Therapeutic Medical Physics (TMP) Oral Exam Content
Last verified on December 12, 2022
| TMP |
Category Description |
| Reference and relative dosimetry |
- Reference dosimetry: Absolute calibration for photons, electrons, protons, and low-energy x-rays
- Ion chamber and electrometer design, characteristics, application, and QA
- Other dosimeters design, characteristics, application, and QA
- Survey detectors design and application
- Film design, characteristics, application, and QA
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| Treatment machines |
- Photon and electron medical accelerators
- Proton units
- Specialized machines (design and function)
- Therapy imaging (including physics, equipment design, application, image reconstruction, acceptance testing, and commissioning)
- Shielding and radiation safety
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| External beam treatment planning, uncertainty management, and treatment planning system QA |
- Photon treatment planning
- Electron treatment planning
- Management of uncertainties
- Treatment planning for specialized machines
- Treatment planning system QA
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| Brachytherapy, radiation protection, radiation biology |
- Brachytherapy
- Treatment room shielding
- Brachytherapy treatment planning
- Radiation protection
- Radiation biology
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| Patient safety, data transfer and integrity, professionalism, and ethics |
- Patient-specific treatment delivery QA
- Quality control and error prevention
- Incident learning systems and medical event reporting
- Computing & IT
- Professionalism and ethics
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