Brief for the Proposal of a New Professional Master’s Program

MSc In

Clinical Medical Biophysics

A new program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP)

Submitted to the Senate Subcommittee on Program Review – Graduate

The University of Western Ontario

September 2011

VOLUME 1

THE PROGRAM

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Table of Contents

1.  INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 3 2.  LIST OF FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE PROGRAM, RESEARCH FUNDING IN THE

PROGRAM, AND GRADUATE SUPERVISION BY MEMBERS....................................... 10 3.  PHYSICAL, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES.......... 20 4.  PROGRAM REGULATIONS AND COURSES .................................................................. 23 5.  PROJECTED ENROLMENT .............................................................................................. 28 APPENDIX I - LIBRARY SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL BIOPHYSICS ......................................... 30 

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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1. Overview of the new program

Program home unit: Department of Medical Biophysics

Degree stream: Professional MSc, course-based, no research, no thesis.

Major objectives: This program proposal concerns graduate students interested in Clinical Physics careers. Professional certification for Clinical Physicists is obtained from the American Board of Radiology (ABR) in the US, and the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (CCPM) in Canada. Clinical Physics training is comprised of PhD graduate training, followed by a 2-year Residency. Over the next decade, ABR and CCPM are phasing-in accreditation requirements for graduate school and Residencies, and setting policies to allow only graduates from accredited training programs to write College membership exams. Ultimately, many American states (and perhaps Canadian provinces) will require by law that only College-certified Clinical Physicists be hired in the hospital sector. To oversee the accreditation process, the professional colleges created the Commission for the Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs (CAMPEP. See www.campep.org).

The University of Western Ontario (Western) and the London hospitals have trained over two generations of Clinical Physicists, and indeed run one of the largest training programs in North America. In the past 5 years, 10 of our PhD graduates have followed this career path to Clinical Physics. To maintain this training capability, strategic decisions were made to obtain CAMPEP accreditation of the Residency program at London Regional Cancer Program (LRCP) (accredited in 2006), followed by the Medical Biophysics Graduate Program. Accreditation consists of an external peer-review by an international panel of clinical physicists, and includes reviewing curriculum and a site visit. Our site visit included meetings with UWO Faculty (including Schulich Leadership), and tours of the medical imaging resources at St Joseph’s Health Care / Lawson Research, Robarts Research; and the radiation oncology resources at LRCP. We are pleased to say that the Medical Biophysics graduate program received accreditation in August 2010. Our accreditation was based on both the breadth of didactic courses developed (See Section 2.3 / Current and Recent Teaching Assignments) and the strength of the relationship between Western and the London hospitals who employ Clinical Physicists.

Degree nomenclature: Our proposed MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics is course intensive and does not include a research-based thesis. To differentiate the MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics from the pre-existing research-based MSc in Medical Biophysics, we propose to (i) add “Clinical” to the name of the degree, and (ii) add text to the student's UWO transcript as

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follows "Degree requirements completed in CAMPEP-accredited program". This will help future employers identify which of our Department of Medical Biophysics graduates completed our CAMPEP-accredited program.

Course curriculum: Our MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics course curriculum conforms to the American Association of Physicists in Medicine (AAPM) Report 79 “Academic Program Recommendations for Graduate Degrees in Medical Physics”. Students enrolled in the CAMPEP program will be required to take a total of 6.0 course credits, mostly taught by the Department of Medical Biophysics (extra departmental courses are Anatomy and Physiology). Students also participate in hospital-based training, where they ‘shadow’ a medical physicist (hospital employee) to observe the operation of a radiology, nuclear medicine, or radiation oncology department; and participate in activities such as radiation dose planning and equipment/procedure quality control.

1.2. Goals and Objectives of the program in relation to the Graduate Degree Level Expectations

a) Depth and Breadth of Knowledge

Our course content is designed to comply with the requirements set out in AAPM Report 79 – Academic Program Recommendations for Graduate Degrees in Medical Physics. (AAPM = American Association of Physics in Medicine). This curriculum allows our program graduates to qualify for admission to Clinical Physics Residency programs (including the CAMPEP-accredited residency program at LRCP). The curriculum includes broad knowledge of medical imaging and radiation therapy.

b) Research and Scholarship (as appropriate for a professional master’s)

Our program is course-based, and not designed to further research capabilities of students. However, all students seeking entrance to a clinical residency will have to complete a PhD at some point, which will develop their research capabilities. Our program can also be delivered as a combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics], where the PhD component is the standard Medical Biophysics PhD, already approved by Western.

c) Level of Application of Knowledge

The course content described by AAPM 79 (See Section 1.2 (a) Depth and Breadth of Knowledge) is taught at the graduate level only. Preparation for these courses requires a solid undergraduate foundation in physics (which is also a CAMPEP requirement).

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In addition to the solid course work and assessment plans, students will consolidate their training with practical applications in clinical settings, arranged through a Clinical Exposure rotation. This is a 10-hour hospital-based opportunity for students to get hands-on training and apply their knowledge to clinical practice, under the supervision of a Clinical Physicist. This multi-pronged approach will provide a powerful training package.

d) Professional Capacity / Autonomy

Our curriculum includes a course on ethics, tailored to the needs of medical physicists, which also includes a section on the basics of setting up and running clinical trials. Technical knowledge specific to the requirements of entering a clinical physics residency is provided through the entire course-based curriculum. The 10-hour Clinical Exposure rotation will give students an opportunity to participate in the complex environment of clinical care. Students’ technical knowledge and clinical exposure are evaluated in a final (written and oral) Clinical Exam, administered by a panel of Clinical Physicists (See Section 4 / Degree Requirements). It is expected that students will develop an advanced knowledge of clinical physics, as well as skills in clinical reasoning and professionalism.

e) Level of Communication Skills

Our curriculum includes a scientific communications course which provides formal training in writing scientific abstracts, preparing scholarship applications and research grant proposals, and making both oral and poster presentations. Further communication skills will be honed via lectures in management, negotiation and conflict resolution through a planned relationship with Western’s Ivey School of Business (See Section 3 / Professional Development Resources). Professional communication will be assessed in the students’ final (oral) Clinical Exam.

f) Awareness of Limits of Knowledge

Students will be exposed to the complexities of professional medical physics and its role in helping delivering multi-disciplinary healthcare through several avenues: (i) their Clinical Exposure rotation, (ii) a guest lecture series wherein guest speakers will include leaders in the medical physics profession, (iii) attending clinical rounds (radiology, nuclear medicine, or radiation oncology), and (iv) attending medical biophysics graduate student seminars. (See Section 3 / Professional Development Resources for more details.)

1.3. Consultation process in the preparation of the brief, including faculty, professional/industry, and potential student input and involvement

Course curriculum: Our course-based curriculum is taught by the Department of Medical Biophysics Faculty, some of whom are Western

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employees, and some of whom are hospital employees (Clinical Physicists). The mandatory course curriculum will increase enrolment in existing courses that are included in the new MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics program. The new MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics program will also increase enrolment in the current Medical Biophysics program, thus increasing Faculty time commitments and workload. However, the Medical Biophysics graduate program CAMPEP accreditation process undertaken in 2010 led to extensive consultation and demonstrated strong commitment from the Department’s Faculty and the School of Graduate and Post-Graduate Studies (SGPS). Indeed, our Faculty members even agreed to modify specific elements of their courses to facilitate our accreditation.

