Radiation Oncology Safety Course

Discipline of Radiation Therapy
School of Medicine
University of Dublin, Trinity College

A four-day theoretical and practical course facilitating participants to identify factors contributing to near incidents and incidents, the reporting, analysis and management of incidents and reducing incident occurrence

Participants: Health Professionals with an interest or involvement in risk management in oncology
Course Dates: 21st – 24th August 2017
Course Venue: Discipline of Radiation Therapy, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James’ Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

Aims of the Course:

To explore the occurrence of incidents and near incidents in radiation oncology, methods of reporting, analysis and management and how incidents can be reduced in the future.
To heighten awareness of the occurrence of incidents and near incidents in radiotherapy
To achieve greater accuracy in radiotherapy through incident prevention
To encourage a culture of openness in relation to incidents

OBJECTIVES:
To give participants the tools and understanding of how to minimise the risk of incidents occurring
To ensure best practices in risk management aiming to enhance safety in radiotherapy
To enable international collaboration in incident reporting and encourage a culture of reporting incidents

Course Fees: Includes course notes, lunches, tea and coffee and course dinner:

Early registration (before 15th June 2017) € 550
Late registration € 650
Two or more participants from the same centre discount €50 for second or subsequent participants

For further information contact:
Adjunct Professor Mary Coffey, Discipline of Radiation Therapy, School of Medicine, Trinity Centre for Health Sciences, St. James’ Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
Tel: 00 353 868599543 Fax: 00 353 1 8963246
Email: mcoffey@tcd.ie

Course Lecturers

Tommy Knöös, B.SC., M.SC., PH.D.
Associate Prof and Head of Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital and Lund University, Sweden

Mary Coffey
Discipline of Radiation Therapy, Trinity Centre for Health Science, St. James’ Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland

Petra Reijnders-Thijssen
Manager, Patient Safety
MAASTRO Clinic, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Geoff Delaney, MBBS, MD, PhD, FRANZCR
Director of Cancer Services, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Australia.

Todd Pawlicki,
Professor and Vice-Chair of Medical Physics
Division Director
Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences
University of California, San Diego

Registration Form
Working Towards Safer Radiotherapy

21st – 24th August, 2017

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Payment could be made by Cheque or Bank transfer
Cheque Payable to ‘Trinity College Dublin No. 1 Account’
Electronic bank transfer
Bank Name: Bank of Ireland
Bank Address: College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
Account Name: TCD No. 6 Account
Account No.: 30432592
Sort Code: 90-00-17
IBAN Number: IE86 BOFI 9000 1730 4325 92
BIC/Swift Code: BOFIIE2D
Radiation Therapy Code No.: 10-1727-9030913-3500-12119 (Please ensure that the code is written on the bank transfer form as well as the participant name. The bank transfer receipt should be e-mailed to Daléne Dougall at dougallm@tcd.ie )
Return form to: Adjunct Professor Mary Coffey,
Discipline of Radiation Therapy, School of Medicine
Trinity Centre for Health Sciences,
St. James’ Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
By fax to: 00 353 1 8963246
By email to mcoffey@tcd.ie