Radiation Oncology/Physics/ASTRO Curriculum



  • ASTRO; 2007 PMID 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