Radiation Oncology/Physics/ASTRO Curriculum

ASTRO; 2007 17674973 -- "ASTRO's 2007 Core Physics Curriculum for Radiation Oncology Residents." (Klein EE, Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2007 Aug 1;68(5):1276-88.) Subject Hours References Atomic and nuclear structure 2 Khan Ch 1, Cherry Ch 2 Production of X-rays, photons, electrons 2 Khan Ch 3, Hendee Ch 2 Treatment machines and generators, simulators 3 Chan Ch 4&7, Metcalfe Ch 1, Van Dyk Ch 4-7 Radiation interactions 3 Khan Ch 5, Metcalfe Ch 2, Cherry Ch 6, Hendee Ch 3 Radiation beam quality and dose 3 Khan Ch 7, Hendee Ch 4 Radiation measurement and calibration 3 Khan Ch 8, Hendee Ch 5&6 Photons and X-rays 7 Khan Ch 11-13, Metcalfe Ch 6 Electrons 2 Khan Ch 14, AAPM TG-25/70 External beam QA 2 Khan Ch 17, AAPM TG-40 Informatics 1 Radiation protection, shielding 2 Khan Ch 16, NCRP 151, Thomadsen Ch 10, McGinley Imaging 4 Van Dyk Ch 2, Curry Ch 10-16, 19, 20, 22-24, Sprawls 3D-CRT, ICRU, beam-related biology 3 Khan&Potish Ch 4, 10, 18-28, ICRU-62 Patient setup and treatment 2 Van Dyk Ch 7, Bentel IMRT 3 Khan Ch 20, Palta&Mackie, Roeske&Mundt Special procedures (SRS, TBI, etc) 3 Khan Ch 21, 18, Metcalfe Ch 5 Brachytherapy 6 Khan Ch 22-24, Thomadsen Ch 28-33, 41-49 Radiopharmaceuticals 2 Khan Ch 15, Cherry Ch 5, Thomadsen Ch 11 Hyperthermia 1 Hall Ch 28 Particle therapy 1 Van Dyk Ch 20-21 Total 55