Level I → Radiation protection education and training

Basics on Radiation Protection (342)


Description
Slide-based course

"Principles of Radiation Protection"
Speaker: Madan Rehani (Vienna, Austria)
Learning objectives:
• to become familiar with principles of radiation protection as developed by ICRP
• to understand role of radiologist in justification
• to understand approaches to optimization of radiation protection

"Radiation we live and work with"
Speaker: Madan Rehani (Vienna, Austria)
Learning objectives:
• What are radiations we live with
• Differentiation between radiation we live with and we work with in fluoroscopy
• Levels of radiation in fluoroscopy in contrast to other practices

"How Radiation Affects Us"
Speaker: Madan Rehani (Vienna, Austria)
Learning objectives:
• What radiation effects are possible in humans
• Classification of effects into stochastic effects and tissue reactions (deterministic effects)
• Which effects have the chance of occurring at radiation doses encountered by radiologists

eCME credits: 3

Content
  • Principles of Radiation Protection
  • Slides
  • Literature
  • Test
  • Radiation we live and work with
  • Slides
  • Test
  • How Radiation Affects Us
  • Slides
  • Literature
  • Test
  • Feedback
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
  • Leads to a certificate with a duration: Forever