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Re: Radiation Training Information from Hunza Pakistan.
Dear Dr. Hussain:
Since your audience is a group of radiographers and medical personnel who
would be expected to use therapy and diagnostic sources, I would recommend
adding some specific information about:
1. the methods and radioisotopes that would be used in typical therapy and
diagnostic procedures,
2. typical doses to patients and to the organs of interest - tie this into
biology and protection concepts
3. special precautions required for certain procedures, and the reasons for
those precautions (ie, radionuclides which are excreted and cause
contamination problems, etc.)
I would recommend giving the students an information sheet with specific
medical nuclide information towards the beginning of the class, and would
keep using examples of these as I progressed into the areas you have listed.
Barbara Reider, CHP
In a message dated 1/3/01 9:30:29 AM Eastern Standard Time,
ishtiaq.hussain@aku.edu writes:
Hi fellows,
I am a new Physicist and have been working on radiation protection education
to a group of radiographers/residents.
I have covered the following topics in the course that were conducted over
3 hours. Being a new Physicist I need some input or critical vetting of the
course from senior colleagues of mine, that I have designed and have been
imparting to medical staff.
The topics were:
Radiation and its type ie ionizing and non ionizing.
radiation as used in radiology ie X-ray
radiation properties
radiation interaction ie compton effect and photo electric effect.
Basic Radiation Biology
Radiation Protection principles ie ALARA, Justification, dose limit and
optimisation, time dist.,and shielding
Radiation Protection quantities ie Gy, Dose equivalent and Effective DE,
Radiation Effects, Stochastic and Deterministic effects etc,
Current dose limits in use.
Is this enough or should I add some more. Please reply.
Best Regards,
Ishtiaq Hussain