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Program Objectives

To teach participants

• the fundamentals of radiation physics
• the basics of cavity theory and terminology related to radiation detection
• Monte Carlo techniques as applied to radiation dosimetry
• the physics and clinical implementation of
  • TG-51 for external beam radiotherapy
  • TG-61 for x-ray dosimetry
  • TG-43 for brachytherapy dosimetry
• the dosimetry chain & uncertainties from primary standards to the user
• dosimetry for IMRT and SRS/SRT
• the physics and clinical applications of dosimetry instrumentation
  • ion chambers
  • TLDs and OSL
  • diodes and MOSFETS
  • radiochromic and radiographic film
  • gel dosimetry
  • Fricke and alanine dosimetry
  • diamond detectors
  • plastic scintillators
• the basics of hadron dosimetry
  

Program Outline

All sessions take place in Armstrong Theater unless otherwise noted.

Saturday, June 20
6:30pm-8:30pm McHugh Commons and Alumni Plaza Icebreaker Reception
Sunday, June 21
Chapter	Time	Title	Lecturer
7:00am-8:15am Breakfast in Worner Campus Center
	8:15am-8:30am	Welcome/Housekeeping	Rogers/Cygler
1	8:30am-9:15am	History and Need for Accuracy	Almond
2	9:15am-10:30am	Basic Interactions and Quantities	Siebers
10:30am-11:00am Coffee Break
3	11:00am-12:15pm	Cavity Theory with Corrections	Nahum
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch in Worner Campus Center
4	2:00pm-2:45pm	Dosimetric Quantities, Terminology and Notation	Rogers
5	2:45pm-3:30pm	Monte Carlo Intro	Seuntjens
3:30pm-4:00pm Refreshment Break
5	4:00pm-4:30pm	Monte Carlo Applications in Clinical Dosimetry	Seuntjens
23	4:30pm-5:15pm	Radiochromic Film	Soares
5:30pm-6:30pm Dinner in Worner Campus Center 7:00pm Informal Evening Session with Lecturers in McHugh Commons/Alumni Plaza Sunday Night Featured Vendors: Radiological Imaging Technology, Inc. International Specialty Products, Inc.
Monday, June 22
Chapter	Time	Title	Lecturer
7:00am-8:30am Breakfast in Worner Campus Center
6	8:30am-9:30am	Ion Chambers Instrumentation	DeWerd
7	9:30am-10:15am	TG-51 Outline	Huq
10:15am-10:45am Coffee Break
8	10:45am-11:30am	TG-51 Clinical Issues	Followill
9	11:30am-12:15pm	The Physics of TG-51	Rogers
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch in Worner Campus Center
10	1:45pm-2:45pm	TG-61 Overview	Ma
11	2:45pm-3:45pm	Photon Beam Dosimetry	Palta
3:45pm-4:15pm Refreshment Break
12	4:15pm-5:00pm	Electron Beam Dosimetry	Mihailidis
6:00pm-7:00pm Dinner in Worner Campus Center 7:00pm Informal Evening Session with Lecturers in McHugh Commons/Alumni Plaza Monday Night Featured Vendors: MGS Research Standard Imaging, Inc.
Tuesday, June 23
Chapter	Time	Title	Lecturer
7:00am-8:00am Breakfast in Worner Campus Center
13	8:00am-8:45am	TG-43: Formalism for Brachytherapy	Rivard
14	8:45am-9:30am	TG-43: Measurements and Calculations	Williamson
9:30am-10:00am Coffee Break
24	10:00am-10:45am	TLDs	DeWerd
25	10:45am-11:15am	OSL	Cygler
26/27	11:15am-12:15pm	Radiographic Film Diamond Detectors	Das
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch in Worner Campus Center followed by Afternoon on Your Own (click here for options)
6:00pm-9:00pm Night In on the Quad
Wednesday, June 24
Chapter	Time	Title	Lecturer
7:00am-8:30am Breakfast in Worner Campus Center
15	8:30am-9:30am	Primary Standards: Air Kerma and Absorbed Dose	McEwen
16	9:30am-10:15am	Brachy Primary Standards	Mitch
10:15am-10:45am Coffee Break
17	10:45am-11:30am	The Dosimetry Chain: BIPM, PSDLs, ADCLs	Seuntjens
18	11:30am-12:15pm	QA in Dosimetry	Ibbott
12:15pm-1:30pm Lunch in Worner Campus Center
28	1:30pm-2:15pm	Diodes	Zhu
29	2:15pm-3:00pm	MOSFETS	Cygler
30	3:00pm-3:30pm	Gel Dosimetry	Schreiner
3:30pm-4:00pm Refreshment Break
31	4:00pm-4:45pm	Alanine and Fricke Dosimetry	McEwen
32	4:45pm-5:30pm	Plastic Dosimeters	Beddar
5:30pm-6:30pm Dinner in Worner Campus Center 7:00pm Informal Evening Session with Lecturers in the Bemis Great Hall Wednesday Night Featured Vendors: Landauer, Inc. Sun Nuclear Corporation Best Medical Modus Medical Devices, Inc. followed by AAPM Idol - Talent Show at 8:30pm
Thursday, June 25
Chapter	Time	Title	Lecturer
7:00am-8:00am Breakfast in Worner Campus Center
21	8:00am-9:00am	Hadronic Dosimetry	Palmans
22	9:00am-10:00am	Uncertainties in Dosimetry	Mitch
10:00am-10:30am Coffee Break
19	10:30am-11:30am	IMRT Dosimetry	Mackie
20	11:30am-12:15pm	SRS/SRT Dosimetry	Dieterich
	12:15pm	Closing Grab Box Lunches in Loomis Hall, Check-out and Depart	Rogers/Cygler

