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PH5106: Hospital and Radiation Safety
Semester 2 | Credits: 5
An overview of the Science of Risk and Safety. Basic concepts of ionizing and non-ionizing radiation safety. Quality Assurance
Learning Outcomes
- Understand basic concepts of Risk and Safety management and assessment.
- Understand basic concepts of root Cause and Fault Tree analysis and is able to interpret findings of RCA and FTA assessments.
- Understand concepts of radiation safety in the workplace.
- Understand concepts of radiation shielding.
- Understand patient dose calculation in diagnostic radiology and has ability to use dedicated software for this.
- Understand quality assurance principles and quality control in diagnostic radiology.
- Understand basic concepts of safety with artificial optical radiation (lasers UV).
Assessments
- Continuous Assessment (100%)
Teachers
- Christoph Kleefeld:
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- CAIT FAHY:
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Note: Module offerings and details may be subject to change.