Hospital-based instruction: Our success depends in large part on maintaining a strong partnership with our London hospitals. Hospital leadership was consulted at various stages, and presentations were made to the Joint Imaging Leadership Team (which includes the Integrated Vice President of Clinical Support Services, and the City-wide Chiefs/Chairs of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine); the Hospitals’ Medical Imaging Physics Group; and the LRCP Radiotherapy Clinical Physics Group. To further strengthen our program’s ties to Imaging leadership in London, we consulted with the Operational Committee of the newly formed Biomedical Imaging Research Centre (BIRC), and the Imaging Executive of the Division of Imaging Sciences (Department of Medical Imaging / Schulich). We incorporated suggestions from these meetings into our program design to enhance the preparedness of our graduates for the exacting technical demands and “professionalism” expected in clinical settings.

Budget, Program Delivery: We have negotiated a program budget with Western leadership (School of Graduate and Post Doctoral Studies Office of the Vice Provost and the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry Office of the Dean) and financial teams (Institutional Budgeting). This budget took into consideration tuition charged by other programs (in Canada and the United States).

1.4. Evidence to support the introduction of the program

Potential Market: Consistent with accreditation standards, specific entrance requirements include an undergraduate degree with a specialty in Physics, the Physical Sciences, or Engineering. As of 2011 April, the following graduate programs have CAMPEP accreditation:

Institution Initial Accreditation

Canada Carleton University 2010 McGill University 1993

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University of Alberta 2002 University of British Columbia 2004

University of Calgary 2005 University of Manitoba 2008 University of Victoria 2009

University of Western Ontario 2010 United States 23 universities Since 1998

Attraction to potential students: The requirements for gaining entry to a Clinical Physics Residency are: completing a PhD degree, and having either a MSc or PhD degree from a CAMPEP-accredited program. Thus, Western’s MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics will be attractive to (i) undergraduates seeking a CAMPEP-accredited degree ; (ii) Western students presently enrolled in a non-accredited program (such as the research based Medical Biophysics MSc or PhD) ; and students who have completed a non-accredited graduate program (MSc or PhD) at a different university.

Societal need: Standard of Care in oncology indicates that 1 Clinical Physicist is required for every 260 radiation therapy procedures undertaken (over any time period). Taking into consideration: population growth and professional retirement, the standard of care requires that 30 new Clinical Physicists be hired every year across Canada. Our new MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics program will be the largest CAMPEP-accredited graduate program in Canada, able to supply 20% of national workforce requirements.

1.5. Special matters and innovative features

Program size: At the time of this writing, the two largest (size of faculty) Departments of Medical Biophysics in Canada are at the University of Toronto, and the University of Western Ontario. As Toronto’s graduate program does not (yet) have CAMPEP accreditation, our program will be the largest in Canada. In discussions with Toronto, we estimate they will achieve accreditation by 2013. Further, given the considerable size of London hospitals’ patient catchment (2-3 million – one of the largest in North America), our students will be able to train on a tremendous diversity of specialized hospital equipment (See Section 3 / Research and Scholarly Development Facilities).

Vertical integration: Our ultimate goal is to provide a top-to-bottom training program to create certified Clinical Physicists. This will require: undergraduate training, MSc- and PhD-level training, and CAMPEP Residencies. Presently, we are developing an undergraduate curriculum specifically for students interested in our MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics program. We anticipate launching this curriculum in September 2011. There are two clinical physics

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residencies in London: a Radiation Oncology Residency at the London Regional Cancer Program (CAMPEP accredited in 2006), and an Imaging Residency at London Health Sciences Centre and St Joseph’s Health Care (application for accreditation in progress).

Program delivery: This program can be delivered as a combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics]. (See Section 4 / Participation in collaborative programs or combined programs of study).

1.6. Accreditation of the Professional Program

Our proposed program was accredited in August 2010 by the Commission for Accreditation of Medical Physics Educational Programs (CAMPEP). This is a non-profit organization sponsored by the American Board of Radiology, the American College of Medical Physicists, and the Canadian College of Medical Physicists. CAMPEP is tasked with the standardization, review and accreditation of degree-granting programs and clinical residencies in medical physics.

Accreditation by CAMPEP allows Western to provide graduates for Clinical Physics Residencies across Canada and the United States, which in the near future will require completion of a CAMPEP-accredited graduate program.

1.7. Indicate whether the program, or part of the program, will be offered off-campus or on-line

The program requires students to perform a Clinical Exposure rotation. This will be completed at one of London’s teaching hospitals (St Joseph’s Health Care, or London Regional Cancer Program), and is 10-hours in length per student over 1-2 days, depending on Faculty and equipment availability. The Clinical Physicists supervising the rotation are all Medical Biophysics Faculty, but employed by the hospitals rather than the university. A close relationship between the Western Department of Medical Biophysics and the London hospitals has been in place for many decades (indeed the current Medical Biophysics Chair is a Clinical Physicist!), facilitating access to equipment (See Section 3 / Research and Scholarly Development Facilities and Section 3 / Space), office space, and multi-disciplinary expertise.

Additionally, some of the courses are taught by Medical Biophysics Faculty who are hospital Clinical Physicists. Some of these courses may be offered at a hospital, rather than at the Western campus.

1.8. Consultation

This program has been developed in consultation with: • UWO School of Graduate and Post Graduate Studies (Drs Linda Miller, Dr

Stephen Sims)

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• UWO Institutional Planning (Ruban Chelladurai) • UWO Office of the Dean of Medicine (Dr Andrew Watson, Dwayne Martins) • UWO Medical Biophysics Faculty (Departmental Meetings) • UWO Department of Physics and Astronomy (Chair Dr Shantanu Basu) • UWO Medical Physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy (Dr

Eugene Wong) • UWO Biomedical Imaging Research Centre (Dr Aaron Fenster) • UWO Department of Medical Imaging / Division of Imaging Sciences (Chair

Dr Aaron Fenster) • UWO Department of Biomedical Engineering (Presentation to Executive) • LHSC/SJHC Imaging Executive (Vice President Glenn Kearns) • LHSC/SJHC Medical Imaging Physics Group (Head Physicist Dr Frank Prato) • LRCP Medical Physics Group (Chief Physicist Dr Rob Barnett)

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2. LIST OF FACULTY MEMBERS IN THE PROGRAM, RESEARCH FUNDING IN THE PROGRAM, AND GRADUATE SUPERVISION BY MEMBERS 2.1. Listing of faculty members in the program (abbreviations after table)

