feedback of HP role

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Angela Michelle Coulter <gt6826a@prism.gatech.edu> wrote ---

What is a helath physicist's role:  that of educator, innovator,
technician, or neutral enforcer of rules?  Or is it to make 
money?
Anyone wishing to reply to this can send it to 
gt6826a@prims.gatech.edu or
can leave thru radsafe if anyone is interested.

Thank you for your input in advance.

Michelle Coulter
Georgia Tech student
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Angela Michelle,  If you want to make a lot of money, DON'T GO 
INTO OPERATIONAL HEALTH PHYSICS!  The IRS and the American 
Nuclear Society consider health physicists to be technicians. I 
became a health physicist because I enjoyed being an educator.  I 
left operational health physics when (1) it was not longer 
satisfying and (2) operational health physicists were being 
forced to practice according to a series of "health physics 
cookbooks" which eliminated most, if not all, of the creativity 
that used to be such a rewarding part of the profession for me. 
I'm still an HP, but no longer an "operational" HP.


Sincerely,

Bill Schadt PhD, CHP a.k.a. Mr. QUEST
Radiation Technology, Inc.
P.O. Box 10457
Silver Spring, MD 20914-0457
              (301) 622-9644 (voice)
              (301) 622-1582 (fax)
              info@chammp.com (email)

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