Tony: M-F 9:30-12:00 and other times as needed. Contact me when you need assistance via facebook group and email
Candy Contact: Wednesday half days (Changes every 4 weeks) either 8am-noon or 1pm to 5pm
Thursday 8am-5pm
Friday 8am-noon
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CALL OR TEXT CANDY ANYTIME 1-806-335-0630
If you have a disability (learning, mental, physical) that affects your ability to participate effectively and have access to any program or service at Amarillo College please contact Disability Services at (806) 345-5639 . Our offices are located in the Student Service Center office 112. More information may be found at www.actx.edu/disability.
Disability Services facilitates access to all programs and services according to the ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, as well as other federal and state laws.
Amarillo College is committed to providing equal access to all programs and services, including all working, learning, and service environments that affect equal access for persons with disabilities. This commitment to provide equal access and opportunity for persons with disabilities is in compliance with federal and state law. Amarillo College also strives to provide Electronic and Information Resources (EIR) that are accessible to all authorized users.
If you find you are unable to access material in an accessible format please contact the Disability Services Office at (806) 345-5639 . This office will work in conjunction with other campus resources to address and accommodate your issue in a timely manner.
As a student you may experience a range of issues that can cause barriers to learning, such as strained relationships, increased anxiety, alcohol/drug problems, feeling down, difficulty concentrating and/or lack of motivation. These mental health concerns or stressful events may lead to diminished academic performance or reduce a student's ability to participate in daily activities. Amarillo College offers services to assist you with addressing these and other concerns you may be experiencing. If you or someone you know are suffering from any of the aforementioned conditions, you can learn more about the broad range of confidential mental health services available on campus by calling the AC Counseling Center at 806-371-5900. The AC Counseling Center website is https://www.actx.edu/counseling/ . Also, if you are in need of social services (affordable housing, utilities, transportation, food, clothing, childcare, medical/dental/vision, legal), please call the AC Advocacy & Resource Center at 806-371-5439. The AC Advocacy & Resource Center website is https://www.actx.edu/arc
The Tutoring for Success policy applies to any student whose grade or performance in the course falls below a departmentally determined minimum threshold. In either of those cases, the instructor will direct the student to the appropriate tutoring service, which may be faculty-led, discipline-specific, and/or general. Under this policy, the instructor will follow specific departmental guidelines governing the use, duration, and grade component of the tutoring need.
Students who do not attend class on or prior to the census date will be administratively dropped. Effective Fall, 2016
Students who wish to withdraw from a course must complete all steps indicated on the Academic Withdrawal Request form by the course withdrawal deadline.
NOTE: Students who are attending Texas institutions of higher education, for the first time fall 2007 and later, may not withdraw from more than six courses during their academic career. This withdrawal limitation does not include dual credit or developmental classes (Senate Bill 1231 Rule 4.10.) For more information on Drop and Withdrawal Policies, please visit the Registrar's Office Web site.
The Amarillo College Privacy Policy is found at https://www.actx.edu/-amarillo-college-privacy-notice , and applies to all Amarillo College students. If you have questions about this privacy statement or you believe that your personal information has been released without your consent, send email to humanresources@actx.edu .
RADT-1371-001 Technology Research
Prerequisite: Advanced standing in the program or instructor consent
Topics address recently identified current events, skills, knowledge and/or attitudes and behaviors pertinent to the technology or occupation and relevant to the professional development of the student.
Student ResourcesStudent Resources Website
Notice to Students enrolled in an educational program for preparation of issuance of certain occupational licenses:
Students enrolled in an educational program in preparation for obtaining certain occupational licenses are potentially ineligible for such license if the student has been convicted of an offense. For further information, please contact:
Melodie Graves
Justice Involved Advocate
Student Service Center 117
mgraves24@actx.edu
806-371-5995
Make appointment at https://melodiegraves.youcanbook.me
You can also contact the Legal Clinic, or the faculty member in charge of the educational program that you seek to enroll in. The further information you will receive will include notification to you of your right to request a criminal history evaluation letter from the licensing authority in order to clarify your particular situation.
