RADON 214 - Clinical Practice VIII

12 CR

Provides 40 hours per week of supervised clinical instruction, progressing through a competency-based educational sequence. Students may be assigned to clinical education sites outside the greater Seattle area.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into program.

Course Outcomes

Detect equipment malfunctions and select appropriate action.
Design, compare and contrast treatment plans. Apply the interpretation of treatment plans to the treatment procedure.
Perform manual and computer dosimetry calculations.
Interpret patient side effects and/or complications to create an interdisciplinary management strategy that fosters prevention, healing and comfort.
Evaluate and assess daily the physiologic and psychological responsiveness of each patient to treatment delivery.
Provide radiation therapy services by contributing as an essential member of the radiation oncology treatment team through provision of total quality care of each patient undergoing a prescribed course of treatment.
Evaluate and assess all aspects of treatment delivery.
Complete all competencies and senior rotations.
Demonstrate critical thinking skills when clinical problems occur.

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