
Health/Medical Physics
A program that focuses on the application of physics, nuclear science, and engineering physics to diagnostic, treatment, and therapeutic processes and public health protection. Includes instruction in radiation biophysics, biophysics, health effects of natural and artificially induced radiation, hazard evaluation, environmental radioactivity, nuclear physics, engineering physics, radiobiology, medical radiology, calibration and dosage theory, computer applications and medical informatics, and specific research problems.
Definition from U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (CIP 2020).
Also called Biomedical Physics.
Leads to
3 jobs- Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary25-1071
- Physicists19-2012
- Physics Teachers, Postsecondary25-1054
Knowledge those jobs draw on
- English Language3 of 3
- Computers and Electronics3 of 3
- Mathematics2 of 3
- Physics2 of 3
- Education and Training2 of 3
- Biology1 of 3
- Medicine and Dentistry1 of 3
- Engineering and Technology1 of 3
- Psychology1 of 3
- Administrative1 of 3
- Administration and Management1 of 3
How many of the linked jobs rate the area important (O*NET importance 3.5 or more out of 5).
See also
- Biophysics26.0203