Occupational Internal Dosimetry Course

This 40-hour course is designed to address the three main tasks facing the occupational internal dosimetrist:

– Calculating dose from intakes of radioactive materials.
– Designing monitoring programs to detect intakes.
– Calculating intakes from bioassay data

These topics are covered in detail with emphasis on identifying the calculations that need to be performed and how to properly execute them. Software packages like IMBA and DCAL are used to complement detailed ‘hand’ calculations. The course is taught at an introductory graduate level (i.e., a 500 level college course) and students are expected to have a working understanding of basic health physics and mathematical concepts.

Students are expected to bring laptop computers to the class with course software they want to use already installed. The course software will be provided to students two weeks before the start of the course so that they can get their IT support staff to help them install it. An optional session is run on Monday night to help students get the course software running on their computers. However, note that students who do not have administrative privileges on their computers will most likely be unable to install software and there is little we can do to help them in this situation.

*** The AAHP has awarded 40 CECs for this course. Snacks and lunch are provided Monday through Friday.