1. Rachel Bentley & Anthony Higgins

2. Contents  About Us  Recruitment  STP Structure  MSc  Rotations  Competencies & Assessments  Specialism  Elective

3. About Us  Rachel MA Maths (Aberd) MSc Medical Physics Computing (Aberd) Started September 2013  Anthony MPhys Physics (Ebor) MSc Medical Physics (Leeds) Started September 2012

4. Recruitment  Application  Interviews  Location Selection

5. Recruitment: Application  Application Form Psychometric test  Confirmation of interview <2 weeks before first interview date Location: Birmingham => Expense

6. Recruitment: Interviews & Locations  “Speed Dating” ○ Fresh start at each table ○ Difficult to put yourself across  Location First Choice?? StationArea Covered 1 General aptitude for science and understanding of scientific services in society 2 Specialism specific questions to assess scientific knowledge and skill 3 4 Suitability for the training, professionalism and leadership potential

7. STP Structure  Compared with IPEM Structure makes sense: learn on the job instead of cramming for exams and forgetting  MSc  Rotations

8. MSc Clinical Sciences (Medical Physics)  Location: Newcastle Find short-term accommodation or commute Provide accommodation? Different locations? Opportunity to see another trust

9. MSc Clinical Sciences (Medical Physics)  Medical Physics teaching excellent Taught by physicists Lots of hands-on learning & tutorials  Professional Practice needs to be relevant to physicists Reflect that we have very little patient exposure Taught by physicists? Not GPs

10. MSc Clinical Sciences (Medical Physics)  Location: King’s College London Told of location very last-minute Find short-term accommodation or commute

11. MSc Clinical Sciences (Medical Physics)  Teaching good Taught by physicists Long history of IPEM-accredited degree Taught as single block  Syllabus very superficial 1 lecture in ultrasound, 2 in MRI Compared to 20+ in Leeds

12. Rotations  Not taken as four 3-month blocks

13. Rotations  Imaging with Ionising Radiation (3 months)  Radiation Safety (3 months)  Radiotherapy Physics (3 months)  Imaging with Non- ionising Radiation (3 months)  Diagnostic Radiology (9 weeks)  Radiation Protection (6 weeks)  Nuclear Medicine (10 weeks)  Radiotherapy (12 weeks)  Ultrasound (5 weeks)  UV/Lasers (3 weeks)  MRI (6 weeks)

14. Rotations  Not taken as four 3-month blocks  First “year” takes approximately 15 months  Different staff to train and assess  Use of project-style work  Evidence  Feedback

15. Competencies and Assessments  Some incredibly difficult to do OCEs CBDs Professional Practice  Multiple competencies with single projects

16. Specialism  Chosen towards the end of rotations  Incorporates MSc project

17. Elective  Rehabilitation engineering  4-week project