Course Catalog 2009-2010 International Basic Pori International Postgraduate Open University |Degrees|     |Study blocks|     |Courses|

Person responsible

Hannu Eskola

Implementations

	Lecture times and places	Target group recommended to
Implementation 1	Per 4 : Wednesday 14 - 18, SH304 Thursday 12 - 14, SH308

Requirements

Final exam.
Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Principles and baselines related to teaching and learning

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Learning outcomes

After completing the course, you understand the principles of delivering external and internal radiotherapy fields. You know how to optimize the spatial and temporal radiation dose distribution.

Content

Content	Core content	Complementary knowledge	Specialist knowledge
1.	Biological effects of ionizing radiation beam on tissue.
2.	Operation principles of external radiotherapy devices.
3.	Special properties of electron beam.
4.	Brachytherapy: internal and contact radiotherapy
5.	Dose planning in radiotherapy.

Study material

Type	Name	Author	ISBN	URL	Edition, availability, ...	Examination material	Language
Online book	Radiation Oncology Physics: A Handbook for Teachers and Students, Chapters 5-8, 10-15	E.B. Podgorsak (ed.)					English

Prerequisites

Correspondence of content

More precise information per implementation

	Description	Methods of instruction	Implementation
Implementation 1			Contact teaching: 0 % Distance learning: 0 % Self-directed learning: 5 %

Last modified	29.05.2009
Modifier	Juha Nousiainen