Medical Physics
This page contains a range of resources to help teachers and students improve their understanding of how physics is applied in a range of medical contexts. There are resources that will help teachers who are new to delivering GCSE Physics as well as materials that will appeal to established practitioners.
You will find
- Resources related to diagnosis and therapy, such as the uses of thermography, ultrasound, pulse oximetry, ECGs, PET scans, endoscopy (including endoscopic ‘trips around the body’), lasers, particle accelerators, radiation therapy and X-rays. These resources include:
- revision materials that help students understand underlying concepts and their application
- quizzes
- interactive teaching materials and teachers’ notes.
- Links to websites and resources matched to GCSE Physics specifications and produced by the Institute of Physics and other organisations including PULSE, AnaesthesiaUK, MedicDirect, the Department of Anaesthetics at Torbay Hospital, the Physics Ethics Education Project (PEEP), teachingmedicalphysics.org and Antonine Education UK.
Specification links: AQA P3 13.6, Edexcel 360 P6, WJEC P3.4.
If you cannot find what you want in the listed resources, enter keywords from your specification in the Search box on the right. Reduce the number of ‘hits’ by using inverted commas to search for phrases.
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Medical Physics - Teaching materials for Schools
AQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. This website supports a teaching pack which has been circulated to all UK schools. It contains lessons as PowerPoint presentations and other material aimed at helping teachers to ...
Ultrasound Principles and UsesAQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. Information with many interactive and visual demonstrations of how ultrasound works and the physics principles behind it. From AnaesthesiaUK. Suitable for teachers and interested...
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AQA (4) |
Edexcel (6) |
WJEC (3) |
Activity Resources (6) |
Instructional (2) |
Learning Resource (9) |
Publications / Correspondence (1) |
AQA (Showing 3 of 4 available)
- Ultrasound Principles and Uses
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AQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. Information with many interactive and visual demonstrations of how ultrasound works and the physics principles behind it. From AnaesthesiaUK. Suitable for teachers and interested...
- Medical Physics - Teaching materials for Schools
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AQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. This website supports a teaching pack which has been circulated to all UK schools. It contains lessons as PowerPoint presentations and other material aimed at helping teachers to ...
- Ultrasound
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AQA 13.6. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on ultrasound including specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with answers. Could be used for revision or background reading.
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Edexcel (Showing 2 of 6 available)
- Inside Story: Colonoscopy and Endoscopes
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Edexcel P3 6.21, 6.18. Inside Story was produced by the Institute of Physics and the Medical Research Council as part of Einstein Year. The site is to teach about physics in medicine. It consists of f...
- Electrocardiogram - ECG
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Edexcel P3 6.12. Basic information from AnaesthesiaUK about how an ECG works by detecting electrical impulses in the heart. Suitable for teachers and interested learners.
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WJEC (Showing 2 of 3 available)
- Ultrasound Principles and Uses
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AQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. Information with many interactive and visual demonstrations of how ultrasound works and the physics principles behind it. From AnaesthesiaUK. Suitable for teachers and interested...
- Medical Physics - Teaching materials for Schools
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AQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. This website supports a teaching pack which has been circulated to all UK schools. It contains lessons as PowerPoint presentations and other material aimed at helping teachers to ...
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Activity Resources (Showing 4 of 6 available)
- Ultrasound Principles and Uses
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AQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. Information with many interactive and visual demonstrations of how ultrasound works and the physics principles behind it. From AnaesthesiaUK. Suitable for teachers and interested...
- Inside Story: Colonoscopy and Endoscopes
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Edexcel P3 6.21, 6.18. Inside Story was produced by the Institute of Physics and the Medical Research Council as part of Einstein Year. The site is to teach about physics in medicine. It consists of f...
- Medical Physics - Teaching materials for Schools
Web link
AQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. This website supports a teaching pack which has been circulated to all UK schools. It contains lessons as PowerPoint presentations and other material aimed at helping teachers to ...
- Ultrasound
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AQA 13.6. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on ultrasound including specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with answers. Could be used for revision or background reading.
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Instructional (Showing 1 of 2 available)
- Ultrasound
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AQA 13.6. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on ultrasound including specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with answers. Could be used for revision or background reading.
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Learning Resource (Showing 5 of 9 available)
- Ultrasound Principles and Uses
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AQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. Information with many interactive and visual demonstrations of how ultrasound works and the physics principles behind it. From AnaesthesiaUK. Suitable for teachers and interested...
- Inside Story: Colonoscopy and Endoscopes
Web link
Edexcel P3 6.21, 6.18. Inside Story was produced by the Institute of Physics and the Medical Research Council as part of Einstein Year. The site is to teach about physics in medicine. It consists of f...
- Medical Physics - Teaching materials for Schools
Web link
AQA 13.6, WJEC P3.4. This website supports a teaching pack which has been circulated to all UK schools. It contains lessons as PowerPoint presentations and other material aimed at helping teachers to ...
- Electrocardiogram - ECG
Web link
Edexcel P3 6.12. Basic information from AnaesthesiaUK about how an ECG works by detecting electrical impulses in the heart. Suitable for teachers and interested learners.
- Ultrasound
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AQA 13.6. Webpage from the Antonine Education UK website on ultrasound including specification statements, diagrams and a topic quiz with answers. Could be used for revision or background reading.
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Publications / Correspondence (Showing 1 of 1 available)
- Practical Procedures: Pulse Oximetry
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Edexcel P3 6.10-25. The principles and uses of pulse oximetry in medical physics, from the Department of Anaesthetics at Torbay Hospital. Suitable for teachers and interested learners.
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