Career Pathways
Please note these opportunities may require completion of the Masters course:
There are a number of career pathways in Medical Physics. You could work in one of many different health areas such as being involved with the commissioning, calibration, safe operation and maintenance of systems used for looking at or measuring what is happening in the body eg x-rays, ultrasound, light in various frequencies, laser Doppler blood flow measurement, magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicine.
Once you complete your degree you can apply for a training position (TEAP) at a clinical department in Australia or New Zealand as a Registrar in one of the following three speciality areas: nuclear medicine, radiation oncology and diagnostic imaging.
Radiation oncology medical physicists (ROMPs) are medical physicists who create, implement and monitor the procedures which allow the best treatment using radiation.
Diagnostic imaging medical physicists (DIMPs) are involved in numerous modalities for acquiring images of a patient's anatomy or physiology and play an important role in the quality assurance of equipment and ensuring optimum image quality with minimal radiation exposure.
Medical physics graduates may also be employed In the following areas:
Non-Hospital employers:
- Government labs eg ANSTO, ARPANSA,
- Other Government: policy (ministry of health, CI NSW)
- Patents offices
- Industry
Health related, non-clinical roles include:
- eHealth (management of health data e.g. database linkage, statistics for health economics, future planning such as health resources
- Big Data (analysis of large data sets to Identify patterns that may guide patient healthcare pathways)
Research:
- University, government or commercial laboratory or hospital based.
Medical physicists may undertake higher degree studies through a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) or a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) research program.