TABLE 1

Faculty Name and Rank MF Category Home Unit Supervisory Privileges

Bartha, Robert ; Assoc Prof M 3 Medical Biophysics Full Battista, Jerry J. ; Prof & Chair M 3 Medical Biophysics Full Chronik, Blaine ; Assoc Prof M 3 Physics & Astronomy Full Drangova, Maria ; Professor F 3 Medical Biophysics Full #Ellis, Christopher G. ; Professor M 3 Medical Biophysics Full #Fenster, Aaron ; Professor M 3 Medical Imaging Full Foster, Paula J. ; Assoc Prof F 3 Med Bio & Med Imag MSc Gelman, Neil ; Assoc Prof M 3 Med Bio & Med Imag Full Goldman, Daniel ; Assoc Prof M 3 Medical Biophysics Full Holdsworth, David ; Prof M 3 Surgery Full Jackson, Dwayne N ; Assist Prof M 3 Medical Biophysics Full Johnson, James A. ; Prof M 3 MME Full Lacefield, James C. ; Assoc Prof M 3 ECE & Med Bio Full Ladak, Hanif M. ; Assoc Prof M 3 Med Bio & ECE Full Marsh, Gregory D. ; Assoc Prof M 3 Kinesiol & Med Bio Full McKenzie, Charles ; Assoc Prof M 3 Medical Biophysics Full Menon, Ravi S. ; Prof M 3 Medical Biophysics Full Mittler, Silvia ; Prof F 3 Physics & Astronomy Full Parraga, Grace ; Assoc Prof F 3 Medical Biophysics Full #Peters, Terence M. ; Professor M 3 Medical Imaging Full Poepping, Tamie ; Assist Prof F 3 Physics & Astronomy MSc #Prato, Frank S. ; Professor M 3 Medical Imaging Full #Rizkalla, Amin S. ; Assoc Prof M 3 CBE Full Samani, Abbas ; Assoc Prof M 3 Med Bio & ECE Full *St. Lawrence,Keith ; Assist Prof M 1 Medical Biophysics Full Santyr, Giles ; Prof M 3 Medical Biophysics Full #Thompson, R. Terry ; Prof M 3 Med Bio & Med Imag Full #Van Dyk, Jacob ; Prof M 3 Oncology Full Wan, Wankei ; Assoc Prof M 3 CBE Full Wong, Eugene ; Prof M 3 Physics & Astronomy Full Zinke-Allmang, Martin/ Professor M 3 Physics & Astronomy Full *Badhwar, Amit ; Assist Prof M 2 Surgery Full *Bauman, Glenn ; Prof & Chair M 2 Oncology MSc #*Bourne, Robert B. ; Prof M 2 Surgery MSc *Bureau, Yves ; Assoc Prof M 2 Psychology MSc #Campbell, Gordon ; Prof M 4 Medical Biophysics MSc *Carson, Jeffrey ; Assist Prof M 2 Medical Biophysics Full Cepinskas,Gediminas ; Assoc Prof M 4 Medical Biophysics Full Chambers, Ann F. ; Prof F 4 Oncology Full Chen, Jeff Z ; Prof M 4 Oncology MSc Cunningham, Ian A. ; Prof M 4 Medical Imaging Full

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Dhanvantari, Savita ; Assist Prof M 4 Medical Biophysics MSc *Duggal, Neil ; Assoc Prof M 2 Clinical Neurology MSc *Gaede, Stewart ; Assist Prof M 2 Oncology MSc Gan, Bing S. ; Assoc Prof M 4 Surgery MSc *Goldhawk, Donna ; Assist Prof F 2 Medical Biophysics MSc *Hoffman, Lisa ; Assist Prof F 2 Medical Biophysics MSc *Jordan, Kevin ; Assoc Prof M 2 Oncology Full King, Graham J. ; Prof M 4 Surgery Full *Kovacs, Michael ; Assist Prof M 2 Medical Imaging MSc Lee, Ting-Yim ; Prof M 4 Medical Imaging Full *Legros, Alexandre ; Assist Prof M 2 Medical Biophysics MSc Lewis, John ; Prof M 4 Surgery MSc Li, Shuo ; Assoc Prof M 4 Medical Biophysics MSc Lindsay, Robert ; Prof M 4 Medicine MSc *Lownie, Stephen ; Assist Prof M 2 Neurology & Med Imag MSc *Nicolson, Robert ; Assist Prof M 2 Psychiatry MSc Pickering, J. Geoffrey ; Assoc Prof M 4 Medicine Full Sanders, David W. ; Assist Prof M 4 Surgery MSc *Scholl, Timothy ; Assist Prof M 2 Medical Biophysics MSc Stodilka, Robert ; Assist Prof M 4 Medical Biophysics MSc *Theberge, Jean ; Assist Prof M 2 Medical Biophysics MSc Thomas, Alex W. ; Assoc Prof M 4 Med Bio & Med Imag Full #Tyml, Karel ; Prof M 4 Medical Biophysics Full Williamson, Peter ; Prof M 4 Psychiatry Full Wisenberg, Gerald ; Prof M 4 Medicine Full Xuan, Jim W. ; Prof M 4 Surgery MSc *Yartsev, Slav ; Assoc Prof M 2 Oncology MSc MacDonald, Ian C. ; Assoc Prof (Emeritus 7/2010)

M 5 Medical Biophysics Full

Canham, Peter B. ; Prof (Emeritus 7/2006)

M 6 Medical Biophysics

Karnas, Scott ; Assist Prof M 6 Med Bio & Oncology NOTES:

* next to a supervisor’s name indicates supervision in Medical Biophysics only

# next to supervisor’s name indicates possible retirement in the next 7 years

Category Description 1 tenured or tenure-track core faculty members whose graduate involvement is exclusively in

the graduate program under review. For this purpose the master’s and doctoral streams of a program are considered as a single program. Membership in the graduate program, not the home unit, is the defining issue.

2 non-tenure-track core faculty members whose graduate involvement is exclusively in the graduate program under review.

3 tenured or tenure-track core faculty members who are involved in teaching and/or supervision in other graduate program(s) in addition to being a core member of the graduate program under review.

4 non-tenure track core faculty members who are involved in teaching and/or supervision in other graduate program(s) in addition to being a core member of the graduate program under review.

5 emeritus professors with supervisory privileges. 6 non-core faculty who participate in the teaching of graduate courses or emeritus professors

without supervisory privileges.

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Home Unit and Other Abbreviations: CBE – The Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Med Imag - The Dept. of Medical Imaging, ECE – The Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, MME – The Dept. of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Med Bio – The Dept. of Medical Biophysics, Medicine – The Dept. of Medicine, Oncology – The Dept. of Oncology, PhysPharm – The Dept. of Physiology & Pharmacology, Phys+Astr – The Dept. of Physics and Astronomy.

2.2 . Graduate supervision

Our CAMPEP accreditation requires the presence of faculty members who are Clinical Physicists certified by the CCPM. There are two levels of CCPM certification: Member (meant for junior members), and Fellow (for more senior members). Our CCPM-certified faculty, along with their specialization category is listed below. With the exception of Drs Wong, Fenster, Peters and Santyr, these individuals are full-time hospital employees. These hospital-based Clinical Physicists have access to the equipment and clinical programs required (and reviewed by the CAMPEP accreditation body) to facilitate the Clinical Exposure Rotation portion of our program.

Name Clinical Certification Sub-Specialty Stream(s) J.J. Battista FCCPM Radiation Oncology J. Van Dyk FCCPM Radiation Oncology

J. Chen FCCPM Radiation Oncology C. Lewis FCCPM Radiation Oncology

S. Sawchuk MCCPM Radiation Oncology E. Wong FCCPM Radiation Oncology

I. Cunningham FCCPM Diagnostic Radiology A. Fenster FCCPM Diagnostic Radiology

T. Lee FCCPM Diagnostic Radiology F. Prato FCCPM Nuclear Medicine T. Peters FCCPM Radiation Oncology G. Santyr FCCPM Magnetic Resonance

R. Stodilka MCCPM Nuclear Medicine J Theberge MCCPM Magnetic Resonance G Hajdok MCCPM Radiation Oncology S Gaede MCCPM Radiation Oncology

Our proposed MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics program does not include a research thesis component. However, one delivery model is a combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics], where the PhD is the thesis-based Medical Biophysics PhD, already approved as a Western program.

