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Lecturer(s)
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Sovová Alena, Mgr. Bc.
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Honzíková Kamila, Ing. Bc.
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Course content
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Content of professional practice - use of clinical dosimetry - methods, meaning, execution, phantoms, personal protection - planning of radiotherapy, medical documentation, irradiation protocol, work on plan creation, simulator, drawing of irradiation fields and tattoos, photographic and X-ray documentation, fixation devices and their making - 2D and 3D scheduling, isodozing plans using beam beam modifications, wedges, individual blanking blocks making them - irradiation techniques, fractionation modes, simpler irradiation calculations by hand and computer technology - X-ray irradiators - devices and their operation, work safety - current position and possibilities of X-ray surface and depth radiation, indication, construction of instruments, tubes, radiation reproduction and setting the patients - documentation, patient guidance, treatment of acute and chronic changes after irradiation - megavolt irradiators - radioisotope (cesium, cobalt) and accelerators - construction and operation of individual devices, safety regulations and statutory provisions - patient setup including fixation aids, reproduction of irradiation conditions, documentation keeping, wedges, blocks and boluses - static and motion irradiation, ensuring patients' cooperation, communication with patients, including instructions for dealing with acute and chronic post-radiation changes - brachytherapy - planning, utilization, ways of introducing radiators, keeping documentation - X-ray scanning on the room, afterloading techniques - preparation before application, calculation on the planning system - the most common indication of BRT - safety regulations, emergency and operating rules - radiation verification - in vivo dosimetric verification, images on irradiator with correlation with BEV and DRR
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Practical training (number of hours)
- 80 hours per semester
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| prerequisite |
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| Knowledge |
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| to explain the principle of radiotherapy |
| Skills |
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| to use basic terms in radiotherapy |
| Competences |
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| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| are not defined |
| Skills |
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| respects the organizational aspects of operation at the radiotherapy department |
| adheres to safety regulations, respects emergency and operational rules |
| works with medical documentation and radiation plans |
| uses different irradiation techniques |
| adjusts the patient for irradiation including the use of fixation aids |
| operates a linear accelerator |
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| teaching methods |
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| Clinical practice under supervision |
| Competences |
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| Clinical practice under supervision |
| assessment methods |
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| Skills |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
| Competences |
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| Skills demonstration during practicum |
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Recommended literature
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Boudný, J., Köcher, M., Peregrin, J., Válek, V. Moderní diagnostické metody - VI. díl. Základy radioterapie. NCO NZO, 2000.
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HYNKOVÁ, L., ŠLAMPA , P. Základy radiační onkologie. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012.
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Šlampa, P. Radiační onkologie v praxi. Brno: MOÚ, 2014. ISBN 978-80-86793-34-4.
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