Radiation safety for the personnel assisting in medical procedures (1 cr)
Code: SX00DE18-3058
General information
- Enrollment
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05.05.2025 - 06.10.2025
Registration for implementation has not started yet.
- Timing
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01.08.2025 - 31.12.2025
The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 1 cr
- Local portion
- 0 cr
- Virtual portion
- 1 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Online
- Campus
- Myllypurontie 1
- Teaching languages
- English
- Seats
- 0 - 320
- Degree programmes
- Radiography and Radiotherapy
Objective
The student is able to communicate about medical, occupational exposure and exposure concerning the population in basic level. The student is able to communicate about the quality and the quantity of the exposure in daily work and he/she is able to interpret the radiation risks in these areas.
The student understands the general principles in radiation safety and is able to apply them in practice.
The student is able to use practices in optimizing protection of the the employees.
Content
Basics of radiation physics and radiation biology and their significance in the use of medical radiation.
The essential legislation on the use of medical radiation.
The essential technical and physical principles and proper practices in situations where medical radiation is used.
Location and time
Autumn semester 2025
Teaching methods
Radiation safety online course for nurses, 1 credit. One ECTS credit corresponds to 27 hours of study time.
All the course work takes place on this Moodle learning platform. The course includes six modules:
• Ionizing radiation
• Radiation and health
• Radiation safety at work
• The use of radiation in medicine
• Radiation safety in X-ray examinations and procedures
• Regulations governing the use of radiation
The sections consist of instructional series.
The course includes a final exam that is assessed on the scale: pass / fail.
Studying is completely independent.
Student workload
1 credit= 27 hours student work
Further information
You must complete the tasks within the opening hours of the implementation.
Evaluation scale
Hyväksytty/Hylätty
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Evaluation is on scale accepted/fail. To achieve accepted evaluation student must gain study modules learning outcomes.
Knowledge is demonstrated by exam. Failed exam can be retaken twice.
Assessment criteria, approved/failed
Arviointi on tyyppiä hyväksytty/hylätty. Hyväksytyssä suorituksessa opiskelija saavuttaa opintojakson tavoitteissa mainitun osaamisen.
Osaaminen osoitetaan tentillä. Hylätyn tentin voi uusia kaksi kertaa.
Assessment methods and criteria
Radiation safety online course for nurses, 1 credit. One ECTS credit corresponds to 27 hours of study time.
All the course work takes place on this Moodle learning platform. The course includes six modules:
• Ionizing radiation
• Radiation and health
• Radiation safety at work
• The use of radiation in medicine
• Radiation safety in X-ray examinations and procedures
• Regulations governing the use of radiation
The sections consist of instructional series.
The course includes a final exam that is assessed on the scale: pass / fail.
Studying is completely independent.