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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
BMM 423	RADIATION SAFETY	3 + 0	5th Semester	4

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	Safety against radiation exposure both personally and environmentally
Course Content	Design Features of the Department of Radiology, Design Features of the rooms used Ionizing Radiation, What is Radiation?, Radiation Dose and Units, Effects of Ionizing Radiation on the Human Body, Early Effects of Radiation, Late Effects of Radiation, Epidemiological Studies,Fundamental Principles of Radiation Protection, He's running for Radiation Protection, Radiation Protection of patients and their relatives, Hospital staff's Radiation Protection, Environmental Radiation Protection, TAEA Radiation Safety Legislation. Structure of the Radiation Safety Committee, Other Legislation Related to Radiation Safety, Making the Emergency Plan, Implementation of Emergency Plans
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Radiation safety and measures taken are known
2	Regulations are known

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Mid-terms	1	20	20
Final examination	1	22	22
Internet Searching/ Library Study	1	20	20
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			104 4

COURSE DETAILS

Select Year

	Course Term	No	Instructors
Details	2022-2023 Spring	1	EMEL ALĞIN
Details	2019-2020 Spring	1	MUHAMMET ARSLAN

Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
BMM 423	RADIATION SAFETY	3 + 0	1	Turkish	2022-2023 Spring

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Prof. Dr. EMEL ALĞIN	ealgin@pau.edu.tr		TEK A0008	%70

Goals		Safety against radiation exposure both personally and environmentally
Content		Design Features of the Department of Radiology, Design Features of the rooms used Ionizing Radiation, What is Radiation?, Radiation Dose and Units, Effects of Ionizing Radiation on the Human Body, Early Effects of Radiation, Late Effects of Radiation, Epidemiological Studies,Fundamental Principles of Radiation Protection, He's running for Radiation Protection, Radiation Protection of patients and their relatives, Hospital staff's Radiation Protection, Environmental Radiation Protection, TAEA Radiation Safety Legislation. Structure of the Radiation Safety Committee, Other Legislation Related to Radiation Safety, Making the Emergency Plan, Implementation of Emergency Plans

Topics

Weeks	Topics
1	Introduction to radiation safety
2	Radiation: Types, sources, doses
3	Radioactivity concepts and laws
4	Interactions of radiation with matter
5	Radiation quantities and units
6	Radiation monitoring methods
7	Biological effects of radiation-1
8	Midterm
9	Biological effects of radiation-2
10	Basic principles of radiation protection
11	The system of radiological protection
12	Design features of radiology departments
13	Protection of personnel and society from radiation
14	Basic epidemiological studies, radiation epidemiology

Materials

Materials are not specified.

Resources

Resources	Resources Language
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) web site: https://www.iaea.org/	English
An introduction to Radiation Protection, Alan Martin, Sam Harbison, Karen Beach and Peter Cole, Hodder Arnold company, 6. edition, 2012, free web resources.	English
Nükleer Fizik, S.K. Krane, Çeviri editörü: Başar Şarer, Palme Yayıncılık, Ankara 2001 (Cilt I ve II)	Türkçe

Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	60	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	40	Midterm Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

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