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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS MDF 5068 RADIATION ONCOLOGY ELECTIVE 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Medical Physics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

Offered to

Medical Physics

Course Objective

To teach the requirement for effectively communicate and operate within the multi-disciplinary team a basic understanding of the fundamentals of cancer development, diagnostics and treatment. Furthermore, the knowledge enables the better application of the medical physicist s function in contemporary radiotherapy.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Ability to participate in a multidisciplinary radiation oncology team with respect to the communication and exchange of relevant patient information; 2   Demonstrate a basic understanding of the development, the nature of the various forms of cancers, their molecular and cellular features; 3   Demonstrate a basic understanding of diagnostics and staging of cancer; 4   Demonstrate knowledge of the various treatment options (principles of surgical, medical and radiation oncology); 5   Ability to integrate knowledge of multi-modal therapy into the planning of radiation therapy of cancer patients.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Introduction: Carcinogenesis (oncogenes, supressor genes), major signaling patways of importance for response to radiation 2 Principles of diagnostics and staging of cancer; patways of tumor dissemination 3 Principles and modalities of cancer treatment 4 Principles of radiotherapy planning (target volumes, organs at risk and dose-volume spesification) 5 Head and neck cancers and principles of treatment 6 Throracic neoplasms and principles of treatment 7 Mid-term exam 8 Gastrointestinal neoplasms and principles of treatment 9 Breast cancers and principles of treatment 10 Gynecologic cancers and principles of treatment Genitourinary cancers and principles of treatment 11 Neoplasms of nervous system, osteogenic and soft tissue sarcoma and principles of treatment 12 Meloma and skin cancer; metastatic disease and principles of treatment 13 Lymphomas and principles of treatment 14 Pediatric neoplasms and principles of treatment

Recomended or Required Reading

Principles and practice of radiation Oncology, C. A. Perez, L. W. Brady, fourt edition, Lippincott Williams&Wilkins Clinical Radiation Oncology, LL Gunderson, JE Teper, Second Edition, 2007 by Churcill Livingston, an imprint of Elsevier Inc

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing Clinical application Active participation to the lecture 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

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Prof Dr Fadime Akman Dept Of Radiation Oncology Tel: 4124201 fadime.akman@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Thursday 13.30-15.00

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 14 1 14 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 10 10 Preparing assignments 1 10 10 Final 1 1 1 Midterm 1 1 1 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 102

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 5 LO.2 4 4 LO.3 4 LO.4 4 5 LO.5 5 4