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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
MDF 5049	RADIATION PROTECTION AND SAFETY	COMPULSORY	2	0	0	3

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AYŞEGÜL YURT

Offered to

MEDICAL GEOLOGY
Medical Physics

Course Objective

This course aims at protecting from radiation of patient, environment and health workers providing radiation safety on the diagnostic and therapy equipment. However it describes biological effects and risks of radiation.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Being able to describes the radiation and applies to radiation protection rules
2	Being able to plans in order to ensure to radiation safety of the diagnostic and the therapeutic equipment rooms
3	Being able to recognizes and uses of radiation measurement devices
4	Being able to makes dose measurement and knows calculation methods
5	Being able to define radiation protection and security-related authorities, laws, rules and regulations
6	Being able to prepare hazard contingency plans in the working department with radiation

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	The design of the equipment room, working with radiation. Examples for shielding calculations and designs
2	What is Radiation Principles of radiation protection
3	The biological effects of radiation
4	Radiation Dose and units
5	Dedectors and Dosimetry
6	Personal Protective Measures Against Radiation Radiation Detection and Measurement Follow up of Personal Dose Radiation Protection Equipments
7	Dose measurement methods and calculation methods
8	Methods of radiation protection in diagnostic radiology
9	Methods of radiation protection in radiation oncology
10	Methods of radiation protection in nuclear medicine
11	Radioactive waste
12	International and national recommendations standards and regulations
13	The national legislation (Radiation Safety Regulation)
14	Radiation Safety Committees (RGK), and different applications

Recomended or Required Reading

Sprawls, Jr. P. Physical Principles of Medical Imaging Wisconsin.
Bushong, S.C., Radiologic Science for Technologist Texas.
Gray, J.E., Winkler N.T., Stears J. And Frank E.D. Quality Control ın Diagnostic Imaging Maryland.
Hendee WR, Ritenour ER., Medical Imaging Physics USA.

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	PRF	PERFORMANCE
3	FIN	FINAL EXAM
4	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE	MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + FIN* 0.40
5	RST	RESIT
6	FCGR	FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT)	MTE * 0.30 + PRF* 0.30 + RST* 0.40

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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The homework 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 procedings.
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)

aysegul.yurt@deu.edu.tr
4124732

Office Hours

Friday, 9-10 a.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures	14	2	28
Preparing Homework	1	10	10
Preparing Presentations	1	10	10
Presentations	1	2	2
Preparation for Final Exam	1	12	12
Preparation for Mid-term Exam	1	10	10
Mid-term	1	2	2
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			76

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO	PO.2	PO.3	PO.4	PO.6	PO.7	PO.9	PO.10	PO.11
LO.1	4		5	4	4	5	4
LO.2			4		4	4
LO.3	4	4	5		5	5
LO.4	4	4	5		5	5
LO.5	4	4	4		4	4
LO.6					5	4		4

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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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