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Medical Physics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:07.10.2022 10:50:08
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | FK_048 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Physics; The Physics of Solids | Target Audience: | Dentistry | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Didzis Lauva | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Physics | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, 1st floor, Rooms 147 a and b, fizika rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67061539 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 1 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 2 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 30 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Knowledge of mathematics, physics at the level of the secondary school programme is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To encourage the students to acquire theoretical knowledge of medical physics and skills during lectures and practical classes that will be necessary for acquisition of other courses and in their dental practice. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction. Lab safety. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The determination of the Earth free fall gravity acceleration using pendulum. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | The determination of the viscosity and surface tension of the liquid. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | The calibration of thermistor and thermocouple. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | The determination of the Earth magnetic field induction. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Refractometry and polarimetry. The determination of the unknown concentration of the sample. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Photoelectric colorimetry. Determination of unknown concentration of the sample. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | The determination of the diameter of the light using laser. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | The measurements of the background ionizing radiation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Colloquium and the lab work report defending. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | The basics of physics in medicine. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The students will be evaluated based on their participation and cumulative scores gained in the published activities in e-studies and gained scores participating in 5 online webinars. The types of activities published in e-studies are: 1) active participation in forum fulfilling issued tasks, organizing discussions about the topics issued, 2) calculating exercises, 3) multiple choice tests. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Each activity has its weight within the whole study course. This weight is determined by the points assigned to the particular activity. The final grade is calculated proportionally to the maximum score issued for all course activities. Activities issued within two classes give 20% of final grade. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the course the students will have acquired knowledge, which will allow them to: • use the terminology of medical physics correctly; • explain the role of physics and mathematics in medicine and the formation processes of diseases; • describe the physical properties and ways of obtaining the parameters in medical diagnostics; • name and evaluate kinds of influence of the electromagnetic spectrum ranges on people’s health; • explain the structure, operational principles and safety of lasers; • explain the structure, operational principles and future directions of development of medical diagnostic equipment; • evaluate the influence of the surrounding world on the human body, and safety measures from unwanted influence; • explain operational principles of X-radiation and computed tomography and their application in medicine. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students will be able to apply the acquired physical and technical theoretical knowledge in the study of further profiling study courses. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Having mastered the course the students will be able to evaluate physical (both natural and technological) phenomena, their effect on the human body and their application in medical diagnostics. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Davidovits P. Physics in Biology and Medicine. London: Elsevier, 2008, pp.303. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Faiz M. Khan, John P. Gibbons, Khan's the Physics of Radiation Therapy. Wolters Kluwer, 2014-04-17 | ||||||||
| 3 | Giancoli D. C. Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics. 3rd ed., London: Prentice Hall, 2009, pp. 689. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Interneta resursi no e-studijas sadaļas „Medicīniskā fizika” RSU serverī. | ||||||||
