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Is Medical Physics difficult to study? 

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In the light of developments in the medical physics field, it should not be overseen that medical physics is not the only physical/engineering discipline on the intersection with medicine.
This study identifies topics which are perceived to be the most difficult to learn and targeting these will make the biggest differences in medical student learning experience.
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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.
It provides a common framework for national medical physics societies to develop or benchmark their own curricula, but is also flexible enough to suit different situations of initial physics qualifications, medical physics training programmes, accreditation structures, etc.
Basic sonographic physics, imaging, and interpretation can be effectively taught to medical students during a short training session.
The most outstanding results are as follows: In all countries, the basic requirement to enter the Medical Physics education is a university degree.
and Doctoral (Ph. D.) trainees should be well grounded in and the more specific aspects associated with the medical physics subspecialties.

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