The most important indicator of the success of a training program is found in the outcomes of the graduates upon completion of their training. Nationwide, there continues to be a strong need for medical physicists. Individuals graduating from this program have successfully found employment opportunities, often in junior faculty or clinical positions at prominent institutions around the country. We also recruit many of our graduates into Mayo Clinic practices in Minnesota, Arizona, and Florida. Over a third of our faculty are residency program graduates.
The AAPM regards board certification in the appropriate medical subfield as the appropriate qualification for the designation of Qualified Medical Physicist. The certifying body for medical physicists in the U.S. is the American Board of Radiology (ABR), and all graduates in the last decade either have board certification or are on track to obtaining it.
For details on alumni from the Clinical Medical Physics Residency, download the alumni overview.
Learn what some of our graduates have to say about their experience in the program.
"In addition to teaching the fundamental and technical aspects of medical physics, the program and department embody and instill to the resident the primary value of Mayo Clinic that "the needs of the patient come first."
Program graduate, class of 2022
“I am really thankful that the research in the residency program is integrated across three years. Because the early stages of my research project involved a great deal of material and tool collection, as well as development of relationships with collaborators, were our time limited to a single year, I might not have completed much at all! The integration of our research time allowed me to develop the early stages of my project and set myself up to gather data and produce results in the final two years of residency.”
Program graduate, class of 2021
"Training for three years under such a talented group of physicists has provided me with an invaluable support system as I begin my career as a new medical physicist.”
Program graduate, class of 2020
“The breadth of technology and types of procedures you're exposed to during a residency at Mayo Clinic is almost unrivaled. Special procedures that might be relatively infrequent at many clinics are regular occurrences at Mayo Clinic. Coupled with rotation mentors that are experts in their subject matter and seemingly always willing to make time for you, there was so much opportunity for growth as a medical physicist during residency.”
Program graduate, class of 2019
At the conclusion of the residency training, you may wish to pursue additional proton training at Mayo Clinic School of Graduate Medical Education in the Medical Physics Proton Fellowship.
CAMPEP requires every accredited program to post descriptive statistics about its applicants and graduates. For each year, we list the number of applicants, number of positions filled, and number of graduates.
For graduates of that year, we list the number who has completed ABR board certification (or equivalent) and the type of initial employment positions (placement) for the graduates.
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Applicants | 70 | 59 | 53 | 49 | 62 |
| Positions | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Graduates | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Certified | * | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Initial placement | 1 clinical** | 3 clinical** | 3 clinical** | 3 clinical** | 2 clinical** |
| Current placement | 1 clinical** | 3 clinical** | 3 clinical** | 3 clinical** | 2 clinical** |
*Graduates of the current year have completed at least part one of the board certification process and are not eligible to complete the process until the following year or later.
**Practicing therapeutic medical physicist with or without academic and/or research responsibilities.
