Course details
This course offers the academic training required for a career in scientific support of medical procedures and technology. The course is coordinated through the Medical Physics Departments in St. James's Hospital and St. Luke's Hospital, Dublin.
Students enter via the M.Sc. register. This course covers areas frequently known as Medical Physics and Clinical Engineering. It is designed for students who have a good honours degree in one of the Physical Sciences (physics, electronic or mechanical engineering, computer science, mathematics) and builds on this knowledge to present the academic foundation for the application of the Physical Sciences in Medicine.
The course will be delivered as lectures, demonstrations, seminars, practicals and workshops. All students must take a Core Module. Upon completion of this, the student will then take one of three specialisation tracks in Diagnostic Radiology, Radiation Therapy or Clinical Engineering. The running of each of these tracks is subject to a minimum number of students taking each track and therefore all three tracks may not run each year.
Core Modules:
Specialisation Track Modules (Diagnostic Radiology)
- Radiation Physics and Dosimetry (5 ECTS)
- Medical Informatics and Image Processing (5 ECTS)
- Ionising and Non-Ionising Radiation Protection (5 ECTS)
- Imaging Physics and Technology 2 (10 ECTS)
Specialisation Track Modules (Radiation Therapy)
- Radiation Physics and Dosimetry (5 ECTS)
- Principles and Applications of Clinical Radiobiology (5 ECTS)
- External Beam Radiotherapy (10 ECTS)
- Brachytherapy and Unsealed Source Radiotherapy (5 ECTS)
Specialisation Track Modules (Clinical Engineering)
- The Human Medical Device Interface (5 ECTS)
- Principle and Practice of Medical Technology Design, Prototyping andamp; Testing (5 ECTS)
- Medical Technology 1: Critical Care (5 ECTS)
- Medical Technology 2: Interventions, Therapeutics andamp; Diagnostics (5 ECTS)
- Medical Informatics and Equipment Management (5 ECTS)
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