Postgraduate handbook 2005 - Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Master of Radiation Therapy

Course code: 3431

Course description

This course, offered by the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences, aims to prepare suitably qualified graduates to assume practice as accredited radiation therapists able to work in private and public radiation oncology departments.

Entry requirements

Applicants will be graduates of a bachelors degree in either science or biomedical science. Applicants will have obtained at least a credit average in a demonstrated course sequence in either the biomedical or physical sciences. If applicants have majored in the biomedical sciences, evidence must also be provided of a capacity to successfully engage in radiation physics and mathematics at a graduate level. The Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences will individually assess applicants holding other qualifications. Suitably qualified international students wishing to undertake the Master of Radiation Therapy in their country of residence must also satisfy the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences in respect to the appropriateness of their clinical supervision.

Course structure

This 15-unit (72-credit-point) course is undertaken in six 16-week semesters of part-time study over a two-year period in the off-campus learning mode, commencing in July of each year.
The course contains an academic component and professional component. The professional component consists of clinical attachments for a total of 57 weeks (2280 hours) throughout the course, required to be eligible for a Statement of Accreditation from the Australian Institute of Radiography. Currently, clinical centres assisting the Department of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences in providing this course are restricted to those located in metropolitan and rural Victoria, Perth and Brisbane.

Year one

Semester 1

• RTS4000 Physics and instrumentation for radiation therapy
• RTS4010 Professional practice 1
• RTS4012 Clinical studies 1

Semester 2

• RTS4020 Radiobiology and dosimetry
• RTS4021 Radiation therapy planning and treatment 1
• RTS4022 Clinical studies 2

Semester 3

• RTS4023 Professional practice 2
• RTS4024 Physics and instrumentation for radiation therapy 2
• RTS4025 Clinical studies 3

Year two

Semester 1

• RTS5000 Radiation therapy planning and treatment 2
• RTS5010 Clinical studies 4

Semester 2

• RTS5020 Radiation therapy planning and treatment 3
• RTS5022 Clinical studies 5

Semester 3

• RTS5024 Clinical research in radiation therapy
• RTS5025 Clinical studies 6

Assessment

Assessment includes written assignments, theory exams, clinical skills examinations and oral presentations.

Inquiries

School of Biomedical Sciences Office
Building 13C
Monash University, Victoria 3800
Australia
Telephone: +61 3 9905 1212
Email: enquiries.radiography@med.monash.edu.au
Website: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/radiography/postgrad/

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