(3 sem hrs; 2 lec, 4 lab)
Online Course
Levy: Radiation Therapy Study Guide and Exam Review (latest edition); NO MORE STUDY GUIDES!!!!
computer with internet access as per college recommendations/requirements
COURSE GOALS:
To provide the study materials so that the student will have access to the knowledge and cognitive skills underlying the intelligent performance of the major tasks typically required of an entry level staff technologist.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
1. To enhance the professional development skills of the student via research, discussion, writing, and other assignments related to issues of professionalism. Orient the student to basic research techniques and critical analysis of research data.
2. To participate in research related to evolving technologies and techniques related to the field.
3. To re-familiarize the student with various aspects of professionalism, including but not limited to: professional organizations, their roles, application procedures, professional behaviors/traits, resume’ construction, cover letters, interviews, etc..
4. To assess the students level of competency by providing methods of self-evaluation through written performance examinations, including capstone examination.
These objectives will be fulfilled in part by:
1. Assign research critiques incorporating critical analysis of articles following established guidelines.
2. Participating in analysis of research projects related to emerging technologies/techniques used in the field.
3. Reiterate the roles of various organizations in the field, and make application for certification/licensure
4. Prepare forms/documents and techniques that can assist in entering the workplace (resume’, cover letter, mock interviews, etc.)
5. Complete, within the context of the grading system described later, academic assessment evaluations and successfully complete the curriculum capstone experience (program “Exit Exams”).
Note: The program has documented a strong correlation between students completing the curriculum on time (e.g. not having to repeat failed courses) and job placement rates. Additionally, a similar correlation appears to exist between passing the ARRT national Certification Exam on the first attempt and job placement rates. Students are HIGHLY encouraged to maintain good grades throughout the entire program curriculum
In order to receive your AC Connect Email, you must log in through AC Connect at https://acconnect.actx.edu .
If you are an active staff or faculty member according to Human Resources, use "Exchange". All other students, use "AC Connect (Google) Email".
See Students Rights and Responsibilities document for more detail on college policies
Radiation Therapy courses
Each student will be required to prepare written assignments for credit, and take written examinations typically as a routine part of each course. As such, students should be fully aware of the instructor's policies relative to the ethics regarding copying the work of others and any unethical act that may occur during a quiz or examination or other assignment.
PLAGIARISM is the theft of another person's work or thinking. Words, as well as ideas, or intellectual property and can be stolen from another person as easily as money or some other item. As such, plagiarism can be a violation of the law, and is certainly a violation of ethics. Even in those cases where the law may not be violated, plagiarism is unethical and does the wrong thing to do and can carry severe consequences for the perpetrator.
In a college credit course, it is considered plagiarism to copy the work of another student, even with the permission of that student, since the copied work violates course ethics. Under the circumstances associated with a course assignment for credit, a student would also need the permission of the course instructor before it is considered ethical to copy the work of a peer. Obviously, that permission is not likely to be given, for it totally defeats the purpose of the assignment, which is to measure or demonstrate the knowledge and ability of the student -- not the ability of someone else. Stated another way, and these courses, a student WILL NOT COPY ANOTHER STUDENTS WORK on any assignment for credit!
Likewise, unethical conduct during a quiz or examination is also the wrong thing to do. For a student pursuing a career in a health occupation, test dishonesty can be seen as a reliable predictor of unacceptable job performance following graduation. This instructor takes the position that the dishonest student is probably also unethical in other ways and is a threat to the safety of any patient who comes in contact with that student. Employers likely take a similar position. The healthcare industry cannot tolerate such conduct.
At Amarillo College, there are grave academic penalties for any unethical conduct on the part of any student. The policy and penalty for such conduct is provided in the General Catalog as follows:
"A high standard of conduct is expected of all students. It is assumed that obedience to the law, respect for properly constituted authority, personal honor, integrity and common sense will guide the actions of each member of the college community both in and out of the classroom. Any student who fails to perform according to expected standards may be disciplined."
It should be concluded from this statement that unethical course conduct is absolutely prohibited by Amarillo College policy. To be more specific, in radiation therapy courses, plagiarism, dishonesty, or any other unethical course conduct, is “just cause” for immediate dismissal from the program, as well as possible expulsion (with the violation noted on the students permanent transcripts) from Amarillo College.
