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Web 2.0 and Open Learning

By CaleD, on March 8th, 2010

This is more of an informative post than anything. As graduate students, I would assume that most of us are life long learners and pride ourselves in our capacity to understand new things. Unfortunately for us, our education has been expensive. Even as graduate students, we somehow find $3500 a term disappearing from our bank accounts for tuition.

Luckily enough for future generations, I think there may be a trend towards cheaper (or free), less formal education with the evolution of Web 2.0. For example, I recently came across a resource on the web, offering an entire Webinar on Technology Transfer for free. For those of you also interested in this career (or if you’re just interested in intellectual property and/or business for that matter) I would recommend checking it out.

You can find it here: http://bit.ly/axxIMa

The Inevitable Career Search, Part 2

By CaleD, on January 30th, 2010

Welcome back!

My last blog just scratched the surface of the many career options available to graduate students in the department of Medical Biophysics (or most graduate departments for that matter). So I’m going to discuss with you three more options today. Someone mentioned they’d be interested in hearing what a radiation physicist does, so I’ll try my best to answer that question.

Medical Radiation Physicist (Radiation Oncology Physics)

These advanced degree holders (typically a Ph.D. in medical physics) work in the hospital setting. Medical Radiation Physicists are involved in all aspects of radiation therapy. Their day to day responsibilities include ensuring that radiation emitting devices within the hospital are functioning properly, monitoring emissions and recommending safe dosages and treatment parameters. Radiation Physicists verify that the hospital is following established guidelines for the use of radiation. This career will expose individuals to radiation equipment design and enable them to research particular medical devices in order to make policy recommendations based on the findings.

Becoming a Radiation Physicist unfortunately requires more training. The program lasts 2 years and includes both a classroom portion (typically in the first year) and a clinical rotation portion (typically in the second year). Does this sound interesting? Here are some links to get you started.

The Toronto Residency Program in Radiation Oncology Physics http://bit.ly/aXOtTD
Radiation Oncology Physics: An in depth look (text book) http://bit.ly/9kVwcj

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It's called...the iPad. And it's here to change the world (Part 1)

By FirasM, on January 29th, 2010

I promised my next post to be dedicated to the end of Paper Lab Notebooks, but on Wednesday January 27th, Apple released the device that pretty much every geek has been waiting for (to either bash it or adore it). It’s called, the iPad.

Here is the illustrious Steve Jobs introducing this little device to the world:

Instead of posting my thoughts on its’ limitless potential and use-case scenarios, let me do something different ask the people in MBP: what do *YOU* think about the iPad? Where do you see the iPad fitting in with your life? What are your questions/concerns/criticisms?

I’ll collect all your questions from the comments below (feel free to leave anonymous q’s), and try and address as many as I can in Part 2 of this post (as well as my thoughts on where the iPad is going)

…. Fire away!

P.S. Let’s try and keep the comments mature and thoughtful – the internet is full of hate, I’d hate to give a voice to internet trolls!

(more after the jump)

Productivity Peak: New Beginnings

By FirasM, on January 10th, 2010

I’ll be honest: I hate the term BLOG.

The word BLOG arose from a mashup of the words WEB and LOG ?

It’s ancient, unelegant, sounds cacophonous, and looks just downright ugly.

With that being said…

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My name is Firas Moosvi and I’m an MBP Blogger for 2010 ! (P.S. Happy New Year)…

What will I be writing about? Well, I’m a big technology geek and love to talk about ways of enhancing your productivity using technology. One could argue that people like me – those that look too hard at ways of becoming productive – will likely never achieve that goal. And to those I say: “You’re probably right.”

My first feature post will be entitled: ‘Paper Lab Notebooks: The end of an era.’

Sound boring? Don’t worry, I’ll be doing something cool after my posts that should keep you coming back for more, month after month. This feature will be called: “Fails of the Month”…. Here’s a sneak peek:

Fail of the month:

This is the apparatus that a collaborator and I designed and built a few weeks ago. It is the central component to my project and my timely graduation (what does that even mean around here?) hinges upon its’ success:

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