2020-2021 / RBIO0231-1

Radiobiology and radioprotection in dentistry

Duration

13h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in dentistry1 crédit 

Lecturer

Chantal Humblet, Philippe Martinive, Véra Pirlet

Coordinator

N...

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

Radiobiology studies the impact of radiation on living material. From an educational point of view, it aims at providing the scientific bases for radiological protection measures and helping students not only to assess risks and benefits of radiation in the medical, research and industrial fields, but also to apply major health physics principles to other potentially noxious agents in the environment. The course includes: - Medical techniques using ionizing radiation and medical exposure risks - Health physics principles: justification, optimization, dose limitations - Radioactive radiation and contamination - Health physics units - Organization: prevention, monitoring, royal decree of 20/07/2001, review of regulatory provisions For further information: short bibliography and reference books

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

Medical use accounts for 98% of human radiation doses whereas industrial use only accounts for 2%. It seems useful to make students of dentistery more aware of the radiological protection of staff, the general public and patients.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

Physics and biology courses

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

face-to-face and/or distance-learning

Organisational adjustments related to the current health context

Recommended or required readings

slides made available to students

Assessment methods and criteria

Below you will find information on the evaluation methods planned for in-person and remote exams as well as those planned for hybrid sessions. Depending on how the health crisis evolves, the chosen method will be communicated to you no later than one month before the start of the exam session.

Any session :

- In-person

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- Remote

written exam ( multiple-choice questionnaire, open-ended questions )

- If evaluation in "hybrid"

preferred in-person


Additional information:

questions with short answersand multiple choices questions 

Work placement(s)

Organizational remarks

Contacts

Vera PIRLET Service Universitaire de Contrôle Physique des Radiations, Allée du 6 août, 3 - Bât. B12B Tél.: +32 4 366.22.03 vera.pirlet@uliege.be
Chantal HUMBLET Service d'Histologie Cytologie Institut de pathologie,B23 Tél: +32 4 366.24.03 Chantal.humblet@uliege.be