The Radiation Protection Training Course for Occupationally Exposed Workers covers from the most basic concepts of ionizing radiation to the concepts of radiological protection, monitoring, and control of internal and external exposures. The course contains: Radiation Basics, exposure, and dose. Radiation Health effects, safety principles and standards. Radiation protection for external & internal exposures .Diagnostic Radiology Department (CT, MRI, US ) Protection Rules and Safety.
This is an academic course provides scientific teaching of the specialized subjects in Radiation Hazards and Protection for 8 hours in Radiation Hazards and Protection for all Diagnostic radiology branches. The course maintains core topics which are necessary to employ in the future plans. This strategy aims to give a comprehensive view in different radiation protection hazards and focused on the specific selected tracks with integrated topics of protection in all Radiology Branches.
Vision:
All of the health professions in the discipline combine close patient contact and good communication skills along with the use of technology, to maximize the results for the patient protection and safety providing high quality patient care.
Mission:
The course will convey to community and medical and paramedical sectors a highly qualified cadre with both theoretical and practical aspects used in radiation protection.
Objectives:
Upon completion of the course the participant will have gained the following goals:
- Being able to independently assess the safety situation of especially the worker, the patient, when working with ionizing radiation.
- Acquiring the knowledge and understanding required by the authorities to manage a simple X-ray machine.
- Reducing unnecessary radiation exposure with a goal to minimize the harmful effects of ionizing radiation.
- Preventing reliably the deterministic effects of radiation and to reduce the risk of stochastic effects to a reasonably achievable level.
- Using three basic protective measures in radiation safety: time, distance, and shielding.
- Teaching candidate how to work in conjunction with the ALARA principle.
- Raising the level of protection awareness in Conventional, CT,MRI and US Department to maintain the safety of healthcare settings.
- Explain types of radiation monitors and dosimeters, basics tenets of radiation biology and concerns of human health effects.
- Identify mission and goals to improve knowledge about hazards, Ethics regulation in Scientific Research.
- Participate actively in the community service.
Upon the successful completion of this course the participant should be able to:
- Apply the basics of radiation protection rules.
- Apply the gained Knowledge in all the imaging cases.
- Use the advanced instrumentation safely.
- Communicate with others in different medical fields using standard method of protection.
- Work in accordance with the responsibilities and professional ethics.
- Cope with scientific development and Continue in learning.
Professor Caroline Edward Ayad