ESTRO Guide 2019

“I would like to thank the course faculty for their enthusiasm and their engagement in sharing their knowledge, and strengthening the radiotherapy physics profession.” - Marta Giżyńska | Maria Skłodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Center and Institute of Oncology; Warsaw, Poland (currently Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, The Netherlands) -

PREREQUISITES Before commencing this course, you should preferably have attended the ESTRO course ‘Physics for Modern Radiotherapy’ or obtained equivalent competences.

ACCREDITATION Application for CPDrecognition is submitted to the European Board for Accreditation in Medical Physics (EBAMP), as a CPD event for medical physicists. Information on the status of the applications can be obtained from the ESTRO office.

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RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT PLANNING AND DELIVERY

MEDICAL PHYSICIST

TEACHINGMETHODS • 21 hours of lectures • 4 hours of practical workshops • 2 hours of Q&A.

FACULTY COURSE DIRECTORS

• Tommy Knöös, Medical Physicist, Skåne University Hospital and Lund University, Lund (SE) • Brendan Mc Clean, Medical Physicist, St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network, Dublin (IE) TEACHERS • Anders Ahnesjö, Medical Physicist, Uppsala University, Uppsala (SE) • Crister Ceberg, Medical Physicist, Lund University, Lund (SE) • Núria Jornet, Medical Physicist, Hospital de la Santa Creu in Sant Pau, Barcelona (ES) • Maria Mania Aspradakis, Medical Physicist, Cantonal Hospital of Lucerne, Lucerne (CH)

The course consists of didactic lectures, interactive discussion sessions and practical calculation andmodelling sessions. Lectures and preparation workshops will be given on monitor unit calculation and beam modelling. Participants will engage in realistic monitor unit calculation scenario exercises. Participants will also undertake computer based modelling of basic models for photon beam head scatter and kernel based dose calculations.

METHODS OF ASSESSMENT • MCQ • Q&A

LOCAL ORGANISER Ana Rita Leitão Costa Figueira, Medical Physicist, Hospital de São João, Porto (PT)

• Practical exercises • Evaluation form.

KEYWORDS Beam models and dose calculation approaches in treatment planning systems, commissioning, verification and quality assurance of treatment planning systems.

FURTHER READING Please consult the ESTRO website page of this course for further information.

Tommy Knöös

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