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COURSE:CLINICAL PRACTICE
TRANSLATION:PRACTICA CLINICA
NUMBER:FMD3006
CREDTIS:15 UC / 06 SCT
MODULES:DOES NOT APPLY
CHARACTER:OPTATIVE
FORMAT:LABORATORY
QUALIFICATION:STANDARD
KEY WORD:MEDICAL PHYSICS, CLINICAL PRACTICE, MEDICAL IMAGING
FORMATIVE LEVEL:MAGISTER
DISCIPLINE:PHYSICS


I.COURSE DESCRIPTION

Practical course in which the student will be able to know, in a clinical environment, the different techniques related to the implementation of the radiotherapy chain, as well as some special techniques and different medical imaging modalities. The course will be developed in the modality of clinical rotations and will be evaluated at the end of the rotations, through a complete report of the experience and the different techniques reviewed.


II.LEARNING OUTCOMES

1.Have a first approach to the clinical implementation of the concepts dictated in the courses of radiation physics and dosimetry, radiobiology, radioprotection and physics of radiation therapy.

2.Become familiar with various diagnostic and therapy techniques, as well as physical dosimetry protocols.

3.Become familiar with the clinical implementation of quality control protocols.

4.Become familiar with a clinical setting.

5.Know the obligations, responsibilities and challenges that a clinical medical physicist faces on a daily basis.


III.CONTENT

1.Treatment plan o Conformal o IMRT o Image Fusion o Commissioning.

2.Treatment simulation.

3.Start-up of the treatment or Conformal or IMRT or IGRT / ART.

4.Acquisition and use of different medical imaging modalities or Ultrasound or CT or Mammography or PET.

5.Special techniques in radiotherapy or Brachytherapy or Intraoperative or TBI / TSI / SOBRT.

6.Dosimetry and quality control o Linacs o Simulator / X-ray o Mammographer o CT / MRI / PET.


IV.METHODOLOGICAL STRATEGIES

-Practical sessions to be held in the imaging / radiotherapy departments of the UC Cancer Center and / or collaborating centers, through a rotation system.


V.EVALUATIVE STRATEGIES

-Guide teacher report: 50%

-Final report: 50%


VI.BIBLIOGRAPHY

REQUIRED

Dobbs, J. and Barrett, A. Practical Radiotherapy Planning. Arnold, Baltimore; 1985.

IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency), Absorbed dose determination in external beam radiotherapy: An international Code of Practice for dosimetry based on standards of absorbed dose to water, Technical Report Series no. 398, IAEA, Vienna, 2000.

Levitt, S. H. (ed.). Technical Basis of Radiation Therapy: Practical Clinical Applications. Springer, Berlin, 2008.

Podgorsak, E. B. Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists, Berlin, Springer; 2010.

Van Dyk, J. The Modern Technology of Radiation Oncology, Volume 2. Medical Physics Publishing, Wisconsin; 2008.

Webb, S. The physics of three-dimensional radiation therapy: conformal radiotherapy. Medical Physics Publishing, Bristol; 2001.

Wolbarst, A. B.; Massman, K. L.; Hendee, W. R.; (eds.) Advances in medical physics. Madison, Wisconsin, Medical Physics Publishing; 2008


OPTIONAL

N/A


PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATOLICA DE CHILE
INSTITUTO DE FISICA / MARZO 2012 / ACTUALIZADO MAYO 2021