Educational program “Medical Physics“
language – Ukrainian
(specialty 105 – Applied Physics and nanomaterials):
Educational Program (Ukrainian) (from 01/09/2020)
Educational Program (Uktainian) (from 01/09/2018)
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| The aims of the educational program “Medical Physics“
The program should provide professional development of the students during studying in the field of applied physics and nanomaterials and form their professional competences aimed at the ability to solve specialized complex tasks and practical problems related to the study of physical objects and systems, processes and phenomena and their technical applications, apply the achievements of modern physics and using computer technology in solving of scientific and experimental tasks and information processing. To develop the ability to solve practical problems in professional activities related to the need to maintain medical equipment, diagnostic equipment, analytical and metrological equipment, perform expert assessment of product quality and the state of the environment. Focused on education in the field of modern medical technology and scientific research, the field of medical physics, combining strong engineering and IT knowledge with fundamentals of exact sciences and selected medical tasks, fits perfectly into the development of a knowledge-based economy. |
Guarantor of the educational program
Prof. Lyubomyr Nykyruy PhD, Professor, Head of the Department of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
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| Syllabus | ECTS Credits | Type / Hours | Control |
| Semester 1 | |||
| Ukrainian language (by professional direction) | 3 | Lectures: 14; Auditorium classes: 16 |
Completing the classes |
| History of Ukraine | 3 | Lectures: 14; Auditorium classes: 16 |
Completing the classes |
| Life safety and civil protection | 3 | Lectures: 14; Auditorium classes: 16 |
Completing the classes |
| Foreign Language | 3 | Auditorium classes: 30 | Completing the classes |
| Mathematical analysis | 3 | Lectures: 20; Auditorium classes: 20 |
Completing the classes |
| Analytic geometry and linear algebra | 6 | Lectures: 30; Auditorium classes: 30 |
Exam |
| Mechanics | 6 | Lectures: 38; Auditorium classes: 38 |
Exam |
| Physical laboratory – 1 | 3 | Laboratory classes: 30 | Completing the classes |
| Semester 2 | |||
| History of Ukrainian Culture | 3 | Lectures: 14 год; Auditorium classes: 16 |
Completing the classes |
| Informatics and programming | 6 | Auditorium classes: 60 | Exam |
| Life safety (working with medical equipment and renewable systems) | 3 | ||
| Patent science and IPr protection | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Mathematical analysis | 3 | Lectures: 20; Auditorium classes: 18 |
Exam |
| Molecular physics | 6 | Lectures: 38; Auditorium classes: 38 |
Exam |
| Physical laboratory – 2 | 3 | Laboratory classes: 30 | Completing the classes |
| Basics of biochemistry | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Semester 3 | |||
| Philosophy | 3 | Lectures: 14; Auditorium classes: 16 |
Completing the classes |
| Mathematical analysis | 3 | Lectures: 20; Auditorium classes: 18 |
Exam |
| Semiconductor electronics | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Electricity and magnetism | 6 | Completing the classes | |
| Physical laboratory – 3 | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| English language (by professional direction) | 6 | Completing the classes | |
| Nanotechnology and nanomaterials | 6 | Completing the classes | |
| Semester 4 | |||
| Політологія | 3 | Lectures: 30; Auditorium classes: 30 |
Completing the classes |
| Methods of mathematical physics | 6 | Lectures: 38; Auditorium classes: 38 |
Exam |
| Optics | 6 | Laboratory classes: 30 | Completing the classes |
| Physical laboratory – 4 | 3 | Lectures: 16; Auditorium classes: 14 |
Completing the classes |
| Educational practice | 9 | Completing the classes | |
| Discipline of elective | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Semester 5 | |||
| Classical (theoretical) mechanics | 6 | Lectures: 30; Auditorium classes: 30 |
Exam |
| Atomic and nuclear physics | 6 | Lectures: 38; Auditorium classes: 38 |
Exam |
| Physical laboratory – 5 | 3 | Laboratory classes: 30 | Completing the classes |
| Coursework | 3 | ||
| Differential and integral equations | 6 | Exam | |
| Physical foundations of medical diagnostics | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Synergy of biostructures | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Semester 6 | |||
| Electrodynamics | 6 | Lectures: 30; Auditorium classes: 30 |
Exam |
| Introduction to solid state physics | 3 | Lectures: 14; Auditorium classes: 16 |
