If you’re receiving radiation therapy for cancer, that radiation dose that enters your body isn’t just any standard dose or a matter of random happenstance. It has been calculated by a clinical medical physicist, who is also the person responsible for ensuring the radiation equipment is working optimally. On Humans of Healthcare, we speak to Dr Zulaikha Jamalludin, a Clinical Medical Physicist, from Universiti Malaya Medical Centre, to find out more about her job and the training pathway for students interested in this career.

Produced by: Tee Shiao Eek

Presented by: Tee Shiao Eek

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Categories:  education,  medical advances

Tags:  the bigger picture,  health & living,  humansofhealthcare,  medical physics,  radiation therapy,  cancer,  radiotherapy,