Course overview
This course aims to provide students with Radiation Therapy specific theory and knowledge of treatment principles prior to an initial clinical placement. Content includes: introduction to cancer: review of epidemiology, pathology and staging of malignancy; principles and modalities of cancer treatment; nomenclature and terminology; treatment chart documentation, basic technical skills and land-marking; palliation: metastatic disease; palliative treatment techniques; whole brain and emergency radiation therapy treatment; breast cancer and treatment techniques; simple planning techniques and basic dosimetry calculations; imaging for diagnosis, digital imaging and PACS; staging and planning; introduction to dose and fractionation and application of radiobiology knowledge; cancer patients and grief; national protocols published on safety and quality in health care.
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Class number 21306
Section LE01
Size 35
Available 35
Class number 21307
Section PR01
Size 12
Available 12
Class number 21308
Section PR02
Size 12
Available 12
Class number 27195
Section PR03
Size 12
Available 12
Class number 21309
Section SE01
Size 35
Available 35
Class number 21310
Section TU01
Size 15
Available 15
Class number 29039
Section TU02
Size 15
Available 15
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