Talk:Medical physics
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As a medical physicist I'm slightly horrified by the claim that "physicist" is a misnomer. In the UK to practise as a medical physicist you must have an acredited masters degree in physics (or equivalent). It far from unusual for medical physicists to have physics degrees, physics masters or phd's in physics. In fact it is almost universal here.
- Feel free to change it. With your credentials you probably know more about the field than any other Wikipedia contributor. JFW | T@lk 13:54, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
- I agree - in the UK Medical Physics refers to the application of physics in medicine. I've reverted the article back to the version as of 23 October. Medical engineering is a field in its own right. The changes made to the article since then seem to reflect a personal POV. In the UK, medical physicists are encompassed by the protected designation of 'Clinical Scientist', and under the new grading structure (Agenda for Change) that is being instigated in the UK as I write, the job titles of national profiles for these jobs have (Medical Physics) tagged to the end. --Fizzy 11:53, 16 November 2005 (UTC)
