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Where a medical physics expert can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a medical physics expert already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Medical physics experts advice on matters related to radiation physics applied to medical exposure. They are responsible for dosimetry and the optimisation of the radiation protection of patients and other individuals subjected to medical exposure, including the application and use of diagnostic reference levels. Medical physics experts are involved in the selection of medical radiological equipment, the quality assurance including acceptance testing, the preparation of technical specifications, and the installation, design and surveillance of the medical radiological installations. They also analyse the events involving accidental or unintended medical exposures and are responsible for the training of practitioners and other staff in relevant aspects of radiation protection.

Also known as MPE, medical radiation physics expert, patients radiation protection optimisation expert, dosimetry expert, medical radiation physics specialist, medical physics specialist.

Professionals 44 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: physics technician, 37%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
physics technician 37% covered radiation protection officer 29% covered diagnostic radiographer 24% covered radiation protection technici… 23% covered nuclear medicine radiographer 21% covered medical physics expert You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from medical physics expert, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a medical physics expert already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 2

Table 2 · What the job itself asks for

A medical physics expert needs 32 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • health technology assessment health and welfare
  • measure physical phenomena in healthcare management skills
  • perform dosimetry measurements assisting and caring
  • assess radiation response information skills
  • dosimetric planning health and welfare
  • evaluate delivery of radiation treatment information skills
  • use treatment verification systems information skills
  • advise on medical device features communication, collaboration and creativity
  • radiology health and welfare
  • densiometry health and welfare
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Medical physics expert is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a medical physics expert’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.