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P4: Radiation for Life

P4: Radiation for Life. Lesson 14: Treatment (part 2). Starter. Think, pair, share! Minute 1 : What is a radiographer? Minute 2 : Share your thoughts with your partner Minute 3 : Share your thoughts with the class . Lesson Objectives.

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P4: Radiation for Life

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  1. P4: Radiation for Life Lesson 14: Treatment (part 2)

  2. Starter Think, pair, share! Minute 1: What is a radiographer? Minute 2: Share your thoughts with your partner Minute 3: Share your thoughts with the class

  3. Lesson Objectives • Describe the use of nuclear radiation in medicine. • Understand the role of the radiographer and the safety precautions they must take.

  4. Success Criteria Key Words: diagnosis • sterilisation • tracer • radiotherapy • radiographer • emitter • X-rays • gamma • beta

  5. Produce a presentation which informs the reader of the uses of nuclear radiation. In particular, you are to include the following: How gamma radiation is used in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer How gamma radiation is used more generally in hospitals What radiography is How radioactive tracers are used and administered in medicine Examples of uses of specific radioactive substances e.g. Iodine-123, Technetium-99m and Cobalt 60 Higher A comparison of the use of gamma rays and X-rays as tracers What a gamma camera is

  6. Success Criteria Key Words: diagnosis • sterilisation • tracer • radiotherapy • radiographer • emitter • X-rays • gamma • beta

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