title: A proposed medical physics curriculum: preparing for the 2013 ABR examination.
abstract: The upcoming ABR examination format for radiology residents is undergoing significant changes in 2013. This requires adaptation of the didactic curriculum for radiology residents entering in July 2010 to meet these changes. Physics will now be incorporated into the core (qualifying) examination during the third year of residency, instead of being tested as a separate examination that was often taken earlier in residency training in past years. In this article, the authors discuss the past, present, and future of medical physics instruction and outline a revised medical physics curriculum for radiology residents that has been internally approved for implementation at the authors' institution and has not been advocated by any society or by the ABR. Starting with this article, the authors hope to encourage a discussion of physics curriculum revision with other institutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. nachiapp@bcm.edu
authors.forename: Arun C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Nachiappan
authors.forename: David M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Wynne
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Katz
authors.forename: Marc H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Willis
authors.forename: Stewart C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bushong
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010825:Physics / Q000193:education*; D011871:Radiology / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States