Exam |
| Oscillations and waves | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Fundamentals of optoelectronics | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Coursework | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Organization and processing of electronic information | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Medical imaging | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Human anatomy and physiology | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Discipline of elective | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Semester 7 | |||
| Quantum mechanics | 6 | Lectures: 40; Auditorium classes: 38 |
Exam |
| Coursework | 3 | Exam | |
| Probability theory and mathematical statistics | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Thermoelectric phenomena | 6 | Exam | |
| Medical and biological physics | 6 | Completing the classes | |
| Interaction of radiation with biological matter | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Computer modeling in medical physics | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Semester 8 | |||
| Statistical radiophysics | 3 | Lectures: 38; Auditorium classes: 38 |
Exam |
| Thermodynamics and statistical physics | 6 | Lectures: 14; Auditorium classes: 16 |
Exam |
| Methods of medical and biological research | 3 | Lectures: 14; Auditorium classes: 16 |
Completing the classes |
| X-ray methods of research in medicine | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Medical cryotechnologies | 3 | Completing the classes | |
| Internship | 9 | Completing the classes | |
| Certification (specialization) | 1.5 | ||
| Certification (bachelor) | 1.5 | ||
The main focus of the educational program and specialization
Special education in the field of applied physics and nanomaterials with focus on medical physics and specialization in the subject area of intellectual analysis of physical models, as well as properties of functional materials, devices and systems for medical use.
A graduate of the educational program is awarded a bachelor’s degree with the qualification: Bachelor of Applied Physics and Nanomaterials.
Employment
Graduates can work as medical devices engineers in hospitals, as engineers in companies related to medical equipment, inspectors in Sanitary and Epidemiological Stations, radiological protection inspectors, and statisticians in biomedical companies. In addition, they can find work in the broadly understood IT sector, also in hospitals and in economic sectors related to the production or distribution of medical equipment, in institutions requiring qualitative and quantitative data analysis and process modeling.
- higher educational institutions (universities, institutes, colleges);
- research institutes, centers, laboratories for the development, production and practical implementation of new nanomaterials;
- medical equipment engineers in diagnostic and treatment medical institutions;
- industrial laboratories, institutes and research and production centers for the development of new medical equipment and systems;
- experts on new medical developments using physical methods, processes, technologies;
- industrial enterprises of branch affiliation.
Official partners and practice bases, foreign partners (signed cooperation documents):
- Ivano-Frankivsk City Clinical Hospital No. 1;
- Center of Modern Ophthalmology (Ivano-Frankivsk);
- University of Münster and University Hospital Münster (Department of Medicine A – Hematology, Oncology & Pulmonology), Philipps Universität Marburg (Department of Physics) (Germany) – cooperation under BMBF program “Establishing German-Ukrainian Excellence Centers (CoE) in Ukraine”;
- Rzeszow University (Republic of Poland) – the possibility of studies for graduates on the “Medical Physics” program at the Master’s level in Poland
Additional benefits of the educational program:
- graduates of the educational program have the possibility to study for free at the Master’s double diplomas program between the Vasyl Stefanyk Precarpathian National University and the University of Rzeszów (Republic of Poland);
- participation in academic exchange programs at European universities (until 2023, students of the faculty within the framework of Erasmus programs had the opportunity of academic exchange with the University of Iasi (Romania), the University of Graz (Austria), the University of Nova Gorica (Slovenia));
- additional training at the military department to obtain the rank of officer;
- a unique opportunity to study through research: students are invited to scientific laboratories already from the first year study, and from the second year the active students get the opportunity to be authors / co-authors of scientific publications!