Contact
Faculty Serv Officer, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Oncology Dept
- jackie.middleton@ualberta.ca
- Phone
- (780) 492-3794
- Address
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3-12 J University Terrace
8303 112 St NWEdmonton ABT6G 2T4
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Jackie Middleton is currently appointed as Radiation Therapy Program Faculty in the Department of Oncology in the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry.Courses
INT D 408 - Interprofessional Health Education Elective
Application of interprofessional competencies within a specific health care context. Content topics vary from year to year. Topics announced prior to registration period. The student's transcript carries title descriptive of content. May be repeated. Prerequisite or corequisite: INT D 403, or equivalent introductory interprofessional health education course, or approval of Health Sciences Education and Research Commons, Health Sciences Council. (Offered jointly by the following faculties: Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciences; Medicine and Dentistry; Nursing; Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Kinesiology, Sport and Recreation; and Rehabilitation Medicine.) [Health Sciences Council].
ONCOL 306 - Imaging Principles and Analysis in Radiation Therapy
A unique application-based course exploring the use of imaging in radiation therapy. Using a variety of imaging modalities, students will develop skills in identifying pathological conditions, contouring target volumes, and performing treatment field localization. Students will analyze and interpret images to make informed radiation therapy treatment decisions.
ONCOL 355 - Treatment Planning and Dosimetry I
The foundation of radiation therapy treatment planning considering radiation dose deposition within the patient. Characteristics of radiation beams, and the intricacies of treatment calculations are applied in order to develop an appropriate treatment strategy for typical tumor locations. The course covers the use of low and high energy X-ray, electron and Cobalt60 for a variety of treatment techniques.
RADTH 401 - Radiation Therapy Research Methodology
An introduction to health sciences research which examines the principles of research ethics, research methods and research project design. Students will create a research proposal for a project related to the art or science of radiation therapy practice, which will be implemented in RADTH 460 and RADTH 461.
RADTH 410 - Special Seminars in Interprofessional Experiences in Radiation Therapy
Content will vary from offering to offering. Topics will relate to interprofessional experiences within the practice of Radiation Therapy and will span across the RADTH Program.
REHAB 503 - Interprofessional Practice Elective
Application of interprofessional competencies within a specific health care context. Note: Course title is variable; course may be repeated for credit.
Featured Publications
Morassaei S., Di Prospero L., Ringdalen E., Olsen S.S., Korsell A., Erler D., Ying C., Ho Choi S., Bolderston A., Middleton J., Johansen S.
Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences. 2021 December; 68 (4):407-417 10.1002/jmrs.557
Middleton J., Black K., Ghosh S., Eisenstat D.D., Patel S.
BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH. 2021 July; 21 (1):683 10.1186/s12913-021-06701-z
Improving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and two-spirit content in a radiation therapy undergraduate curriculum
RTi3 2021 - Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences Supplement, 52; S7-8. 2021 June;
Bolderston A., Middleton J., Palmaria C., Cauti S., Fawcett S.
Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences. 2021 June; 52 (2):160-163 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmir.2021.01.001