This course is designed to help the student consolidate the yearlong clinical experience and optimize the procedures generally employed in radiotherapy. The course will consolidate the roles and responsibilities of the medical physicist along the patient treatment pathway and explore tools and techniques for optimization at each step. Medical physicists are involved in every step of the
radiotherapy process from the imaging of the patient to the delivery of the treatment. It is important for the physicist to have a broad understanding of each aspect of the treatment process, and to be able to optimize routine procedures leading to more efficient management of patient loads and better clinical outcomes.
On successful completion of the course, students should be able to:
1. Explain each step of the patient treatment pathway in Radiotherapy
2. Explain the role of each multidisciplinary professional in Radiation therapy.
3. Assess radiation risk to the patients
4. Assess the main factors that affect treatment quality and patient radiation dose
5. Use clinical audits as a tool to optimize the overall quality of processes and services
Our 7 faculties and 12 professional schools offer more than 200 programmes to some 18,000 graduate, undergraduate and continuing studies students.
The UWI, Mona ranks first in Jamaica among accredited tertiary-level programmes. In 2012, the University was again one of Jamaica’s Top 100 Employers.
