Collaborative Research: Physics of Medicine

罗克赫斯特大学（RU）和马里兰洛约拉大学（Loyola University Maryland）正在合作创建三个多周的高年级主动学习物理模块，分别是光纤和光传输、核物理和核医学，以及将物理原理与医学联系起来的人体压力。这些模块可以通过在医学物理（POM）计划中的实施来增强学生的学习，目前在RU和洛约拉正在开发中。目标受众是学过一年物理和至少学过微积分1的学生。智力价值：这个为期三年的项目的目标如下：(1)增加学生在物理内容领域的学习，这些领域的选择要么是因为缺乏合适的主题材料，要么是因为学生对物理有不同的概念；(2)增强学生对物理和学习物理的态度和信念，鼓励增加高年级物理课程的入学率，尤其是女生；(3)通过参与式学习过程——提出问题、分析数据、得出结论——提高学生对科学过程的理解。更广泛的影响：该项目通过创建新的学习材料，以POM的教与学研究为指导，旨在处理学生需要加强物理理解的领域，从而为STEM教育做出贡献。该项目的变革性本质是POM项目设计中固有的，与学生对医学的兴趣相关的主动学习和课程。这种方法使学生能够建立跨学科的联系，增强概念理解，并进行定量分析。该项目的数据为STEM知识体系提供了有关学生在将物理原理应用于医学领域的高年级物理课程中的表现（内容/态度）的知识。该项目通过增加物理学的未成年人和潜在专业的人数，以及增加物理学中代表性不足的女学生人数，扩大代表性不足群体的参与。项目模块被设计成可以转移到其他大学，有完整的指导手册，便于在不同的项目中实施。正在通过网络和ComPADRE以及出版物和简报传播材料。通过实施精心设计的、相关的、有趣的物理课程，POM项目可以持续下去。作为对社会的一个好处，这个项目可以引导一代更有准备的医疗保健专业人员和受过良好教育的科学家。

Rockhurst University (RU) and Loyola University Maryland (Loyola) are collaborating to create three multi-week upper-division active learning physics modules in fiber optics and light delivery, nuclear physics and nuclear medicine, and pressure in the human body that relate physics principles to medicine. The modules can enhance student learning through their implementation in a Physics of Medicine (POM) Program currently in place at RU and in development at Loyola. The target audience is students with one year of physics and a minimum of Calculus 1. Intellectual Merit: The goals of the three year project are the following: (1) Increase student learning in physics content areas that are chosen because there is either a lack of suitable material on the topic or because students exhibit alternate conceptions on the physics; (2) Enhance students' attitudes and beliefs about physics and learning physics and encourage increased enrollment in upper-division physics courses, especially by women; and (3) Increase student understanding of the scientific process through an engaged learning process -- asking questions, analyzing data, drawing conclusions. Broader Impacts: The project contributes to STEM education through its creation of new learning materials guided by research on teaching and learning in POM and designed to deal with areas in which students need to strengthen their physics understanding. The transformative nature of the project is inherent in the design of the POM Program with active learning and curricula related to students' interests in medicine. This approach enables students to make interdisciplinary connections, enhance conceptual understanding, and analyze quantitatively. Data from the project are contributing to the STEM body of knowledge on the performance of students (content/attitude) in upper division physics courses that apply physics principles to the medical field. This project broadens the participation of underrepresented groups by increasing the number of minors and potential majors in physics, and by increasing the underrepresented female student population in physics. Project modules are designed to be transferable to other universities with complete instructor manuals for easy implementation in different programs. Materials are being disseminated on the web and ComPADRE and through publications and presentations. By implementing well-designed, relevant, and interesting physics courses, the POM program can be sustainable. As a benefit to society, this project can lead to a better prepared generation of healthcare professionals and well-educated scientists.