title: Recommended ethics curriculum for medical physics graduate and residency programs: report of Task Group 159.
abstract: The AAPM Professional Council approved the formation of a task group in 2007, whose purpose is to develop recommendations for an ethics curriculum for medical physics graduate and residency programs. Existing program's ethics curricula range in scope and content considerably. It is desirable to have a more uniform baseline curriculum for all programs. Recommended subjects areas, suggested ethics references, and a sample curriculum are included. This report recommends a reasonable ethics course time to be 15-30 h while allowing each program the flexibility to design their course.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida 32224, USA. serago.christopher@mayo.edu
authors.forename: Christopher F
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Serago
authors.forename: Jay W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Burmeister
authors.forename: Peter B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Dunscombe
authors.forename: Ashley A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Gale
authors.forename: William R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Hendee
authors.forename: Stephen F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Kry
authors.forename: Cheng-Shie
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Wuu
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum / Q000592:standards*; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000592:standards*; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000592:standards*; D006283:Health Physics / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards*; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States