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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RYT 1166 TECHNIQUE OF SIMULATION COMPULSORY 4 4 0 6

Offered By

Radioterapy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle(Bachelor's Degree)/Second Cycle(Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

SPECIALIST DR. CENK UMAY

Offered to

Radioterapy

Course Objective

To teach the simulation technics before radiation delivery by using different simulators including classical and CT simulators and technics.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Informs patients before simulation and prepare patient charts.
2   Gets and makes planning accessories (masks, bolus)
3   Prepares the simulators for simulations
4   Makes simulations with ideal treatment positions
5   Takes X-ray or CT scans
6   Transmits the images to TPS

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to simulation technics
2 Basic principles of radiotherapy, objectives and methods
3 Different types of simulation and simulators
4 Basic treatment positions and technics
5 Multiple fiedls and junction problems
6 Accessories used in treatment planning and during radiotherapy
7 Immobilisation technics, set-up and treatment planning algorithms
8 Brachytherapy
9 Simulation of CNS, and head and neck cancers
10 Simulation of thoracic malignencies
11 Simulation of GIS, GUS, bone and soft tissue sarcomas
12 Simulation of pediatric tumors, special RT technics and palliative radiotherapy

Recomended or Required Reading

Temel ve Klinik Radyoterapi, Cetingoz et al.
Lectures notes and slides
Pratics in the clinic.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ODV PerfÖdev
2 FN Final
3 BSN FinSonuBşrNotu ODV * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 BUT Bütünleme Notu
5 BBN Bütünleme Sonu Başarı Notu ODV * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Exams with oral and written procedures

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Dr. Barbaros AYDIN
0232 412 42 13
0232 412 42 13
0506 889 31 26
barbaros_aydin@hotmail.com
barbaros.aydin@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday afternoon from 13:30 to 15:30

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 4 48
Tutorials 12 4 48
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 12 3 36
Preparation for midterm exam 1 4 4
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 4 4
Final 1 4 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 150

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51
LO.61