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3.00 Credits
Content is designed to examine and evaluate the management of neoplastic disease using knowledge in arts and sciences, while promoting critical thinking and the basics of ethical decision making. The epidemiology, etiology, detection, diagnosis, patient condition, treatment, and prognosis of neoplastic disease will be presented, discussed, and evaluated in relationship to histology, anatomical site, and patterns of spread. The radiation therapist's responsibility in the management of neoplastic disease will be examined and linked to the skills required to analyze complex issues and make informed decisions while appreciating the character of the profession.
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2.00 Credits
Technical provides the student therapist with the technical aspects of radiation therapy. Discussion will include modalitites of treatment and the distinctive properties of each patient setup consideration. This will also include basic hand calculations.
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2.00 Credits
Content is designed to review and expand concepts and theories in the radiation physics course. Detailed analysis of the structure of matter, properties of radiation, nuclear transformations, x-ray production, and interactions of ionizing radiation are emphasized. Also presented are treatment units used in external radiation therapy, measurement and quality of ionizing radiation produced, absorbed dose measurement, dose distribution, and scatter analysis. Content is designed to establish factors that influence and govern clinical planning of patient treatment. Encompassed are isodose descriptions, patient contouring, radiobiological considerations, dosimetric calculations, compensation, and clinical application of treatment beams. Optimal treatment planning is emphasized along with partical beams.
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2.00 Credits
Content is designed to focus on the evolution of quality management (QM) programs and continuing quality improvement in radiation oncology. Topics will include the need for the various types of evaluations and tests performed on simulators, megavoltage therapy equipment, and therapy planning units; the role of radiation therapists in quality management programs; legal and regulatory implications for maintaining appropriate guidelines as well as the role computers and information systems serve within the radiation oncology department.
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2.00 Credits
Content is designed to focus on various radiation therapy operational issues. Continuing Quality Improvement project development and evaluation and assessment techniques will be emphasized. Human resource issues and regulations impacting radiation therapists will be examined. Accreditation agencies and the radiation therapist's role in the accreditation process will be emphasized. Billing and reimbursement issues pertinent to the radiation therapy department will be presented.
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2.00 Credits
Continuation of Clinical Practicum I.
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2.00 Credits
Continuation of RADT 336 Management and Methods of Patient Care I.
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2.00 Credits
Content is designed to present basic concepts and principles of radiation biology. The interactions of radiation with cells, tissues, and the body as a whole and resultant biophysical events will be presented. Discussion of the theories and principles of tolerance dose, time-dose relationships, fractionation schemes, and the relationship to the clinical practice of radiation therapy will be discussed, examined, and evaluated.
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3.00 Credits
An investigation of the ways in which myth, ritual, and the interpretation of scripture provides meaning and orientation for human life. Periodically.
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3.00 Credits
Beginners introduction to the grammar and vocabulary of the original Greek text.
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