Want to broaden your perspectives and knowledge as a Nuclear Medicine Nurse Practitioner? Get it with TECH through this innovative program"

After completion of Brachytherapy-related therapies, review of clinical outcomes must occur in a comprehensive manner. The nursing staff is critical during this process to develop comprehensive patient monitoring.  For this reason, these professionals must have up-to-date knowledge and skills that allow them to assess patients according to the most up-to-date scientific criteria and to inform physicians as quickly as possible.

However, achieving this comprehensive knowledge is a complex task because most of the curricula are still taught in a face-to-face mode. This makes it difficult to develop and combine with other work responsibilities.

In response to this, TECH offers nurses a complete program in 100% online mode. Through its exhaustive syllabus, it will cover the most innovative procedures  that involve the praxis of these health professionals in Hospital Radiophysics Services. In addition, the university program will cover the most innovative technologies related to Brachytherapy, its functions and characteristics. Likewise, the syllabus will delve into the management of radiological safety during these treatments, taking into account the most updated protocols of action.

On the other hand, this unique program will have an innovative 100% online mode and a didactic platform equipped with cutting-edge learning resources.  These will include various multimedia materials such as explanatory videos, interactive summaries and self-knowledge tests. TECH will also provide students with a complete study system: Relearning. This will provide the assimilation of complex concepts through gradual and intensive reiteration throughout the syllabus. In this way, graduates will avoid having to memorize the contents and will be able to incorporate them into their work practice in a more flexible and efficient way.

Analyze the main radiation sources used and be able to calibrate them to ensure dose accuracy"

This postgraduate certificate in Radiophysics in Brachytherapy contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. Its most outstanding features are:

• The development of case studies presented by experts in Radiophysics.
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice.
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Its special emphasis on innovative methodologies
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an Internet connection

You will carry out equipment quality control and ensure patient safety at all times following the study of this program"

The program's teaching staff includes professionals from the sector who bring to this program the experience of their work, in addition to recognized specialists from prestigious reference societies and universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive education programmed to learn in real situations.

This program’s design focuses on Problem-Based Learning, through which the professional must try to solve the different professional practice situations that arise during the academic program. For this purpose, the students will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts.

You will delve into the use of the most sophisticated interventional devices and catheters so that your nursing practice stands out for its innovative approach"

You will have access to a learning system based on repetition with natural and progressive teaching throughout the entire syllabus: Relearning"

Thanks to this 150-hour program, the students will become experts in the Brachytherapy technique, thus contributing significantly to clinical practice and research in Hospital Radiophysics. In this sense, they will apply to their procedures the source calibration techniques by means of well and air chambers. Likewise, they will effectively evaluate dose planning systems through the advanced TG 43 formalism. Similarly, students will use the Monte Carlo Method to improve both medical care and to assess risks associated with therapies.

The skills you will acquire after completion of this postgraduate certificate will enable you to collaborate with medical staff in a holistic way during Brachytherapy sessions”

General Objectives

• Analyze the basic interactions of ionizing radiation with tissues
• Establish the effects and risks of ionizing radiation at the cellular level
• Analyze elements of photon and electron beam measurement in external radiotherapy
• Examine the quality control program
• Identify the different planning techniques for external radiotherapy treatments
• Analyze the interactions of protons with matter
• Examine radiation protection and radiobiology in Proton Therapy
• Analyze the technology and equipment used in intraoperative radiation therapy
• Examine the clinical outcomes of Brachytherapy in different oncological contexts
• Analyze the importance of the Radiological Protection
• Assimilate the existing risks derived from the use of ionizing radiation
• Develop the international regulations applicable to radiation protection

Specific Objectives

• Examine the application of the Monte Carlo Method in Brachytherapy
• Evaluate planning systems using the TG 43 formalism
• Dose planning in Brachytherapy
• Identify and analyze the key differences between High Dose Rate (HDR) and Low Dose Rate Brachytherapy (LDR)

Enroll now in a flexible university program, without fixed schedules and with content available 24 hours a day. Enroll now!”