Please note: Each program year includes clinical placement. Students must meet specific pre-clinical health, safety, security and licensing requirements prior to each placement, and must disclose any condition that may put themselves or the public at significant risk whilst on placement. Due to limited availability of clinical placements, some block placements have start and/or end dates that fall outside standard term start and end dates. All students will be required to attend placement at a range of locations and of a range of facility types. As placements are located throughout Queensland and availability is limited in each community, students may be placed at a location that is not of their choosing. Students must prepare financially and personally to relocate for placements. This program is very intensive due to the theory and clinical requirements of the University and external professional accreditation bodies.

Year 1 includes a one week full-time observation clinical placement as a mandatory component of the MEDI11001 Fundamentals of the Imaging Professions course. To be eligible to attend placement, students must have completed all required pre-clinical health, safety and security requirements and must have attended all scheduled laboratory or residential school sessions for both MEDI11001 and MEDI11005 Patient Care in the Allied Health Professions, which is a corequisite course. The placement is scheduled in Week 11 of term only.

Please note: Extensive learning activity takes place in the clinical simulation laboratories during Terms 1 and 2 of Year 2. This includes students taking turns in the role of patient and radiographer for simulated radiographic procedures. Attendance is required for these laboratory sessions. MEDI12004 Medical Imaging Clinical Course 1 is a five week full-time clinical placement that will commence two weeks prior to the start of Term 2. Students will be on full-time placement during the first three weeks of Term 2. The three theory/lab courses in Term 2 will operate in a compressed format on campus during Weeks 4 - 12 of Term 2.