Master degree program
Nuclear Мedicine

Nuclear Мedicine

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Master of Natural Sciences

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

ON1. conduct research on phantom models with calibration sources, radiation protection equipment and remote tools for studying the effects of radioactive radiation on them without violating sanitary and epidemiological requirements for ensuring radiation safety to limit the level of occupational exposure;
ON2. take part in the development of new methods for determining violations of organs and systems of the human body when using x-rays and gamma rays, as well as using beta and alpha radioactive isotopes;
ON3. calculate radiation doses and exposures for the radiation safety of the patient and staff and monitor patients during radionuclide studies using radioactive beams and radiopharmaceuticals;
ON4. control the physico-technical parameters and operational characteristics of reactors, cyclotrons and equipment for the production of radionuclides and the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals in production laboratories.
ON5. use nuclear-physical methods for the generation of radioactive isotopes and the synthesis of labeled pharmaceuticals; choose methods to control the quality of radiopharmaceuticals and determine the radionuclide and radiochemical purity of radiopharmaceuticals supplied to medical institutions in the form ready for direct introduction into the patient’s body, as well as radiopharmaceuticals prepared directly in the laboratory of the nuclear medicine division;
ON6. perform calculations of the spatial distribution of radiation doses, taking into account the external conditions and characteristics of the sources, using computerized dosimetry planning systems; perform in the design calculations of radiation protection of premises from sources of ionizing radiation, taking into account the requirements of regulatory documents, ethical and legal aspects in the field of nuclear medicine to reduce medical doses to the population and personnel;
ON7. carry out radiation and environmental surveys and measurements using dosimetric, radiometric and spectrometric nuclear physics equipment; perform complex computer processing in the analysis and reconstruction of tomographic images in order to determine from them diagnostically informative quantitative parameters and characteristics;
ON8. compile a methodology and technology for the collection, storage and disposal of solid, liquid and gaseous radioactive waste generated during radionuclide diagnostics and therapy; develop requirements for ventilation and, in general, for the storage of radiopharmaceuticals and radioactive medical and industrial waste, develop measures to reduce risks and ensure radiation safety;
ON9. select and monitor the physico-technical parameters and characteristics of the operation of gamma cameras, radionuclide tomographs, clinical radiometers; identify the deviations detected in the control of the parameters and characteristics of the nuclear medical equipment from their nominal values and take the necessary measures to eliminate them, using the embedded software to correct the parameters and adjust the mechanical components and electronic circuits;
ON10. assess tomographic and topological images of the localization of radioactivity and formulate corrective actions necessary for the planned radionuclide study, depending on its clinical purpose, the functionality of the nuclear-medical equipment and the anatomical and physiological characteristics of the patient's body; monitor the implementation of radionuclide diagnostics, outpatient radionuclide therapy;
ON11. choose and effectively use educational methods, technologies of education and training in order to ensure the planned level of personal and professional development of the student during the training courses for undergraduate programs.
ON12. observe the rules of medical ethics when communicating with patients, their relatives and colleagues, explain to patients the benefits of nuclear medicine procedures for the prevention of radiophobia; work in a team.

Program passport

Speciality Name
Nuclear Мedicine
Speciality Code
7M05311
Faculty
of Physics and Technology

disciplines

Application of AI Technologies in Nuclear Medicine
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal is to develop the ability to use artificial intelligence tools in professional activities. The course is aimed at studying the potential of artificial intelligence in medicine, mechanisms for improving the quality of image processing, methods for image reconstruction, methods and models of artificial intelligence in the diagnosis of cancer, and accurate determination of tumor contours AI for adaptive radiation therapy, the use of artificial intelligence to develop an expected map of the internal radiation dose.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The aim of the course is acquisition and improvement of competencies in accordance with the international standards of foreign language education, which allows to use a foreign language as a means of communication in the intercultural, professional and scientific activities of the future specialist. Practical knowledge of a foreign language also implies the ability to work with authentic literature on the specialty, writing a message, reports, mastering technologies of public speaking in line with professional interest.

Foreign Language (professional)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form practical skills in various types of speech activity in a foreign language. The training course builds the ability to perceive, understand and translate information in the modern global space, participate in scientific events to test their own research. The discipline is aimed at improving competencies in accordance with international standards of foreign language education.

History and Philosophy of Science
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form a holistic systemic understanding of philosophy as a special form of cognition of the world, its main sections, problems and methods of their study in the context of future professional activity. The training course forms the theoretical and methodological basis of research work.

