36 ECTS credits
999 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 8020738INR 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
Nico Buls (course titular)
Gert Van Gompel
Activities and contact hours

30 contact hours Lecture
900 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
60 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

The students learn all aspects about the responsibilities of an authorized Medical Physicist or Medical Physics Expert, including quality control, dosimetry, optimization and risk assessment.

Following modalities are covered:




  • Conventional digital radiography and mammography


  • Interventional radiography


  • Digital breast tomosynthesis, dual energy mammography


  • Multislice CT systems


  • Dual energy CT systems


  • Dental radiography systems

Course material
Digital course material (Required) : Internship Radiology
Additional info

For further information please contact Nico.Buls@vub.ac.be.

Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

Inhoud wordt later aangevuld door prof. Buls.



For further information please contact Nico.Buls@vub.ac.be.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Other 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. Buls.

    For further information please contact Nico.Buls@vub.ac.be.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Evaluation sheet (both self evaluation and evaluation by promotor) and personal port folio.

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