1	Course Title:	HEALTH PHYSICS
2	Course Code:	FZK4216
3	Type of Course:	Optional
4	Level of Course:	First Cycle
5	Year of Study:	4
6	Semester:	8
7	ECTS Credits Allocated:	6
8	Theoretical (hour/week):	2
9	Practice (hour/week) :	2
10	Laboratory (hour/week) :	0
11	Prerequisites:	None
12	Recommended optional programme components:	None
13	Language:	Turkish
14	Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
15	Course Coordinator:	Doç. Dr. GİZEM AKKAYA
16	Course Lecturers:	Prof.Dr.Orhan Gürler
17	Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:	ogurler@uludag.edu.tr, 0 224 29 41 701, UÜ Fen Edebiyat Fakültesi, Fizik Bölümü 16059 Görükle Kampüsü Bursa
18	Website:
19	Objective of the Course:	To inform students about the fundamentals of medical physics, which is the application field of radiation.
20	Contribution of the Course to Professional Development	To inform students about the fundamentals of medical physics, which is the application field of radiation.

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Learning Outcomes:

1 Radioactive decay, interaction of nuclear radiation with matter, cross section, linear attenuation coefficients, mass attenuation coefficients are learned. ; 2 Differential and total scattering cross section, energy transfer of nuclear radiation to a medium are learned,; 3 Radioisotope applications in medicine are learned. ; 4 Calculation of the radiation dose is learned. ;

22	Course Content:

Week	Theoretical	Practical
1	Types of radiation, nuclear radiation characteristics
2	Interaction of charged particles with matter
3	The definition of concepts such as free path, the path length, range, stopping power
4	The range distribution of charged particles
5	Distributions of energy loss of charged particles
6	Determination of the average energy loss and average range of charged particles
7	Radioactivity, radioactive decay and decay schemes
8	Interaction with matter of gamma rays
9	Absorption and mass attenuation coefficient of gamma rays
10	Scattering of gamma rays
11	Dose units, radiation dose, Nuclear Medicine Applications, Radiobiology and Dosimetry
12	Midterm exam and Guided Problem Solving
13	Radiology Applications,Radionuclide production and radiopharmaceuticals, Absorption dose
14	Radiotherapy Applications, General Review and Problem Solutions

23	Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:	Cihan Özmutlu, Radyasyon Fiziği Ders Notları Ervin B. Podgorsak, Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists,2009. INTERMEDIATE PHYSICS FOR MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY, 4TH EDITION, RUSSEL K. HOBBIE, BRADLEY J. ROTH, SPRINGER,2007.
24	Assesment

TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES	NUMBER	PERCENT
Midterm Exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homeworks, Performances	0	0
Final Exam	1	60
Total	2	100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade		40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade		60
Total		100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course	The aim of the course is to inform about areas of application of the neutron physics
Information	Results are determined with the letter grade determined by the student automation system.

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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE

Activites	NUMBER	TIME [Hour]	Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical	14	2	28
Practicals/Labs	14	2	28
Self Study and Preparation	14	6	84
Homeworks, Performances	0	2	20
Projects	2	10	20
Field Studies	0	0	0
Midtermexams	1	2	2
Others	0	0	0
Final Exams	1	2	2
Total WorkLoad			184
Total workload/ 30 hr			6,13
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

26	CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1 PQ2 PQ3 PQ4 PQ5 PQ6 PQ7 PQ8 PQ9 PQ10 PQ11 PQ12 LO1 4 4 3 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 LO2 4 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 LO3 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0 LO4 3 4 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0

LO: Learning Objectives

PQ: Program Qualifications

Contribution Level:

1 Very Low

2 Low

3 Medium

4 High

5 Very High