Phone
(+86)-0512-36657124
Address
8 Duke Avenue, Kunshan
Jiangsu Province, China 215316
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The DKU Medical Physics Program integrates classroom learning with clinical practicum training and scholarship and thesis research projects. These are all important components of a balanced and comprehensive medical physics education.
The program graduates professionals, well prepared in the diverse and in-depth skills of this profession that oversees the safe and effective use of radiation-based and other advanced technologies in medicine and that has invented and continues to invent many of the key technologies in radiation therapy and medical imaging.
The program duration is 21 months, including two Fall semesters, two Spring semesters, and one Summer session.
For all students the first year is at the Duke Kunshan University campus, a beautiful campus located in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China. The year-1 courses emphasize a core medical physics curriculum that provides a solid base in the fundamentals of the field. These courses are listed in the table below. Several courses include field trips to hospitals.
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Notable characteristics of the summer and the second year include clinical practica, advanced courses in specialized topics, and individualized options – such as course electives and thesis or scholarship projects – that address each student’s career goals. During the summer session and subsequent fall semester, students are variously located, some at Duke University in the United States and others at DKU and other intern/research locations in China. During spring semester of year 2 all students are at DKU or at intern/research locations in China.
The DKU Medical Physics Graduate Program features two plans: the DKU-China Plan and the DKU-Durham Plan.
In both plans, students study at DKU in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China for fall and spring semesters of the first year and for spring semester of the second year, which is the final semester of the program.
During summer after the first year, students pursue thesis or scholarship projects, in China (or potentially other non-Durham locations) if in the DKU-China Plan and at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA if in the DKU-Durham Plan.
Academic Writing
Discipline-focused course enhancing academic writing skills through genres and practices relevant to students’ research and career goals.
Academic Communication Skills
Develops oral communication competence via language/rhetoric training, regular academic presentations and discussions, and continuous self/peer/faculty feedback. Graduates should deliver confident presentations and engage critically in academic discussions.
Language Placement
Non-native English-speaking graduate students are assessed during orientation week (exemptions possible upon graduate program review and official notification). Placement results are emailed before classes begin. Enrolled students must complete and pass both courses within their first year. Failure allows one retake opportunity, with applications coordinated through the graduate program. Passing all required courses is mandatory for graduation.
Year 2 Fall @ Durham(4 months) | Year 2 Spring @ Kunshan |
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Year 2 Fall @ Kunshan(4 months) | Year 2 Spring @ Kunshan |
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GS 720K Academic Writing
This course enhances learners’ academic writing abilities through a field-specific examination of the genres and literacy practices that are common in their disciplines. The course provides several opportunities for learners to explore and develop academic and professional writing skills within areas and genres that they are most interested in and that most closely align to their ongoing graduate studies and planned future careers.
GS 721K Academic Communication Skills
This course develops students’ competence and confidence in academic and professional oral communication through language, rhetoric, and regular performance of and reflection on academic oral presentations and discussions. The course relies heavily on a continuous cycle of self, peer, and faculty feedback through stimulated recall to identify and work on areas for improvement. By the end of the course, learners should be able to deliver confident and professional academic presentations and to engage critically in academic oral discussions.
Language Placement
Passing all required courses is necessary to meet the graduation requirements.
