Aim

This online interactive course aims to provide high level teaching in line with current RCR guidance relating to physics.

Target Audience

  • Advanced/Consultant radiographers requiring education/refresher in this topic
  • Ambitious radiographers who are supported by their host trust in developing their career towards consultant level practice

Date and Duration

Date:

Physics: Monday 22nd - Friday 26th April 2024

Radiobiology: Monday 29th April 2024

Duration:

6 days (Taught Remotely)

 

Content and Certification

  • Electromagnetic radiation and particle interactions with tissue
  • MV and kV equipment and design of facilities
  • Radiation dosimetry, calibration and practical dose measurement
  • Properties of MV radiation beams
  • Treatment planning
  •  Quality assurance in radiotherapy
  •  Radiation protection and legislation
  •  Brachytherapy
  •  Radiobiology 

 

In addition to the lecture series, there will be daily, 1 hour tutorial sessions.

There will be a short multiple choice question physics assessment following the last tutorial on Friday morning

Electronic Certificate of Attendance

Number of Places and Cost

Number of places:

15

Cost:

£400

Venue

Venue:

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre

Contact

E-mail us about this course: 
ccf-tr.clinicaleducation@nhs.net

Call us on: 0151 556 5790

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