Schedule is subject to change depending on minimum class size requirements met. Please do not book airline until course confirmation is received after application is submitted.
| Exam Dates (View Exam Dates at the MDCB.org Website) |
Dosimetry Boards |
September 17, 2011 |
| ABR Physics Oral Exam |
May 22-25, 2011 |
| ABR Physics Written Exam |
Part 1: August 29, 2011
Part 2: August 30, 2011 |
Day 1
- Treatment Machines/Simulators
- Acceptance testing
- Commissioning beam data
- Beam calibration
- Quality assurance
- Radiation Measurements/Detectors
- Ion chambers
- Film
- TLD
- Diodes
- Clinical Treatment Planning – Photon Beam Therapy
- Site-oriented techniques
- Isodose distributions
- Inhomogeneity corrections
- Clinical Electron Beam Therapy
- Shaped fields
- Field matching
- Internal shielding
- Brachytherapy
- Interstitial dose calculation
- Intracavitary dose calculation
- High-dose rate
- Source assay
- Quality assurance
- Radiation Safety/Hazards
- Shielding calculations
- Radioactive material shipment
- Brachytherapy procedures
- Regulatory standards
Day 2
- Special Techniques
- Total body irradiation
- Total skin electron therapy
- Small field/radiosurgery
- IORT
- Treatment Planning Computer Systems
- Acceptance testing
- Dose calc. algorithms
- Quality assurance
- Imaging
- Principles
- Fluoroscopy
- CT Based
- MRI
- Therapy Imaging
- Testing
- Mock Oral Exams
The course will cover all materials as presented on the most recent
ABR & ABMP outlines. Exam questions will come from a compilation
of resources.
