3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 8020731INR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester
at
a (I) Postgraduate - specialised level.
- Semester
- 1st and 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Taught in
- English
- Faculty
- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
- Department
- Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
- Educational team
- Mark De Ridder
(course titular)
Peter Covens
Dirk Verellen
- Activities and contact hours
-
15 contact hours Lecture
15 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
150 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
Basics in radiobiology (PC)
Biological effects of ionising radiation (PC)
Epidemiological studies in radiation exposed populations (PC)
ICRP103 and risk estimate models (PC), biological optimalisation algorithms for intensity-modulated radiotherapy (DV)
New insights in low dose radiation effects (PC)
- Course material
- Course text (Required) : Radiobiology and epidemiology
- Additional info
For further information please contact Mark.Deridder@vub.ac.be.
- Learning Outcomes
-
Algemene competenties
Inhoud wordt later aangevuld door prof. De Ridder.
For further information please contact Mark.Deridder@vub.ac.be.
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Examen
with a relative weight of 100
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
Note: Inhoud wordt later aangevuld door prof. De Ridder.
For further information please contact Mark.Deridder@vub.ac.be.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
Oral exam.
- Allowed unsatisfactory mark
- The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.
Academic context
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Postgraduate Certificate Expert in Medical Physics: Standaard traject