COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HEALTH PHYSICS

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RDF 5013 HEALTH PHYSICS COMPULSORY 2 0 0 3

Offered By

Radiopharmaceutical Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ÖZLEM KARADENIZ

Offered to

Radiopharmaceutical Sciences

Course Objective

Aims of this course are to teach the subjects related biological effects of radiation, radiation dosimetry and radiation protection.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Being able to describe basic concepts of radiation dosimetry.
2   Being able to list biological effects of radiation.
3   Being able to arrange radiation protection methods.
4   Being able to classify the international radiation protection guides.
5   Being able to estimate the doses for charged particles and gamma radiation.
6   Being able to classify the disposal methods of radioactive wastes
7   Being able to evaluate the essential precautions for radiation safety.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to the course: subjects and content of health physics, basic radioactivity concepts
2 Health physcis equations and their uses, units of radiation measuremet
3 Guides of radiation protection for proffessional irradiations, principles of radiation protection.
4 Personnel monitoring and precautions
5 Calculations of radiation dosimetry
6 Biological effects of ionize radiation
7 Contamination and methods of decontamination
8 Principles of Radiation Protection, dose limits and preventions
9 MID-TERM EXAM
10 Area monitoring
11 Disposal methods of radioactive and harmful wastes
12 Radiation safety
13 Radiation accidents
14 Protection methods of external and internal radiation
15 Detection devices used for personnel monitoring
16 FINAL EXAM

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Reference: Nükleer Tıp Fiziği ve Klinik Uygulamaları (M. Demir)
Auxiliary references:
Introduction to Health Physics (H. Cember)
Atoms, Radiation and Radiation Protection (J.E. Turner)
Physics in Nuclear Medicine (Simon R. Cherry, James A. Sorenson, Michael E. Phelps)
Essentials of Nuclear Medicine Imaging (Fred A. Mettler, Milton J. Guiberteau)

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 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.50 + FIN* 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.50 + RST* 0.50


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

1. The homeworks 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 proceedings.
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)

ozlem.karadeniz@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday between 10:00-12:00 a.m.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 12 12
Preparing assignments 1 2 2
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 70

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15PO.16
LO.15
LO.25
LO.35
LO.45
LO.55
LO.65
LO.75

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