This ethics policy is STRICTLY enforced, with ZERO tolerance, for ALL RADT courses! A student should not risk his or her academic career as the result of an unethical act related to a course assignment or examination. If in doubt about a particular assignment or testing practice, contact the course instructor FIRST!
COURSE GRADING:
Course grade:
Section Exams = 100 points each of course grade (curved up 18% for each exam). Section Exam grades are influenced by Practice Exam Grades as described in the outline document distributed and reviewed at the beginning of the semester.
Professional Project = 80 points total
Research = 80 points total
Note: Exit Exam must be passed in order to pass course (up to 3 attempts)
A= 93-100
B= 88-92
C=80-87
F=score below 80
Grade in Soft Skills Assignment of less than 85% = 5% overall course grade reduction
FINAL EXAM (Exit Exam)
There will be a comprehensive final exam that will encompass every phase of the radiation therapy curriculum.
IN ORDER FOR THE STUDENT TO PASS THIS COURSE THE FINAL (“EXIT”) EXAM MUST BE PASSED!
That is, in order to receive the grade accrued from section exams and projects, the student must pass the exit exam.
A minimum score of 75 must be made on this exit exam in order to complete the course satisfactorily.
EXIT EXAMS WILL BE TAKEN IN THE CLASSROOM FACE-TO-FACE USING SCAN-TRON SHEETS. Sheets will be provided for you—you will need two #2 pencils with good erasers!
A second exam will be offered to those that do not successfully complete the 75% requirement. If failed a second time, the student will receive a grade of “Incomplete” and will not be eligible to graduate until the (I) is removed by contract.
If this is the case, a third (and final) exam will be given no sooner than three weeks after the semester is ended. If the 3rd attempt is not passed, the student will receive an "F" for the course. I a student must make a 3rd attempt, they will be responsible for making travel arrangements, if needed, for the purpose of taking the exam.
Practice Tests: Not completing the Practice test for a particular section on time will result in a grade reduction of 20% on the subsequent Section Exam!!
Practice Exams are available online. Practice tests should be set so that you can start it, then if you need to stop, you can exit the test, and go back to it again and again until you complete it. Indeed, you probably won’t want to dedicate the time to sit down and do it all in one sitting anyway. There is simply no excuse for not completing a Practice Test on time. Practice tests are still due on time even if the student has an out-of-town interview, or for ANY reason!
Section Tests (major exams): Not completing the Section Exam for a particular section on time will result in a grade reduction of 20% for that Exam!! Avoid scheduling interviews or any other conflicts on days where you intend to complete an exam – especially the exam due date.
GRADING
1. PRACTICE TESTS:
These are take-home style practice exams available online written in the same style as the section exams (though with completely different questions).
High score on the practice test will receive a 3 pt bonus on subsequent section exam (tie scores will share the 3 pts).
Practice test scores below 60% will subtract 1 point to the score on the following section test.
Scores below 50% will subtract 3 points on the following section test.
Scores below 40% will subtract 8 points on the following section test.
Submitting a Practice Test late (after the deadline) will result in a 10% grade deduction on the subsequent Section Exam.
Thus, practice tests only impact grade in that they can have an effect on the section test grade described below.
Practice tests are set up so that you can see all questions at once, and you can stop and save your work and then revisit the exam later. Be sure to save your work each time so that you don’t have to start over the next time you log in.
You should be able to revisit the practice tests over and over—even after logging off—without losing your question data up to that point (just as a precaution, however IF YOU LEAVE A PRACTICE TEST INCOMPLETE AND LOG OFF, BEFORE YOU LOG OFF, HIGHLIGHT/COPY/PASTE YOUR QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED TO THAT POINT AND PASTE THEM INTO A WORD PROCESSING DOCUMENT—JUST IN CASE!!!!
2. SECTION TESTS: 80% of course grade!
NOTE: as has been the case in the past, the low grade of the six section tests will be dropped. Practice test scores will not be dropped, as they typically don’t have a meaningful impact on student grades anyway.
Once the due date has passed, and WebCam video review has been completed, tests will be reset so that he can see all the questions just as has been the case in past semesters.
