You will complete a written assessment on the topic of 'The Professional Radiographer in Australia'. For this assessment you will be provided a series of questions focusing on the following topics being studied in the first 3 weeks of the unit:

• the responsibilities, knowledge, skills and behaviours of a diagnostic radiographer who is registered and accredited in Australia,
• the educational process for student medical radiations professionals in developing the required knowledge, skills and behaviours,
• the role of the diagnostic radiographer in the healthcare team, and
• the provision of diagnostic imaging services within Australia's healthcare system.

In addressing the questions asked on these topics, you are expected to use resources that are provided on the unit Moodle site as well as drawing on current literature to support your responses. (Note that lecture slides are visual accompaniment to a spoken presentation, so the slides are not appropriate to use as a resource for this assessment). One of the required resources for this assignment will be the video recording 'Is this the image you want to make?', which presents a clinical scenario between a radiographer and patient.

There is no required word count for this assignment, but a suggested size is about 2000 words. You will be provided instructions regarding the format of your submission on the unit Moodle site. Your submission will need to be word-processed and submitted electronically as either a Word or pdf document. This is not an essay but rather a series of responses to specific questions, so you will be expected to use numbered headings to identify your responses to each question. You may choose to refer to content in one of your responses in completing another response, as the topics are inter-related.

Your submission will be assessed on the following criteria:

Content of your responses:

• relevance of the content to the questions asked
• correctness of factual information
• depth of your discussions
• use of resources in supporting your answers

Communication of your responses:

• use of professional terminology
• clarity and conciseness of your responses

Presentation of your responses:

• spelling and grammar
• referencing of resources used
• adherence to posted instructions regarding the submission format

Your submission must be processed through Turnitin, and thus must be in a compatible file format as detailed in the assignment instructions. No grade will be issued for the assessment submission unless a Turnitin report can be generated for it.

You will complete six laboratory activities in the Medical Imaging laboratories at Mackay campus. For internal students, these lab sessions are timetabled in Weeks 3 - 8 of the term. For external students, these lab sessions take place during the two day residential school timetabled on Thursday - Friday of Week 7 (31 August - 1 September 2017).

The Medical Imaging laboratories are a simulated clinical environment. The activities in the simulation facilities are designed to help you develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours you will need to apply whilst on clinical placement during Week 9. During these laboratory sessions you will work with classmates in small group activities with guidance from your instructors, learning to interact professionally, follow radiation safety practices and handle imaging equipment correctly. Attendance will be taken by your lab instructor at each session.

The clinical simulation laboratories have the same behavioural standards for students as the real clinical environment. While in the labs, you are required to be attired as you would be for clinical placement, adhering to the course dress code published on the Medical Imaging Clinical Portal. You will not be admitted to the lab unless you are appropriately attired. Role play will involve you taking on the roles of patients and student radiographer. Some role play will require physical contact with classmates. In role play activities and in using imaging 'phantom' bodies and body parts as patients, you are expected to treat your 'patients' and 'colleagues' as respectfully as you would in the actual clinical environment.

This is a pass/fail activity that requires attendance at all six laboratory sessions as timetabled. Should you have any circumstances that require you to miss any of the scheduled lab learning sessions, you must apply for an assessment extension and provide documented justification for your absence in order to have any opportunity to attend at a later date to complete the lab activities. You must successfully complete this assessment prior to attending the five day observation placement scheduled in Week 9 of the term. Delay in completing this assessment item may mean you are unable to attend placement during Week 9, and that may result in you being unable to complete the unit in the normal term period.

This is a pass/fail assessment item. In accordance with the Assessment of Coursework Procedures, there is no opportunity to apply a late penalty for completion after the due date and this assessment item must be passed in order to pass this unit.

This is a pass/fail assessment item. In order to attain a pass score, you must:

• attend as scheduled for all six laboratory activities,
• participate in group activities to support group achievement of learning goals, and
• adhere to occupational health and safety policies and procedures in the laboratory area.

You will attend a five-day clinical observation placement in a Medical Imaging facility allocated by the University. This placement is scheduled for Monday - Friday of Week 9 of term (11-15 September 2017).

The goal of the placement is for you to apply theory concepts to the clinical environment, to provide a frame of reference for concepts and knowledge in your professional units, and for you to self-assess your suitability for the Medical Imaging profession.