Completed, and current, supervision of MSc and PhD students, and of Post-Doctoral fellows, by faculty member are listed in Table 3. Most of our faculty members have supervisory privileges in other graduate programs and many are currently supervising students in those programs. This is reflected in Table 3 where the main categories are 3 and 4. The majority of our faculty

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who have not supervised students in other programs have been members of advisory committees in these programs. There are a few faculty who have not supervised graduate students in any program. Several faculty are just joining the graduate program (e.g., Goldhawk, Scholl, Hoffman) and have not begun to supervise students yet. Other new faculty are senior faculty in other programs (e.g., Wong, Zinke-Allmang) who have recently begun supervising in Medical Biophysics or experienced clinicians (e.g., Lindsay, Lownie). As of May 2010, we had six medical residents/fellows in our Medical Biophysics program and six clinical faculty (Duggal, King, Lownie, Lindsay, Nicolson, Williamson) supervising or co-supervising a total of seven graduate students.

Our program recognizes that faculty can most effectively supervise only a limited number of graduate students. Most of our faculty supervise no more than 4 to 5 graduate students at the same time. The few exceptions are senior faculty with well-established labs and support (Chambers, Fenster, Lee, Peters, Prato). We have no formal policy restricting the total number of graduate students a faculty member can supervise but we do encourage potential graduate students to select faculty supervisors with sufficient time and resources to support them.

TABLE 2

(Master’s & PhD data provided by SGPS; Postdoc data provided by the Program)

Completed and Current Numbers of Thesis Supervisions by Faculty Member

Completed Current

Member Master’s PhD PDF Master’s PhD PDF

Category 3/1

Bartha 4 5 2 1(2) 1 Battista 0(1) 6 3 3 Drangova 2 0(1) 3 0(1) 2 Ellis 2 1 2 1 1(1) Fenster 2(6) 2(6) 0(4) 0(7) 0(5) 0(2) Foster 6 1 2 4 2 1 Gelman 6 2 1 Goldman 2 1 1 Holdsworth 3 4(10) 3 3 Jackson 1 3 Johnson 7(14) 0(4) 0(1) 2(3) 0(5) Lacefield 0(2) 0(5) 0(2) Ladak 3(12) 1 0(3) Marsh 2(7) 1(2) 0(2) McKenzie 1 0(1) 1(2) 0(2) Menon 1(2) 2(5) 3(3) 0(1) 1(2) Mittler 0(10) 0(5) 0(5) 0(4) 0(2) 0(2) Parraga 3(7) 0(1) 2 2(3) 0(1)

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Peters 0(5) 5(4) 4 1(6) 1(3) 2 Pickering 1(4) 0(3) 0(3) 0(2) 0(1) Poepping 0(1) 0(1) 1(4) 0(1) Prato 7(8) 11(12) 2 3 Rizkalla 1(3) 0(3) 0(2) 1(3) Samani 0(7) 0(3) 0(3) St. Lawrence 1 2 1 2 1 Santyr 2(3) 1(3) 0(3) 2(2) 0(1) 0(2) Thompson 5(10) 5(10) 1(2) 1(2) 2(4) 1(2) Van Dyk 2 4 3 Wan 0(8) 1(5) 0(3) 0(6) 0(3) 0(1) Wong 1(2) 1(2) 0(1) 0(2) 1(2) Zinke-Allmang 0(2) 1(2) (1) Category 4/2 Badhwar 1 2 1 1 Bauman 1 2 Bourne Bureau 4 1 Campbell 0(1) Carson 2 1(1) 1 2 4 2 Cepinskas 2 2 5 0 1 2 Chambers 3(6) 5(7) 0(5) 0(1) 2(4) 1(2) Chen 1 1 1 Chronik 3(6) 1(4) 0(5) Cunningham 3(5) 4 2(3) Dhanvantari 4 3 Duggal 1 Gaede 1 1 Gan 1(3) 0(2) 0(1) Goldhawk Hoffman Jordan 0(1) King 6(10) 0(4) 0(1) 2(2) 0(3) Kovacs Lee 3 7 4 2 3(4) 2 Legros 1 1 Lewis 5 1 Li 3 0(3) 2 Lindsay 1 Lownie 1 1 Nicolson 1 1 1 Pickering 0(4) 0(2) 0(2) 0(1) Sanders 1 1 1 Scholl Stodilka 1 1 1 1 2 1 Theberge 1 1 Thomas 3 3 2 1 Tyml 1(2) 1(4) 1 0(2) Williamson 1 3 1 1 1 1 Wisenberg Xuan 3

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Yartsev 1 1 1 Category 5 MacDonald 5 5 0 2

Category 6

Canham 1 Karnas

Faculty members who are involved in more than one graduate program should list the number of students supervised in the program under review and, in parentheses, the total number of students supervised in all graduate programs.

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2.3. Current and recent teaching assignments

All courses beginning with “MBP” are Medical Biophysics courses. Undergraduate courses have numbers below 500 (5000 since Fall 2008), while graduate courses have numbers above 500 (9000 since Fall 2008). Biomedical Engineering courses begin with “BME”. Courses ending with “A”, “B”, “F” or “G” are one term (half) courses (usually 2 hrs per week plus 2 hr lab). Courses ending with “Y” are two term courses but equivalent to a one term course. All others are two term (full) courses (usually 2 hrs per week plus 2 hr lab).

A normal teaching assignment for Category 1/3 faculty in Medical Biophysics is usually one half graduate course or equivalent per year. Supervising graduate students is recognized as teaching. Category 2/4 faculty teach in the graduate program either on a voluntary basis or because the department is contributing to their salaries through an agreement with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, the Clinical department/Research Institute and our graduate program.

Note that MacDonald was a Category 3 faculty member and Undergraduate Chair until becoming Emeritus in July 2010. He is currently a Category 5 faculty member, and Samani has taken over as Undergraduate Chair after several years as Co-Chair. Although MacDonald will continue to do some teaching, most of his teaching load is being shifted to Jackson as per the succession plan implemented when Jackson was hired.

The following is a list of courses taught by Medical Biophysics faculty. Courses required for the MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics curriculum are indicated bold.

