COURSE UNIT TITLE

: CLINICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RYT 2261 CLINICAL EDUCATION AND PRACTICE I COMPULSORY 2 14 0 12

Offered By

Radioterapy

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ZAFER KARAGÜLER

Offered to

Radioterapy

Course Objective

To teach how to plan and treat patients with diffents machines and technics in the clinic.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To learn how to inform and treat patients
2   To learn how to prepare the simulators and treatment machines for daily practice
3   To learn how to simulate, plan and treat patients in a radiation oncology department

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

RYT 1127 - Basic Oncology
RYT 1166 - Technique of Simulation
RYT 1172 - Systematic Oncology and Approach to Cancer Patient

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 To present and introduce the personel, machines and work conditions
2 Preparing individualised blocks in the mould room
3 Preparing bolus
4 3D planning in CT simulators: informing patients and positionning, immobilasing
5 CT simulator: reference ponits, preparing accessories
6 CT simulator: taking pictures CT simulator: taking pictures
7 Tatooing Tatooing
8 Transmitting images from CT to TPS Transmitting images from CT to TPS
9 Planning patients under anestesia Planning patients under anestesia
10 Brachytherapy: different applications Brachytherapy: different applications
11 Different immobilisation accessories and technics Different immobilisation accessories and technics
12 Meeting new patients in the policlinics and observing treatment results and treatment related side effects Meeting new patients in the policlinics and observing treatment results and treatment related side effects
13 ...
14 ...

Recomended or Required Reading

Temel ve Klinik Radyoterapi, Cetingoz at al, 2013
Perez, Principles and Practice of Radiation Oncology
Gunderson,

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

To teach how to simulate, plan and treat the patients with different technics and machines in a radiation oncology department with the supervision of RTT.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE UY * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) UY * 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

With written and oral exam

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

He or she acts as a health worker by adapting to the work rules of the department and hospital.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof. Riza CETINGOZ
riza.cetingoz@deu.edu.tr
00 232 4124204
00 532 3162190

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 13 2 26
Tutorials 13 14 182
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 6 78
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Midterm 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 302

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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