A time of opportunity in the education of medical physicists: Report of a multi-organizational summit on the education of medical physicists

Medical Physics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3327-3332

  Hendee, William R ^a   Mower, Herbert W ^b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL PHYSICISTS;

ACCREDITATION; CERTIFICATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; MEDICAL PHYSICIST; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORK EXPERIENCE;

EID: 33748312236     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.2262437     Document Type: Conference Paper

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