The clinical facility you are allocated to may be located anywhere in Queensland, depending on availability of placements in partner clinical facilities and numbers of students requesting placements in each designated geographic region in the state. Accordingly, you should expect that you may not be placed in the region of your choosing and that you may need to relocate for the week in order to attend at your allocated facility. You are responsible for arranging and covering the cost of any travel and/or accommodation required to attend the placement. Allocation of students to placements is carried out in accordance with the document 'Allocation of Students to Clinical Placements' posted on the Medical Imaging Clinical Portal.

In order to be eligible to attend the placement, you must have met the following pre-clinical requirements:

• completed MEDI11005 Patient Care in the Allied Health Professions,
• completed the Medical Imaging laboratory sessions assessment task,
• submitted all required preclinical documentation as evidence of having met the prescribed occupational health and safety requirements for attendance of clinical placements (as detailed on the Medical Imaging Clinical Portal), and
• completed the mandatory Fitness to Practice declaration (found on the Medical Imaging Clinical Portal).

During the five days, you will be rostered on a full-time basis (normally 38 hours) to rotate through various procedure and support areas of the Medical Imaging facility. You will observe the activities of the various members of the Medical Imaging professional and administrative staff. You will interact with patients and assist staff while operating within your scope of practice. Whilst on placement, you will be required to wear your Medical Imaging Course clinical uniform (as detailed on the Medical Imaging Clinical Portal).

While you are at the placement, the clinical staff will observe your behaviours as you interact with others and carry out assigned tasks. At the end of the week, your assessor will complete the Orientation Assessment of Professional Attributes form to score your observed behaviours. You are to discuss the feedback and scores with your supervisor, then sign and date the form to indicate that you understand and agree with the evaluation. Your supervisor will provide you a copy of the completed assessment. You must submit an electronic copy of the completed assessment form using the upload link for this assessment item on the unit Moodle site.

This is a pass/fail assessment item. If you have legitimate extenuating circumstances that prevent you from being able to attend the placement OR upload the completed behavioural assessment form by the due date, you must apply for an assessment extension and provide supporting documentation. If you are absent, late to arrive or need to leave early on any of the five scheduled days, you must provide documented justification for the missed time by submitting an assessment extension request. In the absence of an approved extension, if you do not complete all requirements of this assessment task by the due date you will attain a Fail grade for this assessment. Because this is pass/fail item in a graded unit, if you fail this assessment item you will also fail the unit.

There are two main requirements to the assessment - placement attendance and demonstration of professional attributes.

To meet the placement attendance requirement you must complete a week of full-time attendance (less any approved minor absence) at the assigned clinical facility in the week scheduled by the Course.

To meet the professional attributes requirement, you must attain a Pass score in each of the two sections of the Orientation Assessment of Professional Attributes form. Section 1 measures your initiative and communication (both verbal and non-verbal). Section 2 measures your adherence to policies, health and safety standards, respect for others and demeanour. The detailed attributes and scoring scale will be posted on the unit Moodle site.

In order to attain an overall Pass score in this assessment item, you must:

• meet the placement attendance requirement, and
• pass both sections of the Orientation Assessment of Professional Attributes.

This assessment focuses on your experiences during your five-day clinical orientation placement in a Medical Imaging workplace in Week 9.

In your clinical workbook you will document what you observe and experience whilst on placement, and reflect on these in light of the concepts and knowledge you have covered in this unit. The workbook includes a series of questions to answer after each day as well as some to answer at completion of the placement. You should record brief notes each day while on site, particularly with respect to answering workbook questions. Although not due until Week 12, you should be working on each day's entries into your workbook after the completion of your day's placement while experiences are still fresh in your memory.

Confidentiality of patient information must be maintained. Breach of patient confidentiality is a form of student behavioural misconduct and would be dealt with according to the University's Student Behavioural Misconduct Procedures.

The workbook is an electronic document that will require you to have computer or tablet access on an approximately daily basis during your five day placement. (You do not need internet access but do need to be able to add content to your workbook, which is a Word document.)

The workbook is assessed on the following criteria:

• completeness of all sections of the workbook
• application of unit content in describing and discussing clinical observations and experiences
• depth and breadth of reflection responses
• factual correctness of stated observations, logged experiences and unit content
• use of professional terminology
• clarity of communication
• maintenance of confidentiality of patient and clinical staff information

The scoring rubric and further information will be available on the unit Moodle site.

Due to the serious nature of maintaining patient confidentiality, failure to do so would result in the maximum possible score for the workbook being 50% of the available marks.