RAB1100 Radiation Physics and Radiography Course description

Admission requirements.

After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student is capable of explaining:

• probability, probability calculation and probability distribution
• basic statistical processing of measurement data
• confidence and significance, confidence intervals and hypothesis testing, variance analysis
• errors and uncertainty, error accumulation and uncertainty estimates
• calibration and calibration curves
• what a risk assessment is, how a risk assessment is conducted, common methods used and how risk assessment is used in risk management
• quality control and quality assessment principles

Skills The student is capable of:

• assessing uncertainty and sources of error in measurement results
• using statistical methods to interpret and quality check measurement results
• performing risk assessments of various problems and interpreting and presenting the results of the analysis as a contribution to decisions concerning risk and quality

General competence The student:

• has basic insight into quality assessments and requirements
• has knowledge of how accuracy and precision in measurement results are affected by sources of error and uncertainty in instrumentation, procedures and work techniques
• has insight into statistical methods for the processing and interpretation of measurement data
• has a basic understanding of ethical issues relating to risk assessment, the use of risk acceptance criteria and how risk assessments can be used and abused

After completing the course, the student should have the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence: 

Knowledge 

The student 

• understands the history of the profession of radiographer and its contemporary practice in a national and international context
• has knowledge of central psychological perspectives and the importance of psychology in interaction with patients 
• can describe how radiographers work and what characterises the practice of radiography
• can explain the main principles of patient communication 
• can refer to relevant ethical theories and professional ethics
• can describe the content and function of professional ethical guidelines
• can describe the steps of evidence-based practice 
• can describe laws, regulations and principles related to radiation protection 
• can explain the concept of ionising radiation 
• can explain how electromagnetic radiation and particle radiation are formed
• can explain the X-ray spectrum used for conventional radiography and mammography
• can describe interactions between X-rays and tissue/matter 
• can explain the concept of radiation doses 
• can describe the components of a conventional X-ray equipment, its structure and how it works 
• can explain how radiation is detected 
• can explain and describe the structure of digital images
• can explain factors that affects image quality
• can explain the relationship between optimal image quality and radiation dose 
• can describe the image storage system Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS)
• can describe different aspects of post-processing
• can describe different organs’ radiosensitivity 

Skills 

The student can

• handle safe use of X-ray equipment as regards radiation risk
• identify the elements of an X-ray laboratory 
• explain and apply different types of filters, grids and their placement in the X-ray equipment
• apply knowledge of challenges relating to communication with patients, next of kin and colleagues 

General competence 

The student can

• understand basic radiation physics related to ionising radiation 
• understand the fundamental principles of radiation protection
• use an X-ray laboratory 

The exam result can be appealed.

In the event of a resit or rescheduled exam, oral examination may be used instead of written. If oral exams are used for resit and rescheduled exams, the exam result cannot be appealed.

Individual written exam, 3 hours.

The following must have been approved in order for the student to take the exam:

• a minimum of 90 % attendance in skills training 
• a minimum of 80 % attendance in scheduled group works and seminars
• written assignment in groups of 2-4 students related to patient communication and ethics, up to 1,200 words

A grade scale with grades from A to E for pass (with A being the highest grade and E being the lowest pass grade) and F for fail is used for the final assessment.

One examiner. The course may be selected for grading by external examiners.

The course has an overlap of 10 credits with KJFP2200, MATS2200 and ELFE2600.

The course has an overlap of 5 credits with KJTF2311 and KJTF2310.

Under the rule that students have three attempts to take an exam, attempts in equivalent courses also count.

An external examiner contributes to the preparation of the exam questions.

Free text assignment: At least 20% of the exam papers will be assessed by one external and one internal examiner. The external examiner's assessment should benefit all students. The remaining papers will be assessed by internal examiners. Multiple choice test: quality assured by an internal examiner and automatically assessed

5 ECTS overlap with RAD1000 and 10 ECTS overlap with RAD1100.