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CLASS 4

Lesson plan / COMPUTERIZED TREATMENT PLANNING -I

Lesson Information

Course Credit	3.0
Course ECTS Credit	5.0
Teaching Language of Instruction	Türkçe
Level of Course	Associate's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 5, EQF-LLL: Level 5, QF-EHEA: Short Cycle
Type of Course	Compulsory
Mode of Delivery	Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience?	Z
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Instructor (s)	Instructor BURHAN ÇABUK
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course	Radiotherapy devices to have detailed information about the structure and usage
Course Content	Learn the structure of the device used in radiotherapy treatment and use. Learn how to structure and use of the simulator device and brachytherapy devices. Obtain information about the treatment planning systems.

Learning Outcomes

Basic level knowledge about the field of medicine in which one would serve as indermediate level personnel, and the qualification to practice such knowledge.
Proficiency in the medical terminology in radiation oncology.
Competence in the access to information and technology and the use of these in radiation oncology.
Qualification in working as a team oncologist and medical physicist.
Competence in establishing effective communication with radiation oncologist and medical phisicist, as wellas patiens, colleagues and other segments of the society.
Competence in familiarity with devices used in radiation onkology and the ability to follow the technological developments concerning such equipment.
Competence in taking medical history, preparing files etc. in radiation oncology.
Competence in computer skills.
Hospitals application is made.
Technical excursions are organized.
Acquiring the habit of following developments concerning the profession.
Qualification in obtaining the conception of life-long learning and self-improvement.
Competence in adopting and applying ethical principles and professional values.
Competence in realizing team effort.
Proficiency in shouldering professional responsibility.

Weekly Course Subjects

1	Devices used in Radiotherapy
2	The general structure of medical linear accelerators used today
3	Colimator system
4	Containing radioactive source teletherapy machines - Co60
5	Containing radioactive source teletherapy machines - Cs137
6	Structure-conventional devices, Conventional simulators
7	Structure-conventional devices, BT simulators
8	Tomotherapy structure
9	Cyberknife
10	Treatment Planning system-I
11	Treatment Planning system-II
12	Block cutting devices
13	Overview of brachytherapy devices
14	Brachytherapy delivery systems in tissue

Resources

1-Klinik Onkoloji El Kitabı. Editörler: Dennis A. Casciato, Osman Manavoğlu. Palme Yayıncılık
2-Treatment Planning in Radiation Oncology. Khan F.M, The 2nd Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Company, USA, 2007
3-Temel ve Klinik Radyoterapi, Türk Radyasyon Onkolojisi Derneği Yayınları,2013

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