BME 5305 RADIATION PROTECTION & SAFETY
This course will cover the fundamental concepts of radiation protection and radiation safety. The main focus will be on the physics of radiation protection, instrumentation used in radiation protection, shielding and relevant regulatory requirements, statistical methods used in radiation protection, protection against non-ionizing and ultrasound radiation, and internal exposure due during nuclear medicine applications. The covered material will conform to the curriculum of the American Association of Physicists in Medicine to cover the essential medical physics didactic elements related to radiation protection and radiation safety for individuals entering the medical physics profession through an alternative pathway as published in AAPM report number 197.