Response to Mark Harvey Regarding the Educational Curricula for Students Interested in Health Physics

Details

• Personal Author:
  Emery R ; Gutierrez J
• Description:
  Dear Editors: We would like to voice our concurrence with Mark Harvey's recent Health Physics Journal Letter to the Editors regarding the educational curricula for students interested in health physics. As Harvey mentions, here at UTHealth, we have experienced a significant shift in the use of radiation sources over the past 30 y, from mainly benchtop research with radioactive materials to an increased use of x-ray producing devices and lasers (Gutierrez and Emery 2022). We are similarly supportive of Harvey's comments about specifically supporting HBCU institutions in this regard, which is an effort that could be led by the Health Physics Society. Our joint effort with Harvey and his students regarding the characterization of our cyclotron as part of decommissioning efforts proved to be mutually educational, with the students not only learning basic health physics but also the process to move their work forward through the publication process so that others can learn from it (Zapata et al. 2021). Description provided by NIOSH
• Subjects:
  • Education
  • Occupational Health
  • Safety
• Keywords:
  • Health physicists
  • Education
  • Curriculum development
• ISSN:
  0017-9078
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 6 ; Texas
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  39
• Volume:
  126
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069665
• Citation:
  Health Phys 2024 Jan; 126(1):39
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Health Physics
• End Date:
  20250630
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208047/cdc_208047_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 45.28 KB]
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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