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TABLE 3

(Completed jointly by SGPS and the Program)

Teaching Assignments 2006-07 Faculty Member Rank Undergraduate Courses Graduate Courses Category 1/3 Battista Professor MBP 467B MBP 567B* Drangova Professor MBP 475A MBP 515A* Ellis Professor MBP 303E MBP 501E* Foster Associate MBP 302E

MBP 335G MBP 500E* MBP 503B*

Gelman Associate MBP 303E MBP 501E* Goldman Associate MBP 470B MBP 510B* Holdsworth Professor MBP 475A MBP 515A* Lacefield Associate MBP 302E

MBP 335G MBP 402B MBP 475A MBP 480

MBP 500E* MBP 503B* MBP 515A*

Ladak Associate MBP 409B MBP 509B* MacDonald Associate MBP 302E

MBP 333F MBP 335G

MBP 500E* MBP 501F* MBP 503B*

Marsh Associate MBP 302E MBP 335G

MBP 500E* MBP 503B*

Samani Associate MBP 330F MBP 530F* St. Lawrence Assistant MBP 475A MBP 515A* Van Dyk Professor MBP 467B MBP 567B* Category 2/4 Carson Assistant MBP 480 Cunningham Professor MBP 516Y Lee Professor MBP 475A MBP 515A*

MBP 516Y Stodilka Assistant MBP 331G MBP 531G* Category 6 Canham Professor

Emeritus MBP 330F MBP 530F*

Karnas Assistant MBP 467B MBP 567B* Teaching Assignments 2007-08

Faculty Member Rank Undergraduate Courses Graduate Courses Category 1/3 Battista Professor MBP 467B MBP 567B* Drangova Professor MBP 475A MBP 515A*

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Ellis Professor MBP 303E MBP 501E* Gelman Associate MBP 303E MBP 501E*

MBP 517 Goldman Associate MBP 470A MBP 510A* Holdsworth Professor MBP 475A MBP 515A* Jackson Assistant MBP 302E MBP 500E* Johnson Professor BME 505B1 Lacefield Associate MBP 402B

MBP 475A MBP 480

BME 502B* MBP 515A*

Ladak Associate MBP 409B BME 509B* MacDonald Associate MBP 302E

MBP 333F MBP 335G

MBP 500E* MBP 501F* MBP 503B*

Parraga Associate BME 504B1 BME 601B1

Rizkalla Associate BME 525B1 Samani Associate MBP 330F MBP 530F*

BME 519B1 St. Lawrence Assistant MBP 475A MBP 515A* Thompson Professor MBP 513Y Wan Associate BME 525B1 Category 2/4 Bureau Assistant MBP 522B Carson Assistant MBP 480 Cunningham Professor MBP 516Y Lee Professor MBP 475A MBP 515A* Category 6 Canham Professor

Emeritus MBP 330F MBP 530F*

Teaching Assignments 2008-09 Faculty Member Rank Undergraduate Courses Graduate Courses Category 1/3 Battista Professor MBP 4467B MBP 9567B* Chronik Associate MBP 2128A MBP 9572 Drangova Professor MBP 4475A MBP 9515A* Ellis Professor MBP 3303E MBP 9303E* Foster Associate MBP 3302E

MBP 3503G MBP 9518 MBP 9503B*

Gelman Associate MBP 3303E MBP 9303E* Goldman Associate MBP 4535A MBP 9510A* Holdsworth Professor MBP 4475A MBP 9515A* Jackson Assistant MBP 3302E MBP 9573

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Johnson Professor BME 95051 Lacefield Associate MBP 3302E

MBP 3503G MBP 4455B MBP 4475A

MBP 9302E* MBP 9503B* BME 9502B* MBP 9515A*

MacDonald Associate MBP 3302E MBP 3501F MBP 3503G

MBP 9302E* MBP 9501F* MBP 9503B*

Marsh Associate MBP 3302E MBP 3503G

MBP 9302E* MBP 9503B*

McKenzie Associate MBP 9572 Parraga Associate BME 95041

BME 96011 Rizkalla Associate BME 95251 Samani Associate MBP 3330F MBP 9530A*

BME 95191 St. Lawrence Assistant MBP 3303E

MBP 4475A MBP 9303E* MBP 9515A*

Thompson Professor MBP 9513Y Van Dyk Professor MBP 4467B MBP 9567B* Wan Associate BME 95251 Zinke-Allmang Professor MBP 2129B Category 2/4 Badhwar Assistant MBP 9580

MBP 9581 Bureau Assistant MBP 9522 Carson Assistant MBP 4970 MBP 9518 Cunningham Professor MBP 9516Y Dhanvantari Assistant MBP 9518 Goldhawk Assistant MBP 9518 Lee Professor MBP 4475A MBP 9515A* Stodilka Assistant MBP 4467B MBP 9567B*

MBP 9518 Theberge Assistant MBP 9572 Tyml Professor MBP 3336G MBP 9531G* Category 6 Canham Professor

Emeritus MBP 3330F MBP 9530A*

Karnas Assistant MBP 4467B MBP 9567B* 1 Graduate course for Graduate Program in Biomedical Engineering * Graduate version of undergraduate course listed on same line

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2.4. Commitment of faculty members from other programs and/or from other institutions

Our CAMPEP curriculum requires students to take undergraduate anatomy and physiology. See attached Letter of Support from our Dean, Dr M Strong.

3. PHYSICAL, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCIAL RESOURCES

Library resources – Contact the Library (through SGPS) to provide this section for the brief

Summary from the University’s Reference/Collections Librarian:

Western Libraries provides a research level electronic and print collection of books and journals to support graduate research and coursework in Medical Biophysics. The purchase of journals and books in electronic format facilitates access to information from both on- and off-campus. Access to key databases also provides an excellent level of support for research and coursework. Rapid interlibrary loan services as well as other integrated services contribute to the level of support. The Taylor Library is committed to developing graduate students’ information literacy and life long learning skills. As well, the library provides easily accessible library research assistance services with one on one support available from the liaison librarian.

Western Libraries will continue to monitor and assess, in collaboration with faculty, the needs of graduate students in this Program. This will ensure that the collections, library services, and information literacy skills development provided to students in Medical Biophysics remain current and relevant.

Appendix I provides a detailed statement from the University’s Librarian regarding the Discipline Assessment for Medical Biophysics.

Research and scholarly development facilities

Clinical Physics is a discipline in which equipment and instrumentation play a particularly important role. The resources for our graduate students are considerable. The program will utilize hospital-based equipment at St Joseph’s Health Care – London, London Health Sciences Centre / London Regional Cancer Program. Below is a detailed list of the equipment available.

• St Joseph’s Health Care - London ♦ Siemens 3T MR (MRI/MRS) whole body ♦ Siemens Espree 1.5T MRI - Breast and musculoskeletal imaging

research ♦ Siemens Avanto 1.5T MRI ♦ GE 64-slice PET/volume CT whole body scanner ♦ Siemens 6-slice SPECT/CT

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♦ GE PETTrace Cyclotron and GMP-compliant PET Radiochemistry Facility (3 GE TracerLab and 2 FastLab Synthesizers, 6 Comecer Hot Cells with 10 chambers)

♦ Bone Marrow Densitometer ♦ Prototyping/Electronics Lab

• London Health Sciences / London Regional Cancer Program ♦ Varian 2100EX linac, 120 leaf millenium multileaf collimators - 4MV,

10MV photon beams; 6,9,12,16, 20MeV electron beams and amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging

♦ (2) Varian 2100EX linac, 120 leaf millenium collimators - 6MV, 18MV photon beams; 6,9,12,16, 20MeV electron beams, amorphous silicon electron portal imaging and onboard imaging (OBI)

♦ Varian 2100C/D linac, 120 leaf millenium multileaf collimators - 4MV, 10MV photon beams; 6,9,12,16, 20MeV electron beams and amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging

♦ Varian 2100C/D linac, 120 leaf millenium multileaf collimators - 6MV, 10MV photon beams; 6,9,12,16, 20MeV electron beams and amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging

♦ (3) Varian 2100C/D linac, 120 leaf millenium multileaf collimators - 6MV, 18MV photon beams; amorphous silicon electronic portal imaging

