Fall 2026

Independent Reading or Research

MEDPHYS 699 is an independent research course where graduate students apply the scientific method to specific problems through literature review, experimental design, and reporting.

offering recorded1–3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Beth Meyerand3.8/5Alan McMillanAndy Alexander +19 more

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Raw average: 5.00/5 from 3 quality ratings. The adjusted rating blends this with the UW review average (3.66/5), weighted as 20 additional ratings. Smaller samples stay closer to that average. Each captured review is counted once in the prior; this does not correct who chooses to leave a review.

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2022: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=2 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ALAN MCMILLAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BRADLEY CHRISTIAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2020, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

BRYAN BEDNARZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2017, Fall 2019, Spring 2023, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DOUGLAS DEAN is recorded teaching in Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

GUANG-HONG CHEN is recorded teaching in Spring 2013. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

IVAN ROSADO-MENDEZ is recorded teaching in Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

JAMEY P WEICHERT is recorded teaching in Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

MICHAEL SPEIDEL is recorded teaching in Fall 2018, Fall 2019. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

OLIVER WIEBEN is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

PAUL ELLISON is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RASMUS BIRN is recorded teaching in Fall 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

REINIER HERNANDEZ is recorded teaching in Fall 2022, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Fall 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

ROBERT JERAJ is recorded teaching in Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

RONALD WAKAI is recorded teaching in Fall 2024, Spring 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

TIMOTHY HALL is recorded teaching in Spring 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

VIVEK PRABHAKARAN is recorded teaching in Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024, Fall 2024, Spring 2025, Spring 2026. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WEIBO CAI is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Fall 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

WESLEY CULBERSON is recorded teaching in Fall 2016. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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IND 074Classroom Instruction5 / 100
IND 075Classroom Instruction1 / 50
IND 077Classroom Instruction0 / 10
IND 065Classroom Instruction0 / 40
IND 070Classroom Instruction0 / 10
IND 080Classroom Instruction1 / 100
IND 071Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 062Classroom Instruction2 / 40
IND 084Classroom Instruction0 / 50
IND 092Classroom Instruction0 / 70
IND 083Classroom Instruction0 / 30
IND 046Classroom Instruction2 / 50
IND 018Classroom Instruction4 / 40
IND 044Classroom Instruction2 / 40
IND 042Classroom Instruction3 / 50
IND 090Classroom Instruction0 / 100
IND 095Classroom Instruction1 / 50

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.92 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=6 letter grades); Fall 2025: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Spring 2026: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=10 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Specific scientific problems
  • Research topic selection
  • Experimental performance and reporting

Skills

  • Applying the scientific method to specific problems
  • Performing literature reviews
  • Developing research designs
  • Identifying research pitfalls
  • Performing and reporting experiments
  • Communicating research findings

Grades

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MEDPHYS 699 · Fall 2026

Independent Reading or Research

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records
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Recorded 2026-09-07

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nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance
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