Methods of mathematical and computer modeling in nuclear medicine
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to carry out mathematical and computer modeling, building models of static and dynamic character using modern software. Topics: fundamentals of the theory of modeling; computer modelling; cognitive, informative, conceptual, formal models; structural analysis; structural analysis methodologies; approaches and software structural analysis; network modeling methods; simulation; stages of building models; system analysis; math modeling; the main stages of mathematical modeling; random number generation.

Nuclear Diagnostics in Clinic
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to prepare specialists for working with radiation sources and the use of radioactive radiation in radionuclide diagnostics. Topics: radionuclide diagnostics; clinical methods of radionuclide diagnosis; basic principles of radionuclide diagnostic methods; indications, contraindications to radionuclide studies; radionuclide diagnostics and evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment of oncological diseases; principles of radionuclide imaging; tumor scintigraphy (procedure, radiopharmaceuticals, doses); positron emission tomography in the diagnosis of diseases.

Organization, planning and management of scientific research and innovative activities
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose – to form the ability to plan, prepare, organize and conduct independent research. Topics: international system of scientific publications; copyright in the system of international scientific publications; methodology and methods of scientific research; organization of the text of the original article for the journal; the laws of the development of science; rules for registration and protection of research results; peer review procedure; commercialization of scientific developments and its legal support; introduction of scientific research and their effectiveness.

Organization, planning and management of scientific research and innovative activities (in English)
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose – to form the ability to plan, prepare, organize and conduct independent research. Topics: international system of scientific publications; copyright in the system of international scientific publications; methodology and methods of scientific research; organization of the text of the original article for the journal; the laws of the development of science; rules for registration and protection of research results; peer review procedure; commercialization of scientific developments and its legal support; introduction of scientific research and their effectiveness.

Pedagogy of Higher education
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is the formation of the ability of pedagogical activity through the knowledge of higher education didactics, theories of upbringing and education management, analysis, and self-assessment of teaching activities. The course covers the educational activity design of specialists, Bologna process implementation, acquiring a lecturer, and curatorial skills by TLA-strategies.

Psychology of management
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to provide scientific training of highly qualified specialists based on the study of fundamental concepts of management psychology, creating prerequisites for a theoretical understanding and practical application of the most important aspects of the field of management in the process of professional formation. The course is aimed at studying the patterns of development and functioning of mental processes, the basics of effective interaction and conflict resolution, self-development and self-presentation.

Radiation dosimetry and radiation safety of working with sources in nuclear medicine
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to prepare highly qualified specialists who assess the danger from natural and man-made radiation sources, who understand the physical nature of this danger, who can reduce the real or possible radiation effect and perform dosimetric control. Topics:field of ionizing radiation; absorbed,equivalent and effective radiation dose for patients and personnel;radiation risk factors; dosimetric detectors; practical methods for calculating radiation protection;personal protective equipment; ensuring radiation safety

Radiation therapy
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to prepare specialists for work in institutions that conduct radiation therapy to patients. Topics: organization of work with ionizing radiation sources; anti-radiation protection; radiometric equipment; physical fundamentals of radiation therapy; technological bases of radiation therapy; contact exposure methods; remote methods of radiation therapy; radiation complications; chronic radiation sickness; therapy with open radioactive substances.

Data for 2021-2024 years

disciplines

Nuclear-Physical Bases of Influence of Ionizing Radiation on Biological Cells
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to investigate the mechanisms of the effects of radioactive radiation on biological objects and the formation of a response in biological objects of different levels of organization. Topics: primary nuclear-physical processes that occur in the volume of biological cells;biophysical processes that occur in the cell volume when interacting with radioactive radiation;accumulation of slags from nuclear reactions in the cell volume;cascades of atom-atom collisions in membranes and organelles;irradiation of the cell from within its volume;function "dose-effect".

Physics of Cell Radiobiology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to calculate the risks of radiation effects at the cellular level when exposed to radioactive radiation,including the formation of free radicals,the mechanisms of destruction and the recovery of chromosomes. Topics:classification of the effects of exposure;somatic deterministic effects;stochastic effects;direct and indirect effects of radiation;oxygen effect;chromosome damage and internal repair;radiosensitivity of biological objects;relative biological efficiency;linear energy loss.

