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Health Physicist
Duties and Responsibilities
Health Physicists plan and conduct health physics studies, determining the facilities and operations requiring radiological or nonionizing radiological surveys and directing the monitoring of such facilities and operations to ensure existing safety standards and procedures are adequate. They also participate in research in the health physics area, planning and developing requirements for health physics research and development projects with directors, technical boards and committees.
Health Physicists plan and manage patient treatment and diagnostic procedures, and participate in actual procedures, such as radiation therapy set-up, surgical implants of radioactive materials, and special diagnostic, nuclear medicine, and radiographic procedures. They advise medical specialists of requirements for, and availability of, new equipment and computer techniques to improve patient care and treatment, and supervise all phases of acquisition, from preliminary procurement procedures through operation.
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Physicist
Duties and Responsibilities
Physicists explore and identify basic principles governing the structure and behavior of matter, the generation and transfer of energy, and the interaction of matter and energy. Some physicists use these principles in theoretical areas, such as the nature of time and the origin of the universe; others apply their physics knowledge to practical areas, such as the development of advanced materials, electronic and optical devices, and medical equipment.
Physicists design and perform experiments with lasers, cyclotrons, telescopes, mass spectrometers, and other equipment. Based on observations and analysis, they attempt to discover and explain laws describing the forces of nature, such as gravity, electromagnetism, and nuclear interactions. Physicists also find ways to apply physical laws and theories to problems in nuclear energy, electronics, optics, materials, communications, aerospace technology, navigation equipment, and medical instrumentation.
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