♦ Varian 600C - 4MV linac ♦ Tomotherapy Hi-ART 2 treatment machine with MV cone-beam CT ♦ (2) Philips Brillance Big-Bore CT-simulators - 16 slice ♦ Varian conventional simulator ♦ Varian GammaMed Plus HDR brachytherapy irradiator: Ir-192 ♦ Pantak T150 Orthovoltage x-ray system ♦ (20) Philips Pinnacle treatment planning stations (6 for research) ♦ Varian Brachyvision treatment planning station ♦ Varian Eclipse treatment planning station - IMRT, brachytherapy ♦ Varian Variseed brachytherapy planning station ♦ OneDose MOSFET dosimeter system ♦ Landauer Microstar Optical Stimulated Luminiecist dosimeter system ♦ Scanditronix RFA-300 3D scanning water tank ♦ (2) Sun Nuclear Mapcheck dosimetry diode arrays - IMRT QA ♦ (5) Varian Real-time Positioning Management (RPM) Gating Systems ♦ (3) Resonant Ultrasound Image Guidance System ♦ (2) Varian Sonoray Ultrasound Image Guidance System ♦ Ion chambers, survey meters and neutron remmeter ♦ Intravital Microscopy (Chambers, Lewis Labs)

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Information technology facilities

All faculty and graduate students are provided with an account on the university mainframe computer. This account gives them access to electronic mail facilities and the internet. In addition students and faculty in the research institutes frequently have similar facilities available to them there. There are a number of Unix, Windows, and Mac workstations available to the faculty and students, and most graduate students have their own or a supervisor-provided laptop computer (PC or Mac). University site licenses give students and faculty access to statistical software packages (e.g., SPSS) and high-level mathematical software (e.g., Matlab, Maple, Mathematica). Specialized software licenses provide unique opportunities for our students to use state-of-the-art software (e.g., Abacuus, Mastercam, Solidworks). The university library supplies access for students and faculty off-campus to on-line library resources and databases via proxy servers on campus.

Space

As the program is primarily course-based, it does not require additional space on the Western Campus. A portion of the program includes a Clinical Exposure Rotation (10 hours) that is hospital-based. This too, does not require specifically-assigned space. However, as one delivery option for this program is a combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics], we will rely upon the space provided to the Medical Biophysics PhD program, as described below.

The Department of Medical Biophysics is located in the Medical Sciences Building. A total of 5760 sq. ft. is assigned to research and research support activities, faculty and graduate student offices. Faculty members have access to private offices with telephone lines and connections to the University computer network. Graduate students have access to some shared office facilities, however this space is currently very limited. During reconstruction of the Medical Sciences Building in 2002, the department lost about one-third of its area, resulting in limited research space and no provision for office space for new faculty or graduate students. Since then, the space available for core Department activity has not grown commensurately with successful faculty recruitment and expansion of research activity. More specifically, space requirements of 4 new faculty members, including a new Canada Research Chair, were not planned and have yet to be satisfied. Additional space (approx. 2500 sq ft) in the nearby Natural Sciences Building has been approved for our occupancy and is expected to be available this year. An interim space re-allocation within the Department has been implemented, based on expected phasing out of certain research programs due to planned retirements. However, this space shuffling cannot satisfy ongoing needs to the standards of other Basic Sciences Departments in Schulich.

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Administrative Support

Our program model includes a dedicated full-time Administrative Assistant. During early program implementation, prior to the hiring of this dedicated Administrative Assistant, the program will rely upon the existing Administrative Assistants in the Department of Medical Biophysics.

Professional development resources

Seminars: The Department of Medical Biophysics has a long history of inviting prominent speakers, most notably through the annual Alan C Burton Lecture Day. Further, hospital-based faculty are all affiliated with clinical departments (Radiation Oncology, Nuclear Medicine, Radiology), all of which run monthly rounds with in-house or guest speakers. Our MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics students will be encouraged to attend these engagements to strengthen their technical abilities. Further, we plan to enrich these lecture series by bringing in, twice per year, leaders from the Clinical Physics community using resources from our financial model. These guest lectures will focus on clinical and professional matters such as scope-of-practice, evolution of the Clinical Physics profession, and career building.

Management lectures/courses: Professional activities of Clinical Physicists can include developing business models for equipment (capital, operating, service, depreciation costs), negotiation for equipment purchases (in the millions of dollars) and service contracts, negotiation with hospital management for resources (staff, space, budgets), management of multi-disciplinary teams (research, clinical physics services), and writing grants. To further enhance our students’ experiences, we plan to work with the Ivey School of Business to provide our students with lectures in leadership and management, including topics such as financial models, negotiation, conflict resolution, privacy, and time management. We plan for 1 full week of these lectures, delivered annually. This is accounted for in our program model.

4. PROGRAM REGULATIONS AND COURSES The intellectual development and the educational experience of the student

Departmental Seminars: One of the most important training tools is our graduate seminar series on Thursdays. Seminars are given by students in the research thesis MSc and PhD programs. MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics students are not required to give seminars; however, attendance is mandatory. CAMPEP students in the combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics] program will be required to give seminars as part of their research thesis PhD. The graduate student presentations are generally of exceptional quality, with senior students setting the standard for more junior students to follow. To encourage attendance by our entire faculty and to demonstrate our commitment to all of our students, the site of the seminars rotates between the Western campus (Winter term) and an affiliated hospital

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(St Joseph’s Health Care) (Fall term). The seminar series also acts to strengthen links between students and faculty at different institutes. Collaborations among members of different fields have been established based on the graduate student seminars.

Guest speakers: See Section 2.4 / Professional Development Resources.

Management lectures/courses: See Section 2.4 / Professional Development Resources.

Conferences: Students in the combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics] program have opportunities to attend scientific conferences, as part of the PhD training. The faculty supervisor pays for conference attendance costs from grants. However, our financial model includes a “laboratory stipend” that can be used, at the supervisors’ discretion, to help pay for travel costs. In general, conferences help students gain perspective on their training in comparison to the national or international research community, and it introduces the students to leaders in their field of expertise. The excellent performance of our students at these conferences helps to promote the reputation of our program and makes it easier for our graduates to find employment in their desired careers.

Introduction to professional practice: All MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics students are required to become familiar with relevant clinical procedures. This is accomplished by having students complete a Clinical Exposure Rotation. During this 10-hour rotation, students are assigned to a Clinical Physicist on a one-on-one basis. Students observe the Clinical Physicist in daily activities, which can include equipment quality control and installation, radiation/nuclear licencing, and therapy planning. Students will also have an independent technical assignment related to their experience, which will be evaluated by the Clinical Physicist. The Clinical Exposure Rotation is provided at London hospital sites, and is subject to timing and availability of clinical equipment.

Program Regulations

Admission

Recruitment methods: Presently, the accreditation of our Medical Biophysics program is indicated on the CAMPEP website (www.campep.org). This website lists contact information for our program. Our future plans include advertising at national meetings (Canadian Organization of Medical Physicists – www.medphys.ca).

Application: The program follows the standards set by the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (SGPS). In addition to submitting the online application form and arranging for two letters of reference and for

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transcripts of the academic record as required by the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, candidates are asked in the online application to describe why they wish to undertake graduate work in Clinical Physics. The application is then reviewed by the CAMPEP Program Co-Directors, who make the final decision for admission.

Application deadlines: June 1st.

