Risco e Segurança Radiológica em Aplicações Médicas

Objectives

At the end of this course, the students will understand the concept of risk, including its perception, evaluation and communication, and will be familiar with the technical and administrative principles of safety in medical uses of radiation. Students should understand the normative, organizational and technical context, and the responsibility of medical physicists in ensuring radiation safety while preserving quality in therapy and imaging. Through the analysis of case studies, the students will acquire competencies in the application of the studied concepts to the risk analysis in different types of medical uses of radiation, with a view to prevent incidents and accidents and mitigate the adverse effects of medical uses of radiation.

Syllabus

1. Concept of risk. 2. Perception, evaluation and communication of risk. 3. Concepts and strategies in radiation safety. 4. Tools for risk evaluation. 5. Risk and safety in radiology. 6. Risk and safety in nuclear medicine. 7. Risk and safety in radiotherapy.

Ethical Principles

All members of a group are responsible for the group’s work In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used. pg. 4 In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.