Protection and Safety Against Ionising and Non-ionising Radiation

The professors presented the norms and their practical application. They will carry out exercises that promote critical thinking and enforce current national and international legislation.
Evaluation:
– Written test 40%
– Practical procedure report 60%
Students selected a clinical audit procedure in IMR departments, to be carried out in a clinical context with a view to improving practices, and presented their results and preventive/corrective measures.

Knowledge:
– In-depth knowledge of quality control tests and dose values.
– In-depth on procedures for implementing audits by IMR modality according to the guidelines of the European Commission.
Skills:
– Critically analyze the results and apply corrective measures in accordance with legislation and recommendations.
Skills:
– Promote patient safety in all IMR modalities.
– Act proactively in the application of measures that promote safety and protection for patients and staff, in procedures involving ionizing and non-ionizing radiation;

• Clinical audits in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy according to the recommendations and legislation;
• Good Practices and Quality in Medical Imaging and Radiotherapy;
• Protection and safety applied to the different modalities of medical imaging and radiotherapy that involve ionising and non-ionising radiation;

NAO

European Comission – Publications on medical exposure (RP 109, 154, 159, 162, 180, 181):
http://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/publications-medical-exposure
American College of Radiology – Quality and safety – https://www.acr.org/Quality-Safety
Eurosafe Imaging – European Society of Radiology: http://www.eurosafeimaging.org
Image Gently -The Image Gently Alliance – http://www.imagegently.org
Image Wisely – Radiation Safety in Adult Medical Imaging – http://www.imagewisely.org
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
American Association of Physics in Medicine (AAPM) Publications: https://www.aapm.org/pubs/
IAEA (2000), Lessons learned from accidental exposures in radiotherapy, Safety Reports Series no 17, Austria.
IPEM (1999), Physics Aspects of Quality Control in Radiotherapy, The Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine, UK
INCA (2000), TECDOC 1151 – Aspectos físicos da garantia da qualidade em Radioterapia, Instituto Nacional de Câncer, Brasil