This free online training course, part of the European PRISMAP project, is aimed at doctoral students, young researchers and clinicians.
The PRISMAP project aims to build a European network for medical radionuclides. In order to develop a common knowledge base essential for a proper understanding of the concepts, activities and challenges of nuclear medicine, it provides PhD students and young researchers in nuclear medicine, as well as professionals working in related disciplines, with a Mooc (massive online open course) entitled “At the heart of European medical radioactivity”.
Registration for the Mooc is free.
Most of the content comes from the original Mooc “At the heart of medical radioactivity”, filmed in France in 2019 and piloted by the Université de Nantes (Caroline Bodet-Milin, Mickaël Bourgeois, Marie-Hélène Gaugler, Université de Nantes production and digital innovation team). Additional content produced as part of the European PRISMAP project has been or will gradually be added.
To date (September 2023), it includes an introduction and five thematic courses including 23 episodes:
Introduction
- History of nuclear medicine
- Medical uses of ionizing radiation
What is radioactivity ?
- Journey to the heart of matter
- The origins of radioactivity
- The different types of radioactivity
- Concepts in radiobiology
Production of radioactive isotopes
- Cyclotron production: the example of Fluorine-18
- Cyclotron production: the example of Astatine-211
- Generator production: example of metastable Technetium-99
Radiopharmaceuticals : definition and mode of action
- What is a radiopharmaceutical?
- How radiopharmaceuticals work : the concept of molecular targeting
- Radiopharmaceuticals for diagnostic applications
- Radiopharmaceuticals for therapeutic applications
Medical applications
- Patient pathway – Diagnostic tests in conventional nuclear medicine: an example of bone and myocardial scintigraphy
- Patient pathway – Diagnostic tests using positron emission tomography : example of FDG PET
- Patient pathway – Therapeutic applications : an example of Iodine-131 radiotherapy
- Contribution of nuclear medicine to personalized medicine
- Contribution of nuclear medicine in the management of breast cancer
- Use of ionizing radiation in external radiotherapy
Radioprotection
- Radiation protection : regulatory framework and theoretical data
- Practical radiation protection
- Perception of radioactivity, theoretical data
- The hospitalization experience in a shielded room of patients with thyroid cancer treated with iodine-131
The Mooc, entirely in English, is available on the ExtraDoc platform. Registration is required to obtain personal access codes. Once registered, it is possible to follow all the videos of all the courses in the proposed order, which follows a pedagogical progression, or only some of them. At the end of each video, learners can test their understanding of the subject. At the end of each course, they can take a quiz to validate their knowledge. If they score over 80%, they receive a badge validating the course. Complementary resources are provided at the end of the course to deepen your understanding of certain aspects.
Codes assigned at registration are valid for 3 months.
Click here to register for the Mooc
Arronax Nantes would like to thank Damien Aubert, training technology engineer at Nantes University, for his support in creating the Mooc “At the heart of European medical radioactivity” on ExtraDoc.
Contact : Anne Le Pennec