RADIATION PROTECTION

MANDATORY ATTENDANCES – LECTURES NO

T.P.E. is used. in communication with students (via e-class) for easier management of material and consultation and creation of working groups.

a) to be able to research and find answers through this whole complex of documents (laws, books, etc.), being already aware of some basic principles,

b) to become aware that any process must be part of a quality assurance system,

c) for the student to be able to predict what may happen if the procedure approved for the case is not respected.

The material in which the student is to be examined in the form of multiple choice questions and problem solving during the course is detailed.

The theoretical training by whatever means of supervision may be carried out (board, video projections, slides, etc.) aims to impart knowledge and experience. Where appropriate it will be accompanied by demonstrations in clinical and laboratory settings to understand the theory. Two additional elements will allow for real consolidation:

a) the teacher, as far as possible, cites and analyzes specific examples from the international literature and reality or his personal experience. For example, the course "Accident Prevention" will include the theoretical part and conclude with the description of the accident in the Radiotherapy Department of the State Hospital of the city of Zaragoza, Spain (several dead and hundreds affected by excessive radiation exposure). The responsibility of all involved (administration, radiophysicists, radiotherapists, technicians and manufacturing company) will be analyzed. It will prove that the fault is never of one person only but of a whole chain

b) Problem Based Learning – PBL. At the end of each module, a general discussion will be conducted based on a specific example and possible solutions will be analyzed. In the previous example, the responsibilities of each person involved will be analyzed and the corresponding scenarios will be constructed for the possible developments of the accident if each link in the chain acted differently than it did.

The course material aims to introduce students to appropriate theoretical and practical training and provide professional skills in the field of radiation protection

It also refers to the practical aspects of radiation protection procedures. In this sense, the course is the basis on which continuous education and training will be carried out regarding the clinical use of new techniques and the related requirements of clinical radiation protection.

Finally, the aim of the course is for the students to understand the importance of the basic principles of radiation protection outside the area of ionizing radiation as well as the ever-increasing complexity of the legal framework that governs these procedures.

It should be emphasized that the course in question differs from the classic x-ray physics courses taught in the 1st year of the Medical Department in the following points:

• Emphasis is placed on the legal dimension of the necessity of radiation protection
• The philosophy of professionalism and clinical necessity of adherence to regulations is introduced. The student learns that regardless of the inclination, direction and specialty he chooses in the future, he is involved in his professional field with radiation either diagnostically or therapeutically.
• Radiation and its consequences are demystified through the description in the hospital setting and with specific examples of the diagnostic and therapeutic value of radiation, its use, abuse and protection from it.
• The student is introduced to the idea of quality assurance for the first time. He learns that the faithful adherence to work protocols, the application of scientific criteria for the selection and use of technological equipment, ensures the fidelity and quality of the image with a simultaneous minimum radiation burden.

Upon successful completion of the course, the student will be able to:

Has knowledge and understanding of:

• The use of radiation in the whole range of human activities
• The risks from the use of radiation to hospital staff and patients
• Handling radiation for medical reasons safely for staff and patients, accident prevention and management.
• The legal framework governing the use of radiation
• An additional goal is to ensure quality in radiological operations (chain patient - staff - machines - space) through the faithful observance of radiation protection rules.

General Skills

Teamwork

Autonomous work

Work in an interdisciplinary environment

• Printed matter
• International Bibliography
• European Union Directives on Radiation Protection
• Legislation and Methodology of other European states
• Greek Legislation
• Teacher notes
• Computer program with multiple questions (self-study and examination) that includes 2000 topics
• Images, texts and educational simulations from the internet
• Transparencies and slides
• Video screenings
• Education based on real problems (Problem Based Learning - PBL).

This is a procedure which is already applied to the education of students in many Universities. A series of topics/problems (accidents, machinery selection procedures, legislative issues, departmental and management communication issues, etc.) will be given which will be discussed among the professors/students and malfunctions, impacts and possible solutions will be recorded.

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