Physics of radiomutational heredity
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to research the risks of radiomutational heredity when exposed to radioactive radiation. Topics: nuclear physics laws of radiation passing through living tissue, induction in it of radiation damage leading to both self-healing effects and non-relaxing phenomena in the cell, its genetic apparatus; Mendel's laws; mutational theory and classification of mutations; fundamentals of immunogenetics and oncogenetics;nonchromosomal heredity;basic mechanisms underlying the spontaneous and induced mutational process.

Production of isotopically enriched nuclides
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to produce isotopically enriched nuclides on accelerators, reactors for use in science, technology, industry, agriculture and medicine. Topics: obtaining radioisotopes on cyclotrons; production of radioisotopes in nuclear reactors; obtaining radioisotopes on microtrones and linear accelerators; radionuclide generators; production of stable and short-lived radioisotopes; obtaining radioisotopes in the Republic of Kazakhstan; determination of chemical impurities.

Quality control of radiopharmaceuticals
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to train professionals in the production of high-quality and safe radiopharmaceuticals for use in nuclear medicine procedures. Topics: quality control of source radioactive and non-radioactive materials; radionuclide separation using ion exchange, solvent extraction, thermal diffusion; quality control of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals; radiochemical purity; methods for evaluating pharmaceutical parameters: pH, sterility, apyrogenicity; instrumentation and methods for control: thin layer chromatography, electrophoresis, high performance liquid chromatography.

Radiation Biophysics in Nuclear Medicine
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose is to form the ability to investigate the patterns of the effects of radiation on the genetic apparatus of cells of different origin. Topics: biophysics of complex systems; Arrhenius law for reaction rate constant; radiation effects in the area of low doses; inactivation of macromolecules; DNA preutational damage; types of mutations (gene and structural), quantitative patterns of the mutagenic effect of radiation on living cells.

Radiopharmacy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to manufacture radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine and applied nuclear research.. Topics: radionuclide decay schemes; classification of radiopharmaceuticals; general physicochemical properties of radioactive compounds; radiopharmaceuticals for diagnosis; radiopharmaceuticals for therapy; preparation of target devices for irradiation; radionuclide generators; marking types; radio labeling methods; design sorption generators dosing radiopharmaceuticals.

Radon Therapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to prepare specialists for work in institutions using radon for medical purposes, mainly for physiotherapy. Topics: radon therapy methods: radon baths, drinking practice, inhalation, applicators; radon use for medicinal purposes; the method of radon treatment; mechanisms of therapeutic effect of radon; limitations of radon therapy; gormesis; radioecological and dosimetric control during radon procedures.

Storage and transportation of radiopharmaceuticals and radioactive waste
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose is to train specialists to ensure the safe storage of radiopharmaceuticals before transporting them, capable of solving the problem of routing planning and performing the delivery of manufactured radiopharmaceuticals to medical centers for their intended use, as well as temporary storage of biomedical radioactive waste. Topics:Methods for storing radiopharmaceuticals produced and nuclear medical waste.Sources and characteristics of biomedical radioactive waste; The conditions of transportation of radioactive substances depending on the type and type of radionuclide contained in it; Optimization of radioactive waste management in health care facilities.

Technology for producing radiopharmaceuticals
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose is to form the ability to apply modern methods in the production of medical radionuclides and the synthesis of radiopharmaceuticals on their basis. Topics: obtaining radionuclides in nuclear reactions; experimental methods for obtaining a PH of medical purpose; selection of radionuclides for biomedical research; classification of radionuclides by production methods; production of cyclotron and reactor radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals; quality assurance methods of radiopharmaceuticals; radiotoxicity; methods and technologies for producing Тechnetium-99m.

The use of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals in the diagnosis
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to conduct radionuclide diagnostics using radiopharmaceuticals and radiation sources. Topics: physical, chemical and biological requirements for radionuclides used in radionuclide diagnostics; principles of operation and basic radiation-physical characteristics of generating sources of ionizing radiation; radionuclides and RFP for single photon emission computed tomography; radionuclides for PET; requirements for ventilation and storage of radiopharmaceuticals and radioactive waste.

The use of radionuclides and radiopharmaceuticals in therapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to form the ability to apply radioactive beams and radiopharmaceuticals in therapy. Topics: basics of radionuclide therapy; radionuclide therapy and its physical and mathematical software; requirements for radionuclides used in radionuclide therapy; physical, chemical and biological requirements for radionuclides used in radionuclide therapy; medico-physical fundamentals of radionuclide therapy; radionuclide planning; radiation safety when using radioactive pharmaceuticals in therapy; dose control during radionuclide therapy.

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INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита НИР
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2021-2024 years