SRP supports International Medical Physics Day

News Story from 14th Nov 2013

A team of STEM Ambassadors from Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham celebrated International Medical Physics Day on 7^th November 2013 (Marie Curie’s birthday) at St Paul’s Girls School in Edgbaston, Birmingham. They demonstrated how to cope with radioactive contaminated patients in the Emergency Dept by having a “mock” incident, ultrasound imaging and radiotherapy treatment planning. Girls from Year 9 upwards spent the morning learning how Physics is used in the hospital and how varied a career in physics can be. They were particularly interested to read about the kind of jobs that young physicists do. SRP sent a package of display material to the event and is pleased to have provided support.