COURSE UNIT TITLE

: QUALITY ASSURANCE IN RADIOTHERAPY

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
RYT 2242 QUALITY ASSURANCE IN RADIOTHERAPY COMPULSORY 2 1 0 3

Offered By

Radioterapy

Level of Course Unit

Short Cycle Programmes (Associate's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ZAFER KARAGÜLER

Offered to

Radioterapy

Course Objective

In this course, ensure to students to learn and apply quality control programs for all treatment and diagnostic devices and systems used in radiotherapy to providing work at appropriate standards.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Can create and apply suitable quality control programs for all devices and systems used in radiotherapy.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Quality Assurance (QA) application criteria and responsibilities, in the Radiation Oncology department. Coordination between QA and multidisciplinary.
2 The purpose of quality control programs. The creation of quality control program.
3 The quality control of Linear accelerators and Co60 treatment devices. Compatibility of Light-Radiation field. Control of the collimator system. Field size control.
4 Control of the gantry motion. Laser checks. Controls of the treatment table movement.
5 Controls of the safety systems. Controls of the MLC systems.
6 Daily check of linear accelerator (practice).
7 Keeping records of Quality Control (QA) procedures.
8 Quality control of the conventional simulator devices. Function keys of control panel.
9 Control of the gantry-collimator motions. Controls of the optical and mechanical angle-distance indicators.
10 Image quality control. safety systems control of the simulator device.
11 Quality control of the CT simulators.
12 Quality control of the Brachytherapy systems. Quality control of the Treatment planning systems.

Recomended or Required Reading

Recommendations for a QA programme in external Radiotherapy. Ed. Pierre Aletti, Pierre Bey, ESTRO, Physics For Clinical Radiotherapy, Booklet NO:2
Practical Guıdelines Fort The Implementationof Quality System In Radiotherapy, Jan-Willem H.Leer, Alan Mc Kenzie, Pierre Scaliet, David I. Thwaites. ESTRO, Physics For Clinical Radiotherapy, Booklet No:2

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Course presentations.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 AS ArasınavTeo
2 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE AS * 0.50 + FN * 0.50
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) AS * 0.50 + BUT * 0.50


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Multiple-choice and written classic exam.

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

The course is evaluated and done within the framework of VSHS Education and Rules of Examination Aplication.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

e-mail: zafer.karaguler@deu.edu.tr
Tel: 0232 412 47 35 / 0 232 412 42 25

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 12 3 36
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 3 5 15
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 63

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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