Master of Applied Science (Medical Physics)

Careers and outcomes

Graduates can seek employment in hospitals, health departments, tertiary institutions and medical instrumentation companies. Depending on the field of employment, graduates may be known as medical physicists, health physicists or bioengineers.

As a professional medical or health physicist, your day-to-day tasks may include:

• applying electronic tools and medical software, ultrasonics, radiation and computers to clinical and environmental problems.
• monitoring the environment to maintain acceptable standards in the workplace and the community.
• applying fundamental physical research in development programs.
• being responsible for calibration, care and maintenance of instruments and apparatus.

Professional recognition

The Master of Applied Science (Medical Physics) has been accredited by the Australasian College of Physical Sciences and Engineers in Medicine (ACPSEM).  

Graduates will receive exemptions from the academic requirements of the ACPSEM Training, Education, and Accreditation Program (TEAP) for Medical Physicists. Graduates of the Master of Applied Science will receive full exemption, while those completing the Graduate Diploma will receive exemption from the coursework component.  

The TEAP is a five-year registrar training program that leads to accreditation as a Medical Physicist. For further details, please visit www.acpsem.org.au.     

Possible careers

• Health physicist
• Medical equipment sales
• Medical physicist
• Medical scientist