Admission: To be admitted a student must possess as a minimum an average of 78% over the last two years of an Honours Program, and have completed a BSc in physics, the physical sciences, or engineering; or have completed a 3rd or 4th year traditional physics course (such as quantum physics, electromagnetic theory, classical mechanics, etc…).

Initial Registration: All students in this program will be registered as MSc students. Students in the combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics] program will be registered as PhD students for the research thesis training, and as a MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics student for one year (during their course-based training). For students already enrolled in a PhD and wishing to enter into the combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics]: Candidates must select the CAMPEP Option no later than the start of their second year in the PhD program, provided that the student has the physics pre-requisites. In this case, the candidate’s request is evaluated first by their advisory committee. If the advisory committee approves, the request and letter of support from the advisory committee is then transferred to the CAMPEP program director. The decision to accept the student into the CAMPEP Option is based upon whether: (i) the current supervisor and advisory committee feel the candidate can maintain significant research productivity despite an increased clinical and course workload, (ii) adequate resources (e.g., clinical supervision, space, equipment) are available, as determined by the CAMPEP program director, and (iii) whether or not the candidate can realistically make up for missed graduate courses or Clinical Exposure opportunities. Students selecting the CAMPEP Option after 1-3 terms in our graduate program will have their initial time counted as part of the 5 years allowed to complete a [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics]. MSc students selecting the CAMPEP Option will also need to successfully reclassify to the PhD, if they select a combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics]. A candidate may drop the CAMPEP Option, but this must be done in consultation with the candidate’s advisory committee and the CAMPEP program’s leadership.

Degree Requirements

Course requirements: MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics students are required to complete courses worth a total of 6.0 weights, listed in Table 4 below. The content of these courses meets the requirements of AAPM Report

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79 (See Section 1.2 / Depth and Breadth of Knowledge). AAPM Report 79 specifies total technical content, but does not specify how that content should be divided among courses at a particular university. For our program, the distribution of the content into specific courses was done during the CAMPEP accreditation proves, in consultation with the external reviewers and our Medical Biophysics Faculty. In most cases, the required technical content was already present across the courses. However, a few courses needed some augmentation of content, which course instructors have agreed to.

Clinical Exposure: See Section 4 / Introduction to Professional Practice.

Clinical Exam: The Candidate is examined using a written and oral exam based on the CCPM Membership examination. Candidates will have gained the necessary knowledge through didactic courses their Clinical Exposure Rotation, and they are free to consult with CAMPEP Faculty and other students in preparing for this exam. The oral component of the exam will be approximately 1 hour in length, and will be conducted by a panel of Clinical Physicists (who are Medical Biophysics Faculty members), assigned on an ad hoc basis. The written component will also be one hour in length.

Combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics]: Students must also fulfil the requirements of the Medical Biophysics PhD program, as approved by Western.

Language Requirements: Since our graduate students most often work as a member of a research team, language skills are essential. Foreign students are required to have TOEFL iBT score of at least 92. Exceptional students who do not meet this requirement may be given the opportunity to volunteer in a research laboratory prior to enrolment while taking English language instruction.

Progression Requirements: Performance in individual courses is assessed by course instructors. Performance in the Clinical Experience rotations is assessed by the Clinical Physicist to whom the student is assigned. Performance in the Clinical Exams is evaluated by a panel of Clinical Physicists. To complete the program, the student must pass all course work, complete the Clinical Exposure Rotation, and pass the Clinical Exam.

Part-time studies

The MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics program is not available to students in part-time studies.

Distance delivery

The MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics program is not available for distance delivery.

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All graduate courses offered in the program

Table 4

In the table below: all students must take the compulsory core courses, and then select to specialize either in the imaging sciences or radiation therapy. These two specialties were designated during our CAMPEP accreditation process (external peer-review).

Graduate Courses to be Offered by the Program

Weight Course Faculty member(s) expected to teach the course

Frequency of Course

COMPULSORY CORE (All students) N/A Radiation and Lab Safety

Orientation University, Hospitals, Institutes Annually

0.5 Radiological Physics and Dosimetry (P9655A)

Eugene Wong FCCPM Bi-Annually

0.5 Radiation Biology (9567B) Jerry Battista FCCPM Annually

0.5 Basic Anatomy (e.g. ACB 3319)

External Annually

0.5 Basic Physiology (e.g. Phys 2130)

External Annually

0.5 Inferencing from Data Analysis (9522)

Yves Bureau Annually

0.5 Research Ethics & Biostatistics (Web course)

External (J Williams) Annually

0.5 Medical Imaging Biophysics (9515A)

Maria Drangova Annually

0.5 Scientific Communication (9513Y)

Terry Thompson Annually

IMAGING SCIENCES – COMPULSORY ELECTIVES (Select a weight of 2.0 from the following)

0.5 Introductory Medical Imaging (9503)

Jim Lacefield, David Holdsworth, Paula Foster, Greg Marsh

Annually

0.5 Practical Medical Physics Lab (9520Y)

David Holdsworth Annually

0.5 Imaging Principles (9516Y) Ian Cunningham FCCPM & Ting Lee FCCPM

Annually

0.5 MRI Physics 9663 Robert Bartha Annually 0.5 Conceptual MRI 9650 Charles McKenzie Annually 0.5 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

9662 Blaine Chronik Annually

0.5 Advanced MRI Physics 9665*

Jean Theberge MCCPM Annually

1.0 Practical Nuclear Medicine Physics (9570/80*)

Robert Stodilka MCCPM Annually

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RADIATION THERAPY – COMPULSORY ELECTIVES (Select a weight of 2.0 from the following)

1.0 1.0

Practical Radiotherapy Physics (9570/80*) To be chosen from Imaging Sciences Electives (above)

LRCP clinical physicists F/MCCPM

Annually

• Indicates course-in-development

Participation in collaborative programs or combined programs of study

Following our external review, we received CAMPEP accreditation for both our MSc and PhD degrees in Medical Biophysics. However, our preferred delivery is either via a stand-alone MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics, or a combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics]. Both methods of delivery have been approved by CAMPEP. As a stand-alone MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics, Western can offer training to students graduating from non-accredited programs (such as Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto). As a combined [PhD+ MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics], a student can distribute the extensive course load (6.0 credits) over the span of their training (anticipated to be 4 + 1 years). Entrance to the MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics program is evaluated independently from entrance to the PhD program. Applicants seeking admission to the combined [PhD + MSc in Clinical Medical Biophysics] program must still find a PhD supervisor, and that supervisor must support the student’s participation in the CAMPEP program.

5. PROJECTED ENROLMENT This section of the brief should include a table summarizing the planned intake into the program, year by year, for the next eight years.

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TABLE 5

(Completed by the Program) In this table, provide the projected enrolments, distinguishing between full-time and part-time enrolments, for the next eight years.

