Provided is information on the development, operation, and evaluation of an item bank for multiple choice questions in physics. While the users of the bank are presently limited, the item banks has saved its members time and provided items and ideas for items. (MA)

Presents a brief view of the field of medical physics and brief summary of other articles appearing in this journal issue pertaining to medical physics. (SL)

Reviews the role of the radiotherapy branch of medical physics. (SL)

Reviews the diagnostic and therapeutic uses of radioactive materials in nuclear medicine. (SL)

Reviews electrostatic imaging and xeroradiography techniques in diagnostic radiology. (SL)

Reviews the use of the x-ray computerised axial tomographic (CT) method of making pictures of internal structures of the human body. (SL)

Reviews the use of ultrasonic techniques for obtaining images of the internal conditions of the human body. (SL)

Reviews electronic instruments utilized in medicine for temperature measurement, pressure measurement, and flow measurement. (SL)

Reviews the electronic instrumentation utilized in the medical measurement of oxygen concentration, blood oxygen, brain viability, and fluid balance. (SL)

Addresses the question of the social responsibility of physicists, particularly with regard to their quest for knowledge which may endanger other people. (SL)

Reviews techniques to consider when writing multiple-choice objective test items. (SL)

Describes a college level exercise in physics for measuring the earth's resistivity. (SL)

Describes a simple experiment to verify the reflectivity equations of Fresnel and for measurement of optical constants. (SL)

Provides a simple derivation of the linear least-squares equations for obtaining the best fit straight line through experimental data points. (SL)

Reports results of a 1976 survey of the characteristics of secondary level physics teachers in Germany. (SL)