IMPORTANT: there is a practice quiz found in the orientations folder. Take this quiz right away to make sure that your version of lockdown browser, etc. is still working. If it is not working, you may need to reinstall lockdown browser by deleting your old version and going to any class and clicking in the Student Tools area at the top right of the screen. Once there, on the right side column – scrolling down just a bit – you should be able to see where you can reinstall respondus lockdown browser
NOTE: For ALL exams, you will be allowed one blank sheet of photocopy-sized paper to use for a “brain-dump” or scratch paper if you wish. For the Dosimetry exam (any exam that contains math) you will allowed an extra blank sheet (total of 2 sheets). During your webcam environment scan, you will show the blank sheet(s) front and back to the cameral. You will repeat this when you actually start the exam.
Some exams will be longer, up to 3 or more hours (e.g. the Math/Dosimetry exam may be up to 3.5 hours!). Please prepare for lengthy exams (don’t drink too many fluids before an exam, have your room or exam area private and secured, etc.).
There will be a total of 6 section tests during the semester
Minimum score to informally “pass” a section test is 75% raw score (this should be your minimum “target” score by which you can relate a passing score on an ARRT-like exam in a particular section). A section exam grade below 70% is to be considered a weak area that is in need of varying degrees of remediation on the part of the student in order to obtain adequate competence for the Exit Exams. Grades below 65% are VERY concerning!! A grade of 75% or better means you are more or less on track. Section exam grades in excess of 80% are considered excellent! (another way to look at it is that there’s a huge gap in understanding between someone making, say, a 70 and someone else making an 80).
NOTE: BECAUSE GRADES IN EXAMS ARE SKEWED TO THE LOW END DUE TO LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY OF EXAMS (where, essentially, a 75% can be considered successful enough to be considered as a “low 90’s” grade in other classes). Section exams are “curved” adding 16% to your exam grades. This will give you a better sense of your relative performance on each exam. Rather than the “raw score” you will see once you submit the exam for automatic grading. This curve will be added manually by the instructor just prior to (or during) the next exam.
So you can think of it this way: take your section exam score and add 16%, and that will correlate to the grading scale you are used to from previous classes.
All test questions are in a multiple choice format.
Semester grade will be heavily influenced by scores on section tests.
Note: Section Exams will include some questions from the Levy Text. The Levy text also includes short text reviews of each section that should be very helpful in your overall preparation.
Log in to take the “Beginning of Semester Mock Exam” to use not only to see how you stand right now, but to get a feel for how the tests work, especially the exit exams. Please refer to the due date for this exam. While the exam is not for a grade, not completing the exam by the prescribed due date will result in a 5% overall course grade reduction.
Once you complete this exam, make note of your score, but do not go back in and review the test. In the final weeks leading up to the exit exams, once the regular section exams have been completed, take this test again, and see if you’ve improved during the semester.
Note: The only “lecture” you will have will be a podcast review of Math. Otherwise, this is not a lecture course, but a summary evaluation and professional development course. Still, you’ll have access to past podcasts/Study Guides, and past regular section exams from other classes (if I upload the correct ones).
REMEDIATION REQUIREMENT:
Any time a student scores 65% or below on a section exam, the student will be required to retake the same exam by a prescribed due date, typically within one week of the initial exam unless otherwise stated. The repeat exam must receive a grade of at least 80% (70% if there is any substantial mathematics in the exam). Failure to receive the required grade on the repeat exam will result in a 5% overall course grade reduction. Failure to take the repeat exam by the prescribed due date will result in a 10% course grade reduction.
2. PROFESSIONAL PROJECT: RESUME CONSTRUCTION AND COVER LETTERS
(10% of course grade)
Students will receive instruction at or near the beginning of the semester from the Career & Employment Services department regarding effective resume construction and cover letter writing.
See monthly calendar for workshops on resume’ construction and Interview prep.
https://www.actx.edu/career/pagesmith/6
And the Career services home page at https://www.actx.edu/career/pagesmith/2
Students will complete the following elements of this project:
1. Resume’ construction:
Students will attend a workshop (verified by note from workshop coordinator/presenter) or equivalent (since we already had this lecture, you can complete this on your own, but the final resume must be checked by personnel from Career & Employment then uploaded for grading in the online course Professional Project folder.
