This Clinical Training course is designed to expose the students to systematic methods for reviewing medical radiological procedures. Students will be actively involved in the dose audits for adults, children and pregnant women. Clinical dose audits are integral parts of the overall quality improvement process and should be considered as an integral part of quality management and clinical
governance. The physicist is required to estimate patient doses when necessary.
• Dose audits
• Paediatric dosimetry
• Fetal dose
• One Written Report (2000 words) 20%
• Clinical Evaluations 80%
On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
1. Assess patient doses from x ray procedures, and to perform patient dose surveys and compare with DRLs and other relevant data.
2. Perform patient dose audits in paediatric radiology.
3. Estimate the approximate dose to the conceptus/foetus from a diagnostic x-ray examination.
4. Determination of risk to the conceptus/foetus from a diagnostic x-ray examination.
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