10 ECTS credits
300 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6021906ENR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.

Semester
1st and 2nd semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Pass/Non pass
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
Dutch
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Department
Clinical sciences
Educational team
Mark De Ridder (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
80 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
200 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
Course Content

COURSE CONTENT 

Epidemiology, clinical presentation, diagnosis, staging and treatment of:  

  • Skin cancer 

  • Malignant neoplasms associated with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome 

  • Primary intracranial neoplasms 

  • Pituitary 

  • Spinal canal 

  • Eye and orbit 

  • Ear 

  • The role of combined radiotherapy and chemotherapy in the management of locally advanced squamous carcinoma of the head and neck 

  • Nasopharynx 

  • Nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses 

  • Salivary glands 

  • Oral cavity cancer 

  • Oropharynx 

  • Hypopharynx cancer 

  • Larynx 

  • Unusual nonepithelial tumors of the head and neck 

  • Management of the neck including unknown primary tumor 

  • Thyroid 

  • Lung 

  • Mediastinum and trachea 

  • Esophageal cancer 

  • Tumors of the heart and great vessels 

  • Breast: stage Tis 

  • Early breast cancer 

  • Breast cancer: locally advanced and recurrent disease, postmastectomy radiation and systemic therapies 

Course material
Handbook (Required) : Princles and practice of Radiation Oncology. (chapter 30-54)., (chapter 30-54), Perez & Brady 's, 6de, Dienst Radiotherapie van het UZ Brussel, 9781451116489, 2013
Additional info

WORKING METHODS 

Students prepare the practical sessions in the reference work (SELF). The content is discussed afterwards during the practical sessions (PRAC).  

Learning Outcomes

Insights

OLR 1: Has acquired profound medical knowledge and insights in the specialism 

Skills

OLR 2: Has acquired the skills, inherent to the specialism, and applies these correctly 

OLR 19: Satisfies the general and specific final objectives, inherent to the specialism, concerning diagnostics and diseases/disorders 

Attitudes

OLR 17: Keeps further developing and improving own skills 

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:

  • Portfolio with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

    Note: portfolio met functioneringsgesprekken en evaluatiegesprek aan het einde van het niveau expert (100%)

Additional info regarding evaluation

Portfolio with performance interviews and an assessment interview at the end, level expert (100%).  

PASS/FAIL 

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:
Master of Specialist Medicine: Radiotherapy and Oncology (only offered in Dutch)