LF:BRKR0321c Clinical radiotherapy I - prac - Course Information
BRKR0321c Clinical radiotherapy I - practice
Faculty of Medicineautumn 2018
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- prof. MUDr. Pavel Šlampa, CSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Martin Buček (assistant)
Jitka Halouzková (assistant) - Guaranteed by
- prof. MUDr. Pavel Šlampa, CSc.
Department of Radiation Oncology – Institutions shared with the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Jitka Halouzková
Supplier department: Department of Radiation Oncology – Institutions shared with the Masaryk Memorial Cancer Institute – Faculty of Medicine - Prerequisites
- BRRF0222p Radiol. Phys. Radiobiol. II lc && BRZB0211p Fundamentals Biophys. - lect.
Fundamentals of radiobiology, biophysics and radiophysics - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Radiology Assistant (programme LF, B-SZ)
- Course objectives
- The course aims to teach students to apply ionizing radiation in all areas of human therapy. Learn how to plan this therapy to choose the optimal application technique. The practical part is under the supervision of an authorized radiologist assistant with appropriate education.
- Learning outcomes
- • gain practical skills • shaping the right habits of department work • respecting all legal provisions and safety and health at work • Can maintain confidential medical information
- Syllabus
- 1. Use of clinical dosimetry - methods, meaning, design, personal protection 2. Radiotherapy planning - medical documentation, radiation protocol, radiological simulation, RT simulator, CT simulator, planning CT and MR examinations, determination of irradiation position, markings, irradiated fields and tattoos, photographic and X-ray documentation, fabrication. Radiotherapy Planning in 2D, 3D and 4D, Isodoscopic Plans Using Radiation Passage Modification - Wedges, Individual Blinds and Their Making. Irradiation techniques, fractionation modes. Calculations of simpler irradiation by hand and use of computer technology. 3. X-ray irradiators - devices and their operation, work safety. Current status and possibilities of X-ray and surface radiation, indications, apparatus construction, tubes, radiation reproduction and patient settings. Keeping documentation, instructions for patients, treatment of acute and chronic changes after irradiation. 4. Megavolt irradiators - radionuclide (cesium, cobalt) and accelerators. The composition and operation of individual instruments, safety regulations and statutory provisions. Patient settings including fixation aids, reproduction of irradiation conditions, documentation management, use of wedges, blocks and boluses. Static and movement irradiation, isocentric. Ensuring patient co-operation, communicating with patients, including instructions for dealing with acute and chronic overdose changes. 5. Brachyradiotherapy - planning, use, methods of introducing radiators. Documentation management, X-ray snapshot. Afterloading techniques, preparation before application. The most common BRT indications. Safety Regulations, Emergency Plan, and Operating Regulations. 6. Verification of radiation - in vivo dosimetric verification, images on the BEV and DRR correlation irradiation, portal imaging. Modern radiotherapy techniques - IMRT, IGRT, stereotactic irradiation, TBI, hadron therapy.
- Literature
- recommended literature
- ŠLAMPA, Pavel, J. PETERA and M. VOŠMIK. Principy radiační onkologie (Principles of radiaton oncology). In Klinická a radiačná onkológia. 1. vydání. Martin: Osveta, 2010, p. 351-397. 2. díl. ISBN 978-80-8063-302-8. info
- HYNKOVÁ, Ludmila, Pavel ŠLAMPA, BURKOŇ, Irena ČOUPKOVÁ and Pavel TOBIÁŠ. Radiační onkologie - učební texty. 1st ed. Brno: Masarykův onkologický ústav Brno, 2009, 242 pp. ISBN 978-80-86793-13-9. info
- Teaching methods
- Practical excercises
- Assessment methods
- Credit
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Follow-Up Courses
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 20. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2018, recent)
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