2. Cover Letter
The student will construct a Cover Letter template to be adapted and used for each facility that the student wishes to send out ‘feeler’ contacts. The cover letter will be uploaded for grading in the online course Professional Project folder.
3. Thank you note(s)
Students will submit a generic sample (hand-written) thank you card/note that could be used after an interview or contact opportunity uploaded in the online course Professional Project folder.
4. Mock Interview
Students will attend an Interview Workshop (verified by note from workshop coordinator/presenter) in the form of a posted video..
Students will set up a “Mock Interview” with staff from AC Career & Employment home page at https://www.actx.edu/career/pagesmith/2, and/or you can email the career services center at employmentservices@actx.edu ).
You can also call the Career services dept at and set up an appointment for your mock interview. Mitch Parker or Lisa Bentley can set up your interview at 806.371.5147. A document in the Professional Project folder will be downloaded by students and signed by a Career & Employment services staff member, then uploaded in the online course Professional Project folder.
This mock interview is also available for distant students. When you contact and schedule your mock interview, be sure to let them know if you are a distance student in need of accommodations relating to Skype or some other videoconferencing means. Don’t take “no” for an answer, as I’ve been assured that they are able to conduct these mock interviews for distant students.
ADDITIONALLY: all students must schedule a “mock job interview” with a clinical supervisor or department director and one of the clinical sites where they rotate. A form is attached in the assignment area (online) for students to document the clinical site mock interview.
Again, TWO mock interviews are required, and are documented in the same assignment area, one via college staff, another by a local clinical person—almost certainly your clinical supervisor or department director (someone who has some experience conducting job interviews)
Mock interviews are required even for students that have secured a job in the field. Pretty much everyone will continue to have future job interviews, and the more experience you get and handling job interview situations, the better!
5. Clinical Contacts
Students will document contact/communication with at LEAST 5 clinical sites outside of their local clinical area (not including clinical sites where students currently rotate).
Communication must include documentation (email or otherwise) of contact from a prospective clinical employer. Documentation will be uploaded into the online course Professional Project folder.
Previous professional development projects have included students assembling lists of clinics statewide and nationwide. These lists will be emailed to you to assist you in completing this requirement.
In short, the student will use their resume AND cover letter to initiate contact with prospective clinical employers. Any communication received back—even a rejection—is counted as one of the 5 contacts. In short, any contact received back from a clinic will count as one of the 5 required contacts (though you are STRONGLY encouraged to make MANY more than 5 such contacts…this assignment is just to get you jump-started on making numerous contacts).
Continued communication with that same clinic does NOT count as another separate contact. Each of the 5 required contacts must be from a different clinic (though contact with multiple separate clinics within a group, e.g. US Oncology, is permitted and counted separately.
Exemption: If a student is confirmed with a job as a radiation therapist by the due date, they will not be required to complete any further contacts. In such a case, please simply submit a memo or document affirming employment from your clinical supervisor or department director, and that will count as your clinical contacts.
See course calendar for due dates for these activities. Resume, cover letter, and thank you note will be due VERY early on so as to require the student to complete much of these elements during the break between semesters
IMPORTANT NOTE: IF AN RADT CLASS IS REPEATED FOR ANY REASON, THE STUDENT REPEATING THE CLASS WILL TAKE ALL QUIZZES AND SECTION EXAMS (but no homework or other assignments), AND THE FINAL EXAM (in this case, exit exam). THE ONLY GRADE THAT WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE OVERALL REPEAT COURSE GRADE IS THE GRADE EARNED ON THE FINAL EXAM (exit exam for this course)! AGAIN, WHILE THE STUDENT WILL TAKE QUIZZES AND SECTION EXAMS, AS THOSE WILL HELP PREPARE THE STUDENT FOR THE FINAL EXAM, THE ONLY GRADE THAT WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE OVERALL GRADE IS THE FINAL EXAM (exit exam) GRADE!
