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Teaching Medical Physics to General Audiences
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@MISC{Physics_teachingmedical,
author = {Suzanne Amador Physics and Suzanne Amador},
title = {Teaching Medical Physics to General Audiences},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
By judiciously selecting topics and reading materials, one can teach a full semester course on medical physics appropriate for college students not majoring in the natural sciences. This interdisciplinary field offers an opportunity to teach a great deal of basic physics at the freshman level in the context of explaining modern medical technologies such as ultrasound imaging, laser surgery, and positron emission tomography. This article describes one such course which combines lectures, outside visitors, varied readings, and laboratories to convey a select subset of physical principles and quantitative problem solving skills. These resources are also valuable for enriching the standard freshman physics sequence for premedical students. INTRODUCTION At a time when science and technology often dominate discussions of national policy, a large segment of our citizenry remains largely apprehensive of, and untutored in, the natural sciences. This generally accepted observation has led the ...
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medical physic general audience natural science college student premedical student positron emission tomography dominate discussion basic physic physical principle ultrasound imaging laser surgery varied reading modern medical technology quantitative problem freshman level full semester course national policy standard freshman physic sequence great deal outside visitor select subset interdisciplinary field large segment
