Bachelor of Medical and Radiation Physics

The Bachelor of Medical and Radiation Physics degree is designed to produce graduates with the specialist skills necessary to find employment in hospital radiation oncology and nuclear medicine departments, in academic institutions or industry.Graduates understand radiation interactions, dosimetry, detectors and instrument design related to medical physics, health physics, nuclear physics, radiation safety, and accelerator and reactor physics.

Computer programming related to cancer treatment planning, particle transport and medical imaging is also taught.Professional medical physicists from major hospitals in the State will deliver key lectures and practical work as well as co-supervising thesis work.

Before completing the degree students with a WAM of 80 or more can apply for admission to the Bachelor of Medical and Radiation Physics Advanced (Honours). For further information, it is highly recommended that you speak with your program coordinator.

Information on academic and English language requirements, as well as eligibility for credit for prior learning, is available from the Course Finder.

Course Learning Outcomes are statements of learning achievement that are expressed in terms of what the learner is expected to know, understand and be able to do upon completion of a course. Students graduating from this course will be able to:

CLO Description 1 Identify medical radiation related instrumentation and apply techniques associated with diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology. 2 Compare theoretical, practical and professional information and communicate knowledge, ideas and procedures to other health care professionals/practitioners, researchers and other key stakeholders. 3 Identify the biological effects of radiation and its application for radiation safety and for radiation treatment. 4 Apply knowledge of the basic structure and function of the human body relevant to clinical diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology. 5 Classify radiation and radioactivity, its properties, units of measure, dosimetry measurement concepts and methods. 6 Identify radiation safety practices and procedures associated with diagnostic imaging and radiation oncology. 7 Employ independent learning strategies to self-evaluate and update professional knowledge of innovations in medical radiation physics 8 Apply knowledge of fundamental physical laws to analyse behaviour and properties of a variety of physical systems.