ATTENDANCE
Attendance takes the form of consistent and frequent course work. There are course assignments and projects due throughout the semester, starting VERY early on. Consistent and frequent logging in to class is required. Students will also be required to post and keep up with each other in small group assignments and social media posts.
Extra assignments can be expected to be given to those that do not fully participate in any portion of a class Grading for such assignments will be designated at the time of the assignment. Extra assignment typically consists of writing an EXTRA Article Critique (article critiques to be described later in this document).
Re: final clinical course attendance:
Students will also be allowed to miss one day of regular clinic for the express purpose of attending a job interview. This one day may not be divided into two half days, etc., it is a one-time, one-use privilege. This time must be used for interview purposes only, and may not be used for any other employment related purpose (ex, taking time off to take care of paperwork related to getting the job, getting immunizations for a job, etc.). This time off is a privilege and is not a mandatory requirement for the school. Abuses of that privilege will not be tolerated. Any extra time missed from the clinic for further interviews will e allowed, but must be made up according to regular clinical rules. If you have a job secured and do not need to use this time you will not be given a day off. This day is for the express purpose of attending a job interview only.
COURSE CALENDAR (“class” is on various Mondays and Fridays—just like last semester—since clinicals are Tues/Wed/Thurs)
Calendar may change if needed according to circumstances
note: the first day of week 1 is typically a holiday, MLK Day, but this is still “week 1”)
Green highlights are Professional Project due dates
Blue highlights are research deadlines (Article Critiques)
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FRIDAYS |
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Week 1: |
(holiday—no classes, Martin Luthur King Jr) |
Course outline/Syllabus; clinic PODCAST/keywords due |
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Week 2: |
Beginning of Semester Mock Exam due; Resume’, Cover Letter, & Thank you note due (upload) |
Practice Test I due, Review ARRT booklet/organizations (podcasts) |
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Week 3: |
Exam: Section I |
Review Exam: Section I due; |
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Week 4: |
Practice Test 2 due |
Practice Test 2 REVIEW due |
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Week 5: |
Exam Section II |
Review Exam II DUE, (review ARRT booklet, if not already done) |
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Week 6: |
Practice Test 3 due; Practice Test 3 REVIEW due Thursday end of day |
Exam Section III |
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Week 7: |
Review Exam III DUE Article Critiques-ARTICLES ONLY due (submit just the articles uploaded to assignment area). |
Practice Test 4 due Double-check your travel plans to Amarillo for Exit Exams! |
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Week 8: |
Practice Test 4 REVIEW due |
Exam IV (dosimetry and math..ugh…) |
SPRING BREAK!
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Week 9: |
Practice test #5 due, Review Exam 4 due |
Practice test #5 REVIEW due |
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Week 10 |
Mock Interview Elements due study HARD for Section V Exam |
Exam V (all of oncology and A&P)
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Week 11: |
Review Exam 5 DUE Clinical Contacts Due |
Practice test 6 due ARTICLE CRITIQUES DUE |
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Week 12: |
Practice test #6 REVIEW due
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Exam VI (the LAST section exam!) |
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Week 13: |
Exam 6 Review due Study, Study, Study from here on out! |
Chat Assignment Due (re: study preparations)
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Week 14: |
Take the Beginning of Semester Mock Exam again, and see how you do! Identify weak areas and work on improvement! |
Meet with fellow students as much as possible to fine-tune your understanding! |
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Week 15: |