 

Continuing Education Credits

The Summer School program has been approved by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP) for 26.50 credits. The AAPM Summer School has also been approved by the Medical Dosimetrist Certification Board (MDCB) for 26.50 MDCB credits.

• To obtain continuing education credit, attendees must complete an on-line evaluation survey.
• The survey will be available online Monday, June 22 thru Monday, July 20.
• Attendees must complete the survey by July 20 in order to receive CAMPEP or MDCB credit.
• After the meeting:
  • Medical Physicist registrants will be contacted with instructions for viewing the meeting transcript via the CAMPEP website. The transcript will list a description of the sessions and the number of continuing education credits obtained.
  • Medical dosimetrist registrants will be provided with a transcript to self-report credits to the MDCB.
• Please note your badge I.D. will be required in order to complete the CEC evaluation survey.

DVDs of Audio Presentations

AAPM is partnering with Blue Sky Broadcast to host educational courses on the AAPM website in the Virtual Library. Presentations posted in the AAPM Virtual Library will include streaming audio of the 2009 Summer School speakers, transcription of the audio presentations, and slides of the presentations.

Access to the AAPM Virtual Library is a service provided to AAPM members. AAPM members may earn continuing education credits for selected presentations posted in the Virtual Library by subscribing to the AAPM On-Line Continuing Education Program. Click here for details on registering for the AAPM Virtual Library and information on the AAPM On Line Continuing Education Program.

DVDs of the audio presentations (identical to what will be posted in the AAPM Virtual Library) can be pre-ordered when you register on-line, and will be mailed after the school once production is complete.
Cost is $115
Plus $15.00 shipping & handling per order within the United States
If shipping is to an address outside of the continental U.S., shipping & handling will be $25.00

Program Directors

• David W.O. Rogers, PhD, Carleton University
  
• Joanna Cygler, PhD, The Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Center
  

Invited Faculty

Peter Almond, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Dimitris Mihailidis, PhD, Charleston Radiation Therapy Consultants Sam Beddar, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Michael Mitch, PhD, NIST Joanna Cygler, PhD, Ottawa Hospital Regional Cancer Ctr Alan Nahum, PhD, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology Indra Das, PhD, Indiana University Hugo Palmans, PhD, National Physical Laboratory Larry DeWerd, PhD, University of WI-Madison/ADCL Jatinder Palta, PhD, University of Florida Sonja Dieterich, PhD, Stanford University Cancer Center Mark Rivard, PhD, Tufts Medical Center David Followill, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center David Rogers, PhD, Carleton University Saiful Huq, PhD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center John Schreiner, PhD, Cancer Center of Southeastern Ontario Geoff Ibbott, PhD, UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Jan Seuntjens, PhD, McGill University Charlie Ma, PhD, Fox Chase Cancer Center Jeffrey Siebers, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University Thomas Rockwell Mackie, PhD, University of WI-Madison Chris Soares, PhD, NIST Malcolm McEwen, PhD, National Research Council of Canada Jeff Williamson, PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University   Timothy Zhu, PhD, University of Pennsylvania

Local Arrangements

Jerry White and Chris Dennett, Local Arrangements
Robin Miller, Local Arrangements Work Group

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