Training courses for radiation metrologists: Radiation protection calibrations at SSDLs
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Type: videos and slides
Enrolment Requirements: completion of participant form
Objective: provides an overview on radiation protection calibrations for radiation metrologists working in Secondary Standards Dosimetry Laboratories (SSDL). This will help SSDLs to provide accurate and traceable calibration results.
Core audience: radiation metrologists
Level: intermediate
Structure: 2 sub-modules, 2 lectures (videos and slides)
Self-assessment: mandatory after every sub-module and final exam
Time to complete: ~ 2 hours as minimum (it can be done in multiple sessions)
Proof of completion: yes, with details of content and minimum duration
Language: This e-learning course is available to you in two languages: English and Spanish. From below, please select the participation form in your preferred language - once completed – you will automatically have access to the course material in the same language.
Uncertainty Estimations for Radiation Measurements in SSDLs and Hospitals
Type: videos and slides
Enrolment Requirements: completion of participant form
Objective: provide the participant with an understanding of the methods used for the assessment of various uncertainty components and teach how to report measurement uncertainties related to calibration services and clinical dosimetry measurements
Core audience: radiation metrologists, clinically qualified medical physicists (CQMPs) as support to continuing professional development (CPD) and postgraduate-level medical physics students
Level: Intermediate
Structure: 6 sub-modules, sequential, accessible independently, 35 lectures (videos and slides)
Self-assessment: after every sub-module and final exam. mandatory.
Time to complete: ~ 11.5 hours as minimum to complete all sub-modules (it can be done in multiple sessions)
Proof of completion: yes, with details of content and minimum duration
Language: English
Quality Control and Dosimetry in Digital Radiology
Type: videos and slides
Enrolment Requirements: completion of participant form
Objective: provide an overview on the physics and technological innovations in quality assurance in digital diagnostic radiology
Core audience: clinically qualified medical physicists (CQMPs) as support to continuing professional development (CPD) and postgraduate-level medical physics students
Level: Intermediate
Structure: 4 sub-modules, 22 lectures (videos and slides)
Self-assessment: mandatory after every sub-module and final exam
Time to complete: ~ 18.5 hours as minimum (it can be done in multiple sessions)
Proof of completion: yes, with details of content and minimum duration
Based on: IAEA TRS No.457 and IAEA HHS No.4
Language: English
Dosimetry of Small Static Fields Used in External Beam Radiotherapy: IAEA TRS483 Code of Practice
Type: videos and slides
Enrolment Requirements: completion of participant form and successful completion of an access test (on the IAEA TRS398 publication)
Objective: teach how to implement the International Code of Practice Dedicated to the Dosimetry of Small Static Fields Used in Radiotherapy (IAEA TRS 483), providing an overview of the basic physics principles and formalism.
Core audience: clinically qualified medical physicists (CQMPs), as support to continuing professional development (CPD)
Level: Advanced
Structure: 5 sub-modules, 8 lectures (videos and slides)
Self-assessment: mandatory after every sub-module and final exam
Time to complete: ~ 8 hours as minimum (it can be done in multiple sessions)
Proof of completion: yes, with details of content and minimum duration
Based on: IAEA TRS 483
Language: English
Image Guided Radio Therapy (IGRT)
Type: videos and slides
Enrolment Requirements: completion of participant form
Objective: teach how to implement the IAEA publication “Introduction of Image Guided Radiotherapy into Clinical Practice” and provide an overview on the physics and technological innovations in image-guided radiotherapy
Core audience: clinically qualified medical physicists (CQMPs), as support to continuing professional development (CPD) and postgraduate-level medical physics students
Level: Intermediate
Structure: 5 sub-modules, 17 lectures (videos and slides)
Self-assessment: mandatory after every sub-module and final exam
Time to complete: ~ 17 hours as minimum (it can be done in multiple sessions)
Proof of completion: yes, with details of content and minimum duration
Based on: IAEA HHR No.16
Language: English
Quality Assurance and Dosimetry in Mammography
Type: videos and slides
Enrolment Requirements: completion of participation form
Objective: provide an overview on the physics and quality assurance processes in mammography
Core audience: clinically qualified medical physicists (CQMPs) as support to continuing professional development (CPD)
Level: Intermediate
Structure: 6 sub-modules, 19 lectures (videos and slides)
Self-assessment: mandatory after every sub-module and final exam
Time to complete: approx. 16.5 hours as minimum (it can be done in multiple sessions)
Proof of completion: yes, with details of content and minimum duration
Based on: IAEA HHS No. 17, IAEA HHS No. 2, IAEA TRS No. 457
Language: English
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Train the Trainers Course on Medical Physics Support for Nuclear or Radiological Emergencies (NRE)
Type: videos and slides
Enrolment Requirements: completion of participant form
Objective: provide clinical medical physicists working in hospitals with knowledge useful to support a response to a Nuclear or Radiological Emergency (NRE) situation
Core audience: clinically qualified medical physicists (CQMPs) as support to continuing professional development (CPD)
Level: Entry-level
Structure: 14 sub-modules (videos and slides)
Self-assessment: after every sub-module, not mandatory and final exam
Time to complete: ~ 19 hours as minimum (it can be done in multiple sessions)
Proof of completion: yes, with details of content and minimum duration
Based on: EPR-Pocket Guide for Medical Physicists 2020
Language: English