Introduction to Radiation Medicine (Student Track)

Date and Time: March 1 - 3, 2009

Venue: TBA

Coordinator: Mr. Refaat AlMazrou

Faculty: Dr. Mohamed Abdelsattar, Dr. Abdelillah Aboussakhra, Mr. Ibrahim Duhaini, Dr. Yasser Khafaga, Dr. Gary Sayed, Dr. Ghazi Alsbeih, Mrs. Shaima AlSowaidan. Dr. Adnan Alwatban

Course Aim

Covering the fundamentals of Radiation Medicine in a special course will be an excellent chance for the beginners and students in this field to understand this specialty and realize its diversity. This course will be dedicated to these groups to encourage them to continue in this field and attract others to the different subjects of this field. In this course, lectures discussing basics of medical imaging, radiation therapy and other related sciences will be covered. These lectures will give the students and others the opportunity to understand scientific theories not covered during university studies. The audience will be listening to non-academic lecturers having clinical experiences in a conference style format.

Target Audience

Fresh university graduates, University students, New workers in the field

Lectures

1. History of Medical Imaging (Dr. Mohamed Abdelsattard)
2. Medical Physics in Diagnostic Imaging (Dr. Adnan Alwatband)
3. Introduction to Radiobiology (Dr. Ghazi Alsbeihd)
4. Introduction to Non-ionizing radiation (Dr. Abdelillah Aboussakhrad)
5. An overview of radiotherapy process (Dr. Yasser Khafagad)
6. Radiation Protection and Emergencies (Mr. Ibrahim Duhainid)
7. Introduction to Radiopharmaceuticals (Mrs. Shaima AlSowaidand)
8. Future Opportunities in Radiation Medicine (Dr. Gary Sayed)

No workshops are associated with this course.