Table 5

PROJECTED INTAKE AND ENROLMENTS Masters (M) And Doctoral (D) Programs

FULL-TIME PART-TIME

YEAR Intake Enrolment Intake Enrolment

TOTAL ENROLMENT

2010 6 6 N/A 6

2011 6 6 6

2012 6 6 6

2013 6 6 6

2014 6 6 6

2015 6 6 6

2016 6 6 6

2017 6 6 6

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Appendix I - Library Support for Medical Biophysics

The University of Western Ontario Western Libraries

Allyn and Betty Taylor Library

Date: March 2010 Librarian John Costella INTRODUCTION Western Libraries, the fourth largest research library in Canada, comprises nine service locations distributed across the University campus and is a member of the Ontario Council of University Libraries, the Canadian Association of Research Libraries and the Association of Research Libraries. Graduate students in Medical Biophysics have access to collections of over nine million items in print, microform, and various other formats. In addition, a strategic priority is to acquire and provide access to information in digital formats, essentially making Western Libraries available anywhere, anytime. Recognized for the quality of its staff, the access and services provided, and its outstanding collections, Western Libraries supports the University’s mission of providing the best student experience among Canada’s leading research-intensive universities. Western Libraries participates in a number of consortia that have contributed to the increased availability of resources to members of the Western community including graduate students in the Medical Biophysics program. These include the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), the Ontario Council of University Libraries’ (OCUL) Scholars Portal initiative, and the Consortium of Ontario Academic Health Libraries (COAHL), The Allyn and Betty Taylor Library, one of the service locations within Western Libraries, serves the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry as well as the Faculties of Engineering, Health Sciences, and Science. Considering the multi-departmental structure of the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, the Taylor Library provides a convenient single information location for faculty and graduate students including those in the Medical Biophysics program. To further enhance the service offerings there is a liaison librarian assigned specifically for the Department of Medical Biophysics, who is responsible for liaison, collections, research support and instruction to all members of the Department. Graduate students have access to all of these resources and services thus providing the opportunity to expand both the breadth and depth of their knowledge. Additional support may be provided in related areas by the collections in other Western Libraries’ locations, COLLECTION SUPPORT Level of Collection Support The Library collects materials in all aspects of Medical Biophysics with special attention to those aligning with the main research themes of the Department. These include medical imaging, medical physics & radiobiology in cancer treatment & research, microcirculation & cellular biophysics, orthopedic biomechanics & biomaterials, and hemodynamics & cardiovascular biomechanics. When evaluating the level of support, one must consider the books (both print and electronic), journals (print and electronic) and databases available in the collection. Western Libraries maintains a “research level collection” as defined by the Research Libraries Group Conspectus definitions. As such the collection provides support for the graduate programs in Medical

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Biophysics at the Master’s and Ph.D. level. The liaison librarian works with faculty to create and periodically revise the collection management policy for Medical Biophysics to ensure that it aligns with the research and instructional activities of the department. This policy was revised in December 2009. Monographs The library purchases current scholarly texts or book series covering all aspects of Medical Biophysics. A large proportion of items are purchased via an approval plan. Books that fit subject profiles that have been determined collaboratively with faculty are sent to the Library by the vendor. Symposia and conference proceedings are excluded from the approval plan but a few are purchased based on recommendations from faculty and graduate students. The liaison librarian also keeps informed of new titles that may not arrive via the approval plans through book service alerting emails such as ALA Booklist online, and YBP Academic Essentials alerts. Electronic books (e-books) have been receiving increasing attention from a collections perspective, in all subject areas, including Medical Biophysics. The acquisition of several large e-book packages has significantly increased the volume of electronic books available to Medical Biophysics graduate students. These packages include an ongoing Springer package, the SPIE Digital Library, IEEE Xplore, the Thieme Electronic Library, ENGnetBASE, and the Springer Protocols with the backfile archive. Due to current collection practices the e-book collection will continue to grow for the foreseeable future. The Taylor Library, upon request, does purchase audiovisual materials to augment students’ learning of clinical and scientific principles. Of particular note is our subscription to Springer Images and the full Biomedical and Life Sciences collection of the Henry Stewart Talks. Journals As a result of collection development activities, students have electronic access to a large selection of journal titles. This is in part due to the acquisition of the full journal packages of some major publishers such as Elsevier (Science Direct), Springer (Springerlink), and Wiley (Interscience), The journal offerings are further enhanced by providing access to titles from Open Access sites such as Biomed Central, the Directory of Open Access journals, and PubMed Central. Students conducting research in Medical Biophysics have access to a sizeable collection of journals in this discipline. Based on the journal lists from the JCR 2008 Science Edition for the combined subject areas of “Biophysics”, “Engineering, Biomedical”, “Imaging and Photographic Technology”, “Materials Science, Biomaterials”, and “Neuroimaging”, Western Libraries has active subscriptions to 129/148 (87%) of the titles in that list. Graduate students have access to much more electronic journal content as a result of backfile acquisitions. The depth of electronic journal coverage was enhanced by the acquisition of the Biotechnology, Biochemistry, and Biophysics backfile collection from Wiley, and the complete Blackwell and Oxford University Press backfile collections. . As many of the journal publications relevant to Medical Biophysics are now purchased in electronic format as part of a larger package, it is impossible to give reliable budgetary figures for any specific subject. The journal collection is meeting the needs of the faculty and graduate students in Medical Biophysics as there have been few recommendations for new journal subscriptions in the past year. Databases

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Both faculty and students have access to a comprehensive collection of electronic databases including EI Compendex, EMBASE, Inspec, Ovid Medline, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science. These databases include the ability to save search strategies and/or the ability to be notified of new literature using topic or citation alerts. LIBRARY SERVICES The Taylor Library houses approximately 454,000 volumes, has 115 computer workstations, and provides wireless access to the University’s network. The library has seating for 1,250 and seven study rooms available for individual or group use. The library has an instructional lab containing 25 Sunrays allowing information literacy classes and other workshops for students to include valuable hands on learning. Throughout the academic year, the Taylor Library is open over 75 hours during the week and another 22 hours on weekends giving students a safe, comfortable environment in which to meet, study and pursue research. During exam periods Taylor Library expands its opening hours. Reference services are available in person, by telephone, via email, and instant messaging. Interlibrary loan services are used by faculty and graduate students to acquire or borrow materials that are not available locally. Interlibrary loan services are managed using OCUL’s RACER system which assists in document location and tracking of requests resulting in quick turnaround time from request to receipt. Borrowing materials from other libraries and purchasing copies of papers or book chapters is provided free to users, regardless of length. Interlibrary loan requests are monitored by the liaison librarian and purchases initiated where appropriate. Western Libraries participates in the Canadian University Reciprocal Borrowing Agreement, which ensures that Western’s faculty and graduate students may borrow materials directly from any Canadian university they may be visiting.

Western Libraries facilitate patron’s learning and utilization of library resources. The Western Libraries’ website hosts a series of Browse by Program pages including a specific page for "Medical Biophysics" to simplify user access to selected resources. These materials are available both in print and online

Medical Biophysics graduate students have access to electronic resources not only from on campus but also from remote locations made possible by library system’s proxy server service Also, Western Libraries uses the SFX link resolver (GetIt@Western) which allows searchers to quickly access the full text version of a document found while searching a database for articles, conferences papers or patents. This linking service is available when searching all key Medical Biophysics databases. To help students with management and formatting of citation information, Western Libraries has made RefWorks available for several years. INSTRUCTION AND ASSISTANCE A well-established information literacy instruction program is available to graduate students in Medical Biophysics. A series of Library workshops designed to support graduate students is offered by Taylor Library several times a year with online tutorials and handouts available for each workshop.

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Library research help is available at Taylor Library’s Research Help desk during hours that it is staffed. More in-depth library research support is available from the liaison librarian by email, phone or scheduled appointments or office visits.

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