Master of Medical Dosimetry

College of Health Professions

Course:

RMD 670: Professional Issues in Medical Dosimetry (3 credits)

Prerequisite:

None

Semester:
Instructor:

Spring / Summer 2016 (Select Tuesdays 7pm EST) FUZE

Scott Green, M.S., CMD, RT(R)(T)
Assistant Professor / Program Director
Graduate Program in Medical Dosimetry
Cook DeVos Center for Health Sciences Suite 412
301 Michigan Street NE
Grand Rapids, MI 49503 USA
OFFICE 616-331-5752
CELL 616-550-8399
greensc@gvsu.edu

Office hours available by appointment (Virtual)

Office Hours:

Course Description:

Investigation of the psychosocial aspects of oncologic patient care, including

thanatology and bereavement, body image and emotions in illness and treatment.
Students also explore electronic medical records and charting, treatment error
corrections, and legal and ethical issues.
Discussion and review of dosimetry credentialing mechanisms is also addressed.

Course Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to:

1. Explain the psychosocial aspects of oncologic patient care.
2. Explain thanatology and bereavement in reference to radiation oncology
patients.
3. Evaluate body image and emotions in illness and treatment.
4. Analyze typical electronic medical record and charting procedures.
5. Analyze treatment error correction procedures.
6. Assess quality assurance procedures for simulator, linear accelerator, and
brachytherapy equipment.
7. Create a continuous quality improvement plan for a clinical setting.
8. Analyze legal aspects of medical dosimetry practice.
9. Evaluate ethical issues related to medical dosimetry.
10. Summarize a plan for completion of the national examination in medical
dosimetry.

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Texts/Readings:

All Material will be posted on the class website:

http://rmd670.weebly.com/
The final grade for the semester will be determined as follows:

Methods of
Evaluation:

Exams and Writing Assignmants

In-Class Activities / Quizzes
Class Participation
Discussion Boards

Blackboard:

Please see Blackboard for additional educational material. Blackboard

will be used as the main source for class announcements
and communications, as well as submitting assignments and discussion
board.

Grading:

50 %
15 %
10 %
25 %

100 94

C+

79 77

AB+
B
B-

93 90
89 87
86 83
82 80

C
CD+
D

76 73
72 70
69 67
66 63

Rounding up occurs at 0.5 and above ONLY per GVSU academic policy.

Academic Integrity:

The principles of truth and honesty are recognized as fundamental to a community

of teachers and scholars. This means that all academic work will be done by the
student to whom it is assigned without unauthorized aid of any kind.

a) No student shall knowingly procure, provide or accept any materials

which contain questions or answers to any examination or assignment.

b) No student shall complete, in part or in total, any examination or assignment

for another person.

c) No student shall allow any examination or assignment to be completed,

in part or total, by another person.

d) No student shall submit work that has been previously graded, or is being

e)

submitted concurrently to more than one course, without specific

authorization from the instructor(s) of the class(es) to which the student
wishes to submit it.
No student shall knowingly plagiarize or copy the work of

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another person and submit it as his/her own. Offering the work of

someone else as ones own is plagiarism. Any ideas or material
taken from another source for either written or oral presentation must
be fully acknowledged. The language or ideas taken from another may range
from isolated formulas, sentences, or paragraphs to entire articles copied
from the internet, books, periodicals, speeches, or from the writings of other
students. The offering of materials assembled or collected by others in the form
of projects or collections without acknowledgment also is considered
plagiarism. In short, any student who fails to give credit in written or
oral work for the ideas or materials that have been taken from another is
guilty of plagiarism.

E-mail etiquette

Proper salutations as well as complete sentences are expected when faculty is

contacted by students via e-mail. Otherwise the faculty will reserve the right to not
reply to the e-mail.

Special Needs:

If there is any student in this class, who has special needs because of learning,
physical, or other disabilities, please contact the instructor and the Disability Support
Services office at 616-331-2490. Furthermore, if you have a physical disability
and think you will need assistance evacuating this classroom and/or building in
an emergency situation, please make me aware so I can develop a plan to assist you.

Changes to the
Course Syllabus:

The instructor reserves the right to make changes to the course syllabus in response
to events during the semester. Any changes will be announced in class and/or
through a Blackboard announcement.

Inclement Weather:

See GVSU Policy.

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RMD 670

Professional Issues in Medical Dosimetry Topics

Topics covered in this course include treatment planning procedures including,

but are not limited to:
psychosocial aspects of oncologic patient care (2 weeks)
thanatology and bereavement (2 weeks)
body image and emotions in illness and treatment (1 week)
the electronic medical record and charting (1 week)
treatment error correction procedures (1 week)
quality assurance and continuous quality improvement (1 week)
legal aspects of medical dosimetry practice (1 week)
ethical issues related to medical dosimetry (2 weeks)
preparation for the national examination in medical dosimetry (3 weeks)

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