About 1 week left! Really bear down!!! Fine tune your memorization stuff (dmax depths, half lives, oncology stats, etc.) |
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EXIT EXAMS THURSDAY AND FRIDAY If successfully passed, you may take your ARRT exam as early as noon on this Friday, but no earlier. Graduation is this Friday night starting at 7:00 (be at the Civic Center Colosseum by 6:30)* |
GENERAL REVIEW SECTION REVIEW GUIDE
Each section includes, but is not limited to, the following:
SECTION I: NURSING, BRACHYTHERAPY, CHEMOTHERAPY Also: Levy Chptr 8
category Study Guides used:
Nursing: Oncology I section I (we had two tests over this)
Brachytherapy: Dosimetry II, section IV (2 tests) (also some of Levy chptr 6 and end of chptr 7
Chemotherapy: Oncology I (also Levy chptr 2 some)
Ethics & Law: Ethics & Law in Radiation Therapy (online class from the very first semester)
SECTION II: PROTECTION AND QA Also Levy Chptr 4, 5 and 6
dose measurement: Dosimetry I, section I (second half of that section, the part dealing with dosimeters, not treatment machines (a bit in Levy chptr 6 I believe)
radiation protection: Dosimetry II, section V (Levy chptr 5)
Quality Assurance: Last QA-lab (with brief overview in protection section in Dosimetry II) (Levy chptr 6)
radiation biology: Oncology I, section II (Levy chptr 4)
SECTION III: PHYSICS Also Levy Chptr 3, 6
treatment machines
(including more Co60
protection requirements): Dosimetry I, first part of section I, and some of protection (machine requirements from protection section, Dosimetry II (Levy chptr 6)
Filtration: Dosimetry II, section III (quality of x-ray beam)
x-ray production &
photon interactions
in tissue Dosimetry II, Section III
The structure of matter: Dosimetry II, section II
Radioactivity: Dosimetry II, section III
SECTION IV TREATMENT PLANNING Also Levy Chptr 7
radiotherapy math: Dosimetry I, section III
factors affecting dose: Dosimetry I, section IV and V
time/mu calculations: Dosimetry I, section IV
Dosimetric beam modifying: Dosimetry I, section V
electron therapy: Dosimetry I, section V
SECTION V SIMULATION & TREATMENT PROCEDURES I Long chapter in Levy, Chptr 9
Anatomy and Physiology: A&P courses, some in technical labs and Oncology II
oncology: Oncology I sections IV, V, VI, and Oncology II: all sections
pathology: Oncology I section III
SECTION VI SIMULATION AND TREATMENT PROCEDURES II Long chapter in Levy, Chptr 9, also a bit of chptr 3?, and end of chptr 6 (SRS, etc.)
HVL’s and filtration/
quality and quantity of the beam: Dosimetry II, section III
sim & treatment procedures and techniques: Tech labs + Dosimetry I, section II
wedges, blocking, films: Dosimetry I, section II
normal tissue consequences: (tolerance doses and side effects: Oncology I section I)
and nursing section I dealing with side effects
non-math treatment planning: Dosimetry I, section II (Sim & Tx Procedures section)
(note: CPR included, as well as universal precautions, etc.—review legal terms, such as tort, battery, etc.)
newer technologies: Dosimetry II, section VI (IMRT, Gamma knife, etc.)
note: this section will also include some info about charting (what needs to be written in Dr. Prescription, etc.) from QA lab.
MPORTANT NOTE: IF AN RADT CLASS IS REPEATED FOR ANY REASON, THE STUDENT REPEATING THE CLASS WILL TAKE ALL PRACTICE TESTS AND SECTION EXAMS (but no homework or other assignments), AND THE INITIAL TWO EXIT EXAMS. THE ONLY GRADE THAT WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE OVERALL REPEAT COURSE GRADE IS THE GRADE EARNED ON THE EXIT EXAMS! IF THE STUDENT PASSES ONE OF THE TWO EXIT EXAMS, THEY WILL RECIEVE A GRADE OF "C". IF THEY PASS BOTH EXIT EXAMS, THEY WILL RECEIVE A GRADE OF "A". IF NO EXIT EXAMS ARE PASSED, THE STUDENT WILL RECIEVE A FAILING GRADE AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CONTINUE IN THE PROGRAM, AS PER CATALOG GUIDELINES. THE STUDENT SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SET UP A PROCTOR SITE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE FOR THE EXIT EXAMS, TO BE TAKEN AT OR NEAR THE END of THE SEMESTER. Failure to complete all practice tests and section exams by the prescribed due dates will result in nullification of grades and a failing grade for the class.AGAIN, WHILE THE STUDENT WILL TAKE PRACTICE TESTS AND SECTION EXAMS, AS THOSE WILL HELP PREPARE THE STUDENT FOR THE EXIT EXAMS, THE ONLY GRADE THAT WILL COUNT TOWARDS THE OVERALL GRADE IS THE EXIT EXAM GRADES!
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