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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FIZ 4148	INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH PHYSICS	ELECTIVE	2	2	0	7

Offered By

Physics

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM KARADENIZ

Offered to

Physics

Course Objective

Aims of this course are to teach radiation sources, interactions of different radiation types with matter and radiation detection methods and to provide an introduction to radiation physics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Being able to describe basic concepts of radiation dosimetry.
2	Being able to list biological effects of radiation.
3	Being able to arrange radiation protection methods.
4	Being able to classify the devices used for diagnostics and treatment purposes in medicine.
5	Being able to estimate the doses for charged particles and gamma radiation.
6	Being able to analyse the useful and harmful effects of radiation.
7	Being able to evaluate the application areas of radiation physics in medicine.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Radiation Dosimetry (Quantities and Units: activity, exposure dose, absorbed dose, dose equivalent)
2	Physical half time, biological half time, effective half time, relative biological effect, ALARA principle, collective dose
3	Measurement of exposure dose: Free-Air Ionization Chamber, The Air-Wall Chamber; Measurement of Absorbed Dose; Bragg-Gray principle, Measurement of X- and Gamma-Ray Dose; Dose Measurements for Charged-Particle Beams
4	Dose Calculations: Alpha and Low-Energy Beta Emitters Distributed in Tissue, Charged-Particle Beams, Point Source of Gamma Rays, concept of Kerma.
5	Chemical Effects of Radiation
6	Biological Effects of Radiation
7	Contamination and decontamination methods
8	Principles of Radiation Protection, dose limits and prevention
9	MID-TERM EXAM
10	Methods of External Radiation Protection
11	Methods of Internal Radiation Protection
12	Detection devices used for personel monitoring

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference: Atoms, Radiation and Radiation Protection (J.E. Turner)
Auxiliary references:
Radiation Detection and Measurement (G.F.Knoll)
Measurement and Detection of Radiation (N. Tsoulfanidis)
Introduction to Health Physics (H. Cember)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question-Answer
3. Discussion
4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER	SHORT CODE	LONG CODE	FORMULA
1	MTE	MIDTERM EXAM
2	FIN	FINAL EXAM
3	FCG	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.50 + FIN * 0.50
4	RST	RESIT
5	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.50 + RST * 0.50

*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The homeworks will be assessed by directly adding to the mid-term scores.
2. Final examination will be evaluated by assay or test type examination technique

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. It is obligated to attend to at least 70% of lessons .
2. Every trial to copying will be finalized with disciplinary proceedings.
3. The instructor has right to make practical quizzes. The scores obtained from quizzes will be directly added to exam scores.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

hakan.epik@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

it will be announced later by the instructor

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Tutorials	14	2	28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	12	6	72
Preparation for midterm exam	1	20	20
Preparation for final exam	1	22	22
Preparing assignments	2	2	4
Midterm	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			178

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.1	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.5	PO.6	PO.7	PO.8	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11	PO.12	PO.13	PO.14
LO.1	4	5	5	1	2	2	1	2	4	5	1	1	1	1
LO.2	4	5	5	1	2	2	1	2	4	5	1	1	1	1
LO.3	4	5	5	1	2	2	1	2	4	5	1	1	1	1
LO.4	4	5	5	1	2	2	1	2	4	5	1	1	1	1
LO.5	4	5	5	1	2	2	1	2	4	5	1	1	1	1
LO.6	4	5	5	1	2	2	1	2	4	5	1	1	1	1
LO.7	4	5	5	1	2	2	1	2	4	5	1	1	1	1

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Description of Individual Course Units

Offered By

Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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