COURSE UNIT TITLE

: RADIATION PROTECTION AND SAFETY

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


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

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LO.2444
LO.344555
LO.444555
LO.544444
LO.6544