HP Certification Review Course

[Stuart.Altman@dp.doe.gov]

   Dear Radsafers:
   
   Posted below is an announcement about a Health Physics Certification 
Review 
   Course that is currently being offered by the Baltimore-Washington 
Chapter of 
   the Health Physics Society.
   
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                    HEALTH PHYSICS CERTIFICATION REVIEW COURSE
   
   The Baltimore-Washington Chapter of the Health Physics Society will be 
   presenting its annual Health Physics Certification Review Course staring 
   January 1997.  The course is designed for the Health Physicist who plans 
   on taking the ABHP exam.  Others may attend the course to study Health 
   Physics.  Continuing Education Credit for the course has been available 
   in the past and the 1997 course will also qualify for CEUs.
   
   Topics to be presented are listed below.  Lectures will be presented by 
   experts in the subject material.  Also, short answer questions similar 
   to the ones on Part I of the ABHP exam will be given and Part II 
   questions from previous ABHP exams will be solved.  Suggestions on how 
   to best take the exam will be given.  The course includes 60 hours of 
   classroom study, handout material for each student to keep, and weekly 
   reading and problem assignments.  
   
   Scholarships are available to students who are in need of financial 
   assistance.  To apply for a scholarship, state how much you can 
   reasonably pay and the reason paying the full cost would be a hardship.  
   Enclose the statement and a check for what you can afford to pay with 
   your application.  If you are not offered the course at the reduced 
   rate, your check will be returned.
   
   LIST OF TOPICS TO BE COVERED:
   1- Interaction of Radiation with Matter 11- HP Instrumentation
   2- Radioactivity and Radioactive Decay  12- Radon
   3- Radiobiology Effects of Radiation    13- The Nuclear Fuel Cycle 
   4- Radiation Protection Standards       14- Environmental Health Physic
   5- Personnel Dosimetry                  15- Reactor Health Physics
   6- Neutron and Mixed Field Dosimetry    16- Nonionizing Radiation
   7- Internal Dosimetry                   17- Medical & Industrial X-rays
   8- Bioassay                             18- Transport of Rad Materials
   9- Respiratory Protection               19- Nuclear Medicine
   10- External Radiation Protection/      20- Research Radioisotope Use 
       Shielding         
   
   COST:  $475 per student, payable to Baltimore-Washington Chapter, HPS.
   
   LOCATION:  Bethesda, Maryland
   
   APPLICATION DEADLINE:  ASAP, the course has just started.
   
   DATES:  January through June, 1997.  Probably every Thursday evening 
   from 6:00 - 9:00 p.m.
   
   CORRESPONDENCE:  The text and handout material may be sent to you, along 
   with the homework assignments and answers.  The cost is $455.
   
   SEND APPLICATION AND CHECK/P.O. TO:
        Howard Hering, Executive Secretary
        P.O. Box 7532
        Silver Spring, Maryland 20907
   
   FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CALL:
        Jack Foster at (301) 415-3647
   
   
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          Health Physics Certification Review Course Application 
   
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   Send application with purchase order or payment to the Baltimore- 
   Washington Chapter of the HPS, Inc., P.O. Box 7532, Silver Spring, MD 
   20907. 
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   Posted by:
   Stuart Altman
   U.S. Department of Energy
   Defense Programs
   stuart.altman@dp.doe.gov