Formal course run July through August
Syllabus: Summer 2024: Medical Physics for Physician Residents
Textbook:The Physics & Technology of Radiation Therapy, 2nd Edition, 2018, Patrick N. McDermott and Colin G.Orton
| Date | Subject | Instructor | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7/8 | NO CLASS – FACULTY MEETING | |||
| 7/9 | Intro to DHO Physics, Role of a Medical Physicist & Review of Basic Physics |
Gemma Davies | McDermott, 2-1 to 2-30 | |
| 7/12 | Atomic Nuclei and Radioactivity I and II | Gemma Davies | McDermott, 3-1 to 3-45 | |
| 7/15 | X-Ray Production – Technology & Physics | Gemma Davies | McDermott, 4-1 to 5-30 | |
| 7/16 | RayStation Practical I | Gemma Davies | ||
| 7/19 | RayStation Practical II | Gemma Davies | ||
| 7/22 | Interaction of Electromagnetic Radiation with Matter | Andrew Shepard | McDermott, 6-1 to 6-11 | |
| 7/23 | Interaction of Charged Particles with Matter | Andrew Shepard | McDermott, 6-13 to 6-26 | |
| 7/26 | NO CLASS – CT CONTRAST REACTION SIMULATION LAB | |||
| 7/29 | Radiation Quantities: Dose | Jennie Crosby | McDermott, 7-1 to 7-27 | |
| 7/30 | Measurement of Radiation & Detectors | Lindsay Zammit | McDermott, 8-1 to 8-46 | |
| 8/2 | Linear Accelerators | Eric Wallat | McDermott, 9-1 to 9-45 | |
| 8/5 | Central Axis Dose Distributions, Calibration of Photon Beams | Lindsay Zammit | McDermott, 10-1 to 10-24, 11-1 to 11-18 | |
| 8/6 | MU Calculation on Open & Shaped Fields | Autumn Walter-Denzin | McDermott, 12-1 to 12-42 | |
| 8/9 | Quality Assurance in Radiotherapy | Lindsay Zammit | McDermott, 21-9 to 21-30 | |
| 8/12 | Proton Therapy | Patrick Hill | McDermott, 22-1 to 22-29 | |
| 8/13 | Imaging 1 | Mike Lawless | McDermott, 19-1 to 19-50 | |
| 8/16 | Imaging 2 | Mike Lawless | McDermott, 19-1 to 19-50 | |
| 8/19 | 3D-CRT | Gemma Davies | McDermott, 13-1 to 13-66 | |
| 8/20 | IMRT | Gemma Davies | McDermott, 15-1 to 15-31 | |
| 8/23 | Adaptive Radiotherapy | Andrew Shepard | ||
| 8/26 | Electrons/TSET/TBI | Abby Besemer | McDermott 16-1 to 16-30, 20-19 to 20-23 | |
| 8/27 | Brachytherapy 1 | Jordan Slagowski | McDermott, 17-1 to 17-48 | |
| 8/30 | Brachytherapy 2 | Jordan Slagowski | McDermott, 17-1 to 17-48 | |
| 9/2 | NO CLASS – LABOR DAY | |||
| 9/3 | Radiation Safety and Shielding | Jennie Crosby | McDermott, 18-1 to 18-52 | |
| 9/6 | SBRT & SRS | Alison Arnold | McDermott, 20-1 to 20-18 | |
| 9/2 | NO CLASS – FACULTY MEETING | |||
| 9/10 | Patient Safety in RT | Dustin Jacqmin | McDermott, 21-1 to 21-9 | |
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