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Objectives

• develop technical skills in performing permanent or temporary implants for multiple anatomic sites
  
• develop the knowledge and skills needed to perform both Low Dose Rate and High Dose Rate brachytherapy
  
• learn indications, and develop skills for the various modes of delivery of intra-operative radiation therapy
  
• develop skills in the areas of brachytherapy dosimetry, treatment planning and dose specification
  
• expand knowledge of specific tissue tolerances of the various anatomic structures affected by brachytherapy
  
• expand knowledge of the treatment of radiation complications which relate to brachytherapy
  
• expand knowledge of the radiobiology of brachytherapy