Planning of Radiotherapy (3 cr)
Code: 7R00DV31-3006
General information
Enrolment period
22.11.2023 - 14.01.2024
Timing
02.01.2024 - 31.05.2024
Credits
3 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Radiography and Radiotherapy
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Radiography and Radiotherapy
Teachers
- Turkka Lehtonen
- Julia Kritz
- Marja Jaronen
Person in charge
Kirsi Mansikkamäki
Groups
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22RH
Objectives (course unit)
Students
-know the principles of planning the radiotherapy
-are able to read treatment plans and report the given treatment in the treatment card
-as a learning exercise, are able to make a treatment plan for radiotherapy
-can operate the radiotherapy equipment with auxiliary equipment correctly and safely in training situations under guidance
Content (course unit)
-phases of planning of radiotherapy
-phases of dose planning
-documentation of radiotherapy
-making of the treatment plan in training situations
-operation of the radiotherapy equipment in training situations
Prerequisites (course unit)
-Radiotherapy Equipment and Radiation Protection in Radiotherapy where applicable
-Topographic Anatomy where applicable
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2) (course unit)
-can name basic concepts related to radiotherapy
-can name the phases of the planning of radiotherapy
-can name the phases of the dose planning
-can document the radiotherapy in the treatment card
-can make a treatment plan for radiotherapy acceptably as a learning exercise
-can operate radiotherapy equipment safely in training situations
Assessment criteria, good (3-4) (course unit)
-can explain the basic concepts related to radiotherapy
-can explain the phases of the planning of radiotherapy
-can explain the phases of the dose planning
-can read the treatment plan and document the radiotherapy in the treatment card
-can make a treatment plan for radiotherapy acceptably as a learning exercise
-can operate radiotherapy equipment safely in training situations
Assessment criteria, excellent (5) (course unit)
-can reasonably explain the phases of the planning of radiotherapy
-can reasonably explain the phases of the dose planning
-can read different treatment plans and document the radiotherapy in the treatment card
-can make a treatment plan for radiotherapy acceptably as a learning exercise and justify his/her decisions
-can operate radiotherapy equipment safely in training situations
Assessment scale
0-5