TT11-Pre-graduate and Post-graduate, and Residence Training programs and Visiting Physicist(s) at The University of Texas M

TT11-Pre-graduate and Post-graduate, and Residence Training programs and Visiting Physicist(s) at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center

Almon S. Shiu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Radiation Physics,

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,

Houston, TX,

This presentation will introduce the training programs for pre-graduate (specialized M.S. and M.S./PhD), post-graduate (post-doctoral fellow), and Resident fellow for imaging or radiotherapy at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center (UTMDACC). In addition, opportunities for physicists from other institutions around the world to come to UTMDACC to have clinical hands-on training with our physicists are available. The Texas Medical Center is the largest medical center in the world (over 675 acres with over 100 buildings), and is visited each day by over 100,000 people. The specialist MS degree and the (MS) PhD degree Medical Physics programs at the University of Texas Graduate School at Biomedical Science and the Residence program at UTMDACC are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Programs, Inc. Participating departments of the Medical Physics program are the Departments of Radiation Physics and Imaging Physics at UTMDACC and the Radiology Department, Medical School at the University of Texas Houston Health Science Center (32 faculties are involved in pre-graduate Medical Physics programs). The acceptance of students into our pre-graduate programs is based on candidate’s GPA, GRE, recommendation letters, and personal (or phone) interview. The Post-doctoral fellow is accepted based on their skill-set or scientific training, which is the best match for the faculty research project. The Resident training program is used to bring in scientists that will be trained as clinical Medical Physicists. The acceptance of the visiting medical physicist is based on the funding from his/her institution or the supporting organization, and the commitment of time from Medical Physics faculty or clinical medical physics staff. All the trainees are taking didactic coursework in Medical Physics (mandatory requirements for the pre-graduate students and resident fellow). The pre-graduate students are required to take clinical rotation in radiotherapy and imaging physics. A thesis is also required for a pre-graduate student to get his specialized MS degree. The additional requirements for (MS) PhD students are introductory Biochemistry, three 10-week research tutorial, thesis (for a student entering with a BS degree), and dissertation. The training for medical physics residents is divided into eight segments in a three-month interval. The postdoctoral fellow focuses on participating in a specific research project for equivalent of 28 months and clinical training for equivalent of 8 months. The training schedule for a visiting physicist is decided among the visiting physicist and the supervisory faculty or clinical physics staff. The details of the clinical and research facilities at UTMDACC and UT Medical School at Houston and the institutional research facilities at Texas, the areas of research interests, and the financial supports will be presented. The medical physics graduate program within The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston is a historically strong program, which continues to produce quality graduates, and has expanded both its faculty and curriculum since 1998 (previous accreditation review). The number of students recruited into the Ph.D. program has increased significantly while the quality of M.S. and Ph.D. students has been maintained since the previous accreditation. Excellent funding resources are available to the students, and student research projects have resulted in a significant number of publications. This is an outstanding graduate medical physics program. In addition, we have expanded our post-doctoral program from 2 to 3 fellows to 11 fellows in Radiation Physics and 2 to 3 fellows to 9 fellows in Imaging physics. We have 3 residents in Radiation Physics and 2 residents in Imaging physics. We are always opening our doors to visiting physicists that are seeking to update their skill sets, because UTMDACC is a fine institution, which commits its resources for education and training.

TT11-德州大学M. D. Anderson癌症中心研究生、博士后、住院医培训计划和访问物理师

Almon S. Shiu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Radiation Physics,

The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center,

Houston, TX,

以下将介绍德州大学M. D. Anderson癌症中心(UTMDACC)影像和放疗方面研究生、博士后、和住院医的培训计划。另外我们还提供让世界各地的研究所的物理师到UTMDACC来与我们的物理师一起接受临床培训的机会。德州医疗中心是世界上最大的医疗中心（100多栋建筑，占地超过675英亩），每天有超过十万人来访。德州大学生物医学科学研究所的硕士学位和（硕士）博士学位的医学物理计划和UTMDACC 的住院医计划都得到了医学物理计划认证委员会的认证。医学物理计划的参与部门是UTMDACC 的放射物理和影像物理科和德州大学休斯敦健康科学中心医学院放射科（有32位教员参加这个计划）。我们的研究生计划对于学生的要求是投考者的GPA、GRE、推荐信和面试（或电话）。博士后的标准是基于他们的技能或科学培训哪项最适合学院的研究项目。住院医培训计划用来培养临床医学物理师。访问医学物理师的接受标准是他(或)她的单位或其他机构能提供经费，并且医学物理学院或临床医学物理人员有时间。所有的受训者都要接受医学物理课程（对研究生和住院物理师是必修）。研究生还要在放疗和影像物理轮转。研究生要取得硕士学位要求一篇论文。（硕士）博士学生的额外要求是初步的生物化学、三个十周的研究辅导、论文。对医学物理住院医的培训需要分为八个部分，每部分三个月。博士后要用大约28个月的时间参与指定的研究项目和大约8个月进行临床培训。访问物理师的培训日程由访问物理师和所属的学院或临床物理人员决定。下面还要介绍UTMDACC 和德州大学休斯敦医学院的临床和研究设备以及德州的其他机构的研究设备，以及研究所感兴趣的区域和财政方面的支持。休斯敦的德州大学生物医学科学研究所的医学物理研究生计划历史悠久，它一直很重视教学质量，从1998年以来一直在扩展学院和课程计划。在保证硕士和博士学生的质量的同时招收的博士程序的学生人数有了明显的增长。还为学生提供很好的经费资助，学生研究项目也发表了大量文章。这些均说明这是一个出色的研究生医学物理计划。另外我们还将放射物理的博士后计划从2到3人增加到11人，影像物理从2到3人增加到9人。我们有3个放射物理住院医和2个影像物理住院医。我们会一直向想要提高自己能力的访问物理师敞开我们的大门，因为UTMDACC 是一个将资源致力于教育和培训的好地方。