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Medical Physics Residency Program
UCLA Medical Physics Residency
Program Overview
The UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology offers a two-year clinical training program designed to prepare qualified individuals for a career as a qualified medical physicist in therapeutic radiological physics.
Residents will participate in a structured rotation schedule under the supervision of other board-certified medical physicists. Residents will be required to demonstrate competency in all areas of radiation oncology physics and will be prepared to apply for initial certification by the American Board of Radiology in Therapeutic Medical Physics.
The two-year program provides a structured rotation schedule covering all aspects of therapeutic medical physics with direct supervision by board-certified medical physicists. The clinical training program combined with the academic environment at UCLA is designed to prepare the candidate for a career in medical physics.
The UCLA Radiation Oncology medical physics group is an integral part of the educational mission in the David Geffen UCLA School of Medicine including a formal medical residency and the CAMPEP accredited UCLA Biomedical Physics program. We prefer that candidates have a Ph.D. or M.S. degree in medical physics from a CAMPEP accredited graduate program or a Ph.D. degree in physics, engineering or physical science related field and must be willing to commit 2 years to the residency program.
The UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology is currently preparing for accreditation by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP) with the intent of submitting the final application before the end of 2012.
Application Timeline
Applications will be accepted using the AAPM Common Application Program. Please register at http://www.aapm.org/CAP/CAPInterest.asp#VA to be notified when the system becomes available. It is expected that the CAP system will go-live sometime in November with a final application deadline during the 1st week of January. The UCLA Department of Radiation Oncology residency program committee will review and rank the applications and will interview top candidates. An official offer letter will be mailed out during the first week of March.
For detailed information regarding our residency including a further description of the program, please contact Kathy Rose by email (krose@mednet.ucla.edu) or by phone at (310) 267-5575. For further information on the field of medical physics please visit the AAPM website.
