Medical Physics Shiraz University of Medical Sciences

Overview

At present, medicine is increasingly relying on medical physics. The Medical Physics program of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences is a postgraduate program with an emphasis on physics and technology. It uses physical techniques and principles in diagnosis and treatment of diseases.

Nowadays, medical physics is divided into different specialties, the main ones being radiotherapy, medical imaging, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, dosimetry, radiation protection and radiobiology, as well as the other subjects such as biomechanics, bioelectricity, optics and laser.

The main objective of this program is to:

• Familiarize the students with different medical physics specialties for diagnosis and therapy of diseases.

• Create an ability in graduates to gain knowledge in medical physics independently

• Disseminate the knowledge of medical physics.

• Improve the healthcare, diagnosis and therapeutic methods in medicine.

• Provide a series of educational, research and therapeutic services using the latest scientific principles and methods.

Students at Medical Physics program of Shiraz University of Medical Science will be competent in the following skills:

• Contributing to teaching medical physics to students of various fields according to the university's needs. For example, clinical specialist residency programs in radiotherapy, radiology, nuclear medicine and physical medicine all include medical physics topics.  

• Designing, implementing and evaluating basic research and applied techniques in various contexts of the related fields.

• Providing expert services for universities as well as diagnostic and therapy centers. The graduate can provide consulting services on the physics and technology aspects of method and equipment used in medicine.