The Harvard Medical Physics Residency Program is a CAMPEP accredited three year program providing research and clinical exposures in radiation oncology, and is intended for applicants with a Ph.D. in physics or related sciences. The first year is devoted to research and the remaining two years are devoted to clinical training. The program is supported by the three major teaching hospitals of the Harvard Medical School, the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical center (BIDMC), the Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH)
Embedded within the residency program is a CAMPEP-accredited Certificate Program . This enables individuals with a non-CAMPEP medical physics Ph.D. to complete all didactic requirements during the residency.
The educational philosophy of the Harvard Medical Physics Residency Program can be broken down into four principles: