PART 2: Learning outcomes and assessment criteria for this unit The following table shows the assessment criteria that your tutor will use to mark your work. To Pass a unit you must achieve all of the assessment criteria below. When all assessment criteria have been met, your tutor will use the grading descriptors shown on your TAQ assessment’s sheet to assess whether it should receive a Pass, Merit or a Distinction. When you have completed your work insert the page number/s on which, in your opinion, you have met each of the assessment criteria. LEARNING ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (ACs) OUTCOMES (LOs) Page number/s The student should be able The student has achieved the learning where you have to: outcomes because s/he can: achieved this AC: 1.1 Define the terms radioisotope and radiopharmaceutical Understand the production of 1.2 Describe the production of radioisotopes radioisotopes and their for use in radiopharmaceuticals and imaging properties 1.3 Explain the key properties of radioisotopes that are intended for medical use. 2.1 Explain the principles and use of the gamma camera Understand some of the 2.2 Explain the use of radioisotopes in techniques used in diagnostic imaging and give examples nuclear medicine and imaging 2.3 Explain the advantages from the use of radiopharmaceuticals for treatment as opposed to irradiation using external sources of radiation 3.1 Describe the effects of different types of radiation on cells Understand the effects of radiation on living 3.2 Distinguish between the somatic and cells and methods for hereditary effects of radiation monitoring radiation exposure 3.3 Perform calculations involving absorbed dose, exposure, relative biological effect and effective dose There are some phrases that you may not be familiar with when answering TAQs or trying to match your answers with assessment criteria. Here are some helpful tips: To define Provide a clear and accurate description of the meaning of a term, a concept or an idea. To describe Give an account of the properties of something, its features or characteristics, or how it looks / smells so as to provide an accurate description of it.
PART 2: Learning outcomes and assessment criteria for this unit The following table shows the assessment criteria that your tutor will use to mark your work. To Pass a unit you must achieve all of the assessment criteria below. When all assessment criteria have been met, your tutor will use the grading descriptors shown on your assessment’s TAQ sheet to assess whether it should receive a Pass, Merit or a Distinction. When you have completed your work insert the page number/s on which, in your opinion, you have met each of the assessment criteria. LEARNING OUTCOMES (LOs) ASSESSMENT CRITERIA (ACs) The student should be able to: The student has achieved the learning outcomes because s/he can: Page number/s where you have achieved this AC: Understand the production of radioisotopes and their properties 1.1 Define the terms radioisotope and radiopharmaceutical 1.2 Describe the production of radioisotopes for use in radiopharmaceuticals and imaging 1.3 Explain the key properties of radioisotopes that are intended for medical use. Understand some of the techniques used in nuclear medicine and imaging 2.1 Explain the principles and use of the gamma camera 2.2 Explain the use of radioisotopes in diagnostic imaging and give examples 2.3 Explain the advantages from the use of radiopharmaceuticals for treatment as opposed to irradiation using external sources of radiation Understand the effects of radiation on living cells and methods for monitoring radiation exposure 3.1 Describe the effects of different types of radiation on cells 3.2 Distinguish between the somatic and hereditary effects of radiation 3.3 Perform calculations involving absorbed dose, exposure, relative biological effect and effective dose There are some phrases that you may not be familiar with when answering TAQs or trying to match your answers with assessment criteria. Here are some helpful tips: To define Provide a clear and accurate description of the meaning of a term, a concept or an idea. To describe Give an account of the properties of something, its features or characteristics, or how it looks / smells so as to provide an accurate description of it.
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