COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RADIOPHARMACY IN MEDICAL PHYSICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
MDF 5064 RADIOPHARMACY IN MEDICAL PHYSICS ELECTIVE 1 2 0 3

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR TÜRKAN ERTAY

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

The aim of this course is the production, preparation, calculation , operation of laboratory equipment, laboratory design and biodistribution mechanism of the diagnosis and treatment radiopharmaceuticals used in the field of nuclear medicine.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describes the diagnosis and therapy radiopharmaceuticals.
2   Being able to use radiopharmaceuticals safely
3   Being able to use and perform quality control lab devices
4   Being able to preparation and perform quality control of radiopharmaceuticals
5   Being able describes localization mechanism and biodistribution of radiopharmaceuticals

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Nuclear medicine and radiopharmacy Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
2 Radionuclides Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
3 Production of radionuclide and radionuclide generators Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
4 Tc-99m Radiopharmaceuticals Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
5 PET radionuclide and radiopharmaceuticals Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
6 Therapy radiopharmaceuticals Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
7 Labeling of radiopharmaceuticals Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
8 Quality control Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
9 Mid-term exam Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
10 Biodistribution of radiopharmaceuticals Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
11 Localisation mechanism of radiopharmaceuticals Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
12 Invitro techniques and labeling of blood cells Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
13 Shipment of radioactive materials Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY
14 Hot lab design Doç.Dr Türkan ERTAY

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s):
Nuclear Medicine Technology And Technics,, DR Bernier, PE Christian, JK Langan, LD Wells Fundamentals of Nuclear Pharmacy ,Gopal B.Saha (2010)
Radiopharmaceuticals and Nuclear Medicine Practice, R.J. Kowalsky (1987)
Operational Guidance on Hospital Radiopharmacy, IAEA.Atoms

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecturing
2. Question-answer
3. Application in lab
4. Homework

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG ASSIGNMENT
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + ODV * 0.40 + FIN* 0.30
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + ODV * 0.40 + RST* 0.30


*** 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. 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)

turkan.ertay@deu.edu.tr,

Office Hours

During working hours

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 1 14
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 1 2 2
Preparation for midterm exam 1 2 2
Preparation for final exam 1 3 3
Preparing assignments 1 12 12
Preparing presentations 1 10 10
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 75

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.1
LO.25555
LO.35
LO.4
LO.5

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