PURPOSE The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Physics Core Curriculum Subcommittee (PCCSC) has updated the recommended physics curriculum for radiation oncology resident education to improve consistency in teaching, intensity, and subject matter. METHODS AND MATERIALS The ASTRO PCCSC is composed of physicists and physicians involved in radiation oncology residency education. The...

background and purpose: this study was designed to investigate of simulation based education in achieves skills proficiency in medical radiation technologist students. methods: the students randomly were divided in two groups, a (n=25) and b (n=22) that received a routine course and simulation based education respectively. the chain of experiments was concerned to evaluate of skills proficiency...

Waste indiscriminate disposal is recognized as an important cause of environmental pollution and is associated with health problems. Safe management and disposal of household waste are an important problem to the capital city of Guinea (Conakry). The objective of this study was to identify socioeconomic and demographic factors associated with practice, knowledge, and safety behavior of family m...

Background: Image-guided radiotherapy used multiple imaging during the radiation therapy course to improve the precision and accuracy of health care provider's treatment. Objectives: This study aims to assess the safety, effectiveness and economic aspects of image-guided radiation therapy for decision-making about this technology in Iran. Methods: In this study, the most important med...

Medical radiation is a very important part of modern medicine, and should be only used when needed and optimized. Justification and optimization of radiation examinations must be performed. The first step of reduction of medical exposure is to know the radiation dose in currently performed examinations. This review covers radiation units, how various imaging modalities report dose, and the curr...

COTS have increasingly been used by industrial practice as a means of maintaining low development costs of a product, whilst offering significant capability upgrades. COTS are multi purpose products driven by commonly used functionality. However, being general purpose products raises certain challenges regarding their ability to be certified. Previously used (process-based) standards stipulated...

The paper discusses the role of the IAEA in relation to the radiological protection of patients. Within the IAEA there are two major programmes which have an impact on the protection of the patient. Firstly, patient protection is part of the programme on radiation safety; secondly, the human health programme contains a number of activities related to quality assurance (QA), and these also contr...

Objective(s): The aim of this study was to determine whether high-dose radioactive iodine (Na131I) outpatient treatment of patients with thyroid carcinoma is a pragmatically safe approach, particularly for the safety of caregivers. Methods: A total of 79 patients completed the radiation-safety questionnaires prior to receiving high-dose radioactive iodine treatment. The questionnaire studied th...

Schools in Japan, elementary through high schools, teach generally about natural disasters, traffic accidents, crimes occurring to youngsters, drug and thinner addictions , smoking, air-heat-light-noise environment, drinking water, and communicable diseases. More specific education is carried out in technology/home economics and health/physical education at junior high schools, and in health/ph...