Humans of Healthcare: The Clinical Medical Physicist

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.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.