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Curriculum<\/h2>\n

The training consists of 1364 hours of clinical training and 396 hours of formal classroom, laboratory exercises or modules. The curriculum is based on the AAMD curricular guide for training medical dosimetrists. The curriculum consists of 8 hours per day, 5 days a week, of integrated classroom and clinical instruction. Classes and clinical rotations are held within the Cancer Therapy and Research Center at UTHSCSA. Primary faculty for the school consists of board certified Radiation Oncologists, board certified Medical Physicists, and certified Medical Dosimetrists. The annual program is divided into three semesters as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t
Course #<\/th>Course<\/th>Credit Hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
DOS 100<\/td>Radiation Therapy <\/td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 101<\/td>Principles of Treatment Planning I<\/td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 102<\/td>Treatment Planning Practicum 1<\/td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 103<\/td>Whole Body Cross-sec Anatomy<\/td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 200<\/td>Advanced Radiation Therapy <\/td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 201<\/td>Radiation Biology<\/td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 202<\/td>Treatment Planning Practicum II<\/td>3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 203<\/td>Dosimetry Research I<\/td>2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 204<\/td>Clinical Dosimetry Practice I<\/td>6L*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 300<\/td>Clinical Dosimetry Practice II<\/td>7L*<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DOS 301<\/td>Dosimetry Research II<\/td>5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
*1 laboratory hour = 5 contact hours<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n\n

Grading System<\/h2>\n

Student must maintain a 70% average in all courses to receive credit.\u00a0 No incomplete grades are awarded, if a course is not completed, the student is dismissed from the program.\u00a0 The grading scale is as follows:<\/p>\n

A: 90 – 100\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0B: 80-89\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0C: 70-79\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0D: 60-69<\/p>\n

Facility<\/h2>\n

MCC is an outpatient facility located in the San Antonio Medical Center area. The radiation therapy department treats about one hundred patients per day.<\/p>\n

Imaging modalities<\/p>\n

2 GE LightSpeed\u2122 CT scanners<\/p>\n

Linear accelerators<\/p>\n

3 Elekta VersaHD with Agility MLC
\n1 Varian 23EX\u00ae (120 Leaf MLC)
\n1 NovalisTx\u2122 Stereotactic unit with robotic capabilities<\/p>\n

Record and verify system<\/p>\n

Elekta\u00ae Mosaiq\u2122 Multi-Access Software<\/p>\n

External Beam Treatment Planning<\/p>\n

Virtual simulation using GE Advantage Windows workstation
\n3D external beam treatment planning using Philips\u00ae Pinnacle3 treatment planning system (TPS)
\nIntensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) planning using the Pinnacle3 TPS
\nMonaco\u2122 3D and IMRT planning (research only)
\nVelocity software from Varian for deformable image registration
\niPlan\u2122 and Brain and Spine Elements from BrainLab\u00ae for SRS and SBRT planning<\/p>\n

Brachytherapy Treatment Planning<\/p>\n

High dose rate brachytherapy using the Elekta\u00ae Oncentra\u2122 TPS
\nCT guided brachytherapy
\nTransrectal ultrasound prostate seed implants (TRUS) using the Prowess\u2122 TPS
\nLow dose rate brachytherapy using Pinnacle3 TPS<\/p>\n

Special Procedures<\/p>\n

Total body photon irradiation (TBI)
\nTotal skin electron irradiation (TSE)
\nIntravascular brachytherapy[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_column_text css=”” el_class=”panel outline”]<\/p>\n

Contact<\/h2>\n

Send applications to:<\/h3>\n

candia@uthscsa.edu<\/a><\/strong>
\nApplications due: March 1st<\/p>\n

For more information, contact:<\/h3>\n

Patricia P. Candia, Ph.D.<\/strong><\/a>
\nDepartment of Radiation Oncology
\nMays Cancer Center
\n7979 Wurzbach Rd
\nSan Antonio, TX 78229
\n210-450-1718[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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