Education case report: CAMPEP Medical Physics PhD education program within Engineering.
Education case report: CAMPEP Medical Physics PhD education program within Engineering.
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DOI：
10.1002/acm2.14037
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发表时间：
2023-06
影响因子：
2.1
通讯作者：
Zhang, Rongxiao
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作者：
Pogue, Brian W. W.;Gladstone, David J. J.;Zhang, Rongxiao
医学物理学博士课程在组织、管理和经费方面存在很大差异。将医学物理流融入工程研究生课程具有现有金融和教育基础设施的优势。对达特茅斯认证项目进行了案例研究，分析了运营、财务、教育和成果特征。概述了每个机构合作伙伴提供的支持结构，包括工程学院、研究生院和放射肿瘤学。对创始教师采取的举措以及分配的资源、财务模型和外围创业活动进行了审查，每项都有定量的成果指标。目前有 14 名博士生在读，由工程和临床部门的 22 名教师提供支持。同行评审出版物总数约 75 篇/年，而传统医学物理部分约为 14 篇/年。项目形成后，工程系和医学物理系教师联合发表的论文数量显着增加，从每年 5.6 篇增至 13.3 篇，其中学生平均发表论文 11.3 篇/人，其中第一作者为 5.7 篇/人。学生支持主要通过联邦拨款，每年稳定 550 万美元，其中每年约 61 万美元用于支持学生津贴和学费。第一年的资金、招聘和员工支持都是通过工程学院进行的。教师的教学工作得到了与各院系的协议的支持，学生服务由工程学院和研究生院提供。学生的成绩非常出色，有大量的演讲、奖项和研究型大学的实习机会。通过将医学物理学博士生融入工程研究生课程的混合设计，提供互补优势，可以缓解医学物理学领域财政和学生支持的缺乏。医学物理项目的未来发展可能会考虑遵循这一途径，加强临床物理和工程学院的研究合作，只要教师和系领导层有既定的教学承诺。
Medical physics doctoral programs have large variations in organization, administration and financing. Blending a medical physics stream into an engineering graduate program has advantages of pre‐existing financial and educational infrastructures. A case study of the accredited program at Dartmouth was carried out, analyzing operational, financial, educational and outcome features. The support structures provided by each institutional partner were outlined, including engineering school, graduate school, and radiation oncology. The initiatives undertaken by founding faculty were reviewed, along with allocated resources, financial model, and peripheral entrepreneurship activities, each with quantitative outcome metrics. Currently 14 PhD students are enrolled, supported by 22 faculty across both engineering and clinical departments. The total peer‐reviewed publications are ≈75/year, while the conventional medical physics fraction of this is about 14/year. Following program formation, a significant rise was seen in jointly published papers between engineering and medical physics faculty, up from 5.6 to 13.3 papers/year, with students publishing an average of 11.3/person with 5.7/person as first author. Student support was predominantly via federal grants, with a stable $5.5million/year, using about $610K/year supporting student stipends and tuition. First year funding, recruiting and staff support were via engineering school. Faculty teaching effort was supported by agreement with each home department, and student services were provided by engineering and graduate schools. Student outcomes were exceptional, with high numbers of presentations, awards, and residency placements at research universities. The lack of financial and student support in medical physics can be mitigated by this hybrid design of blending medical physics doctoral students into an engineering graduate program, providing complementary strengths. Future growth in medical physics programs might consider following this pathway, strengthening research collaborations for clinical physics and engineering faculty, as long as there is vested commitment to teach by the faculty and department leadership.
影响因子：
2.1
作者：
Loughery, Brian;Starkschall, George;Burmeister, Jay
通讯作者：
Burmeister, Jay
影响因子：
3.8
作者：
Pogue, Brian W.;Zhang, Rongxiao;Gladstone, David J.
通讯作者：
Gladstone, David J.
影响因子：
3.8
作者：
Whelan, Brendan;Moros, Eduardo G.;Siewerdsen, Jeff H.
通讯作者：
Siewerdsen, Jeff H.