Overview
This unit provides you with the foundation knowledge and skills that you will need to provide safe and effective patient care as a student health practitioner. You will be introduced to medico-legal and ethical responsibilities of a medical radiation practitioner. You will be able to integrate the physical, mental and psychosocial aspects of care to provide a holistic approach to interacting with and caring for patients. You will be able to apply infection control and manual handling techniques and conduct basic patient assessments. You will be introduced to common medical emergencies that may occur in the medical imaging clinical environment.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Have your say feedback. Direct verbal feedback. Staff feedback.
Suggest changing timing of in class written test held during residential school to after all lab sessions have been completed. This would enable FLEX students to consolidate knowledge. Campus students could be seen to be advantaged by the schedule that is currently used.
Schedule the in class written test to final day of residential school school.
The written test was done on day 2 of the residential school in 2017. Thids allowed the las to be completed on day 1.
Feedback from Have your say feedback.
Students enjoy the course as currently set up. Particular areas mentioned are the relevance of course materials and hands on experience in labs.
Ensure lab sessions remain interactive and engaging to students. Keep format and lectures as set up in 2016.
Continue to provide relevant hands on, interactive and fun labs.
- Discuss the medicolegal aspects of practice of a diagnostic radiographer.
- Apply best practices in infection control procedures and manual handling.
- Employ communication strategies that are empathetic, effective and tailored to the patient’s circumstances.
- Respond within your scope of practice to changes in a patient’s condition.
- Discuss basic concepts of pharmacokinetics and drug administration.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 15% | |||||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 25% | |||||
| 3 - Examination - 60% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 15% | ||||||||||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 25% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 60% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Torres' Patient Care in Imaging Technology
Edition: 8th edn (2012)
Authors: Dutton, Linn-Watson & Torres
Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Philadelphia Philadelphia , PA , USA
ISBN: 9781451115659
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
h.harries-jones@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Course introdution and Holistic Care of Patient
Chapter
Prescribed text book (Torres Patient Care in Imaging Technology)
Events and Submissions/Topic
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Communication with Patients
Chapter
Ch 3 pp 45-66
Events and Submissions/Topic
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Infection Control
Chapter
Ch 5 pp 93-112
Events and Submissions/Topic
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Infection Control
Chapter
Ch 14 pp 265-285
Events and Submissions/Topic
Communication Lab (internal students only)
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Patient Monitoring
Chapter
Ch 6 pp 129-147
Events and Submissions/Topic
Infection Control Lab (internal students only)
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Safe moving and handling of patients
Chapter
Ch 4 pp 67-91
Events and Submissions/Topic
Patient Monitioring Lab (vital signs) (internal students only)
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Safe Moving and Handling of Patients (Dependent Patients)
Chapter
Ch 4 pp 67-91
Events and Submissions/Topic
Patient Transfers Lab (internal students only)
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Patient Attachments
Chapter
Ch 13 pp 245-261
Events and Submissions/Topic
Patient Attachment / Practice Skills Lab (internal students only)
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Private study and revision time
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Residential School for external students including skills tests (11th -12th May)
In Class Written Test Due: Week 9 Friday (12 May 2017) 9:00 am AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practical Skill tests (internal students only)
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Chapter
Ch 15 pp287-308 pp 311-331
Internet resource
Events and Submissions/Topic
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Consolidation of Knowledge
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
One hour tutorial
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Examination dateTBC
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Examination dateTBC
Each week normally includes about 1 – 1 1/2 hours of recorded lectures and a tutorial. Each tutorial is run on campus for internal students and as a videoconference for external students. Internal students will attend weekly labs during Weeks 4 – 8 and 10. External students will attend labs in the residential school on 11 – 12 May 2017. The lab sessions provide you the hands-on experience and guided instruction to develop the skills you will need for your Practical Assessment. When attending lab sessions, you will be required to adhere to all occupational health and safety requirements related to use of the Medical Imaging laboratories, including completion of the mandatory lab induction prior to your first session. You are required to adhere to the Medical Imaging Dress Code for all practical lab sessions.
1 Practical Assessment
You are required to observe, learn and practice patient care techniques and skills during internal practical labs or residential school.
Attendance at the labs is compulsory. In order to attain a pass 100% attendance at labs is required.
In the case of absence, you must submit an assessment extension request for any missed lab and provide a valid reason with supporting documentation for the absence.It will be necessary to make up the lab at a time to be arranged.
During the final scheduled laboratory session, you will be assessed on your performance of two practical skills selected at random from the skills covered during the course. One will be patient focused and one non patient focused (i.e technical).
Assessment Procedure: this assessment task must be completed on the date specified in the assessment due date. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date, and there will be no opportunity to apply a late penalty of five per cent per day.
Practical assessments for internal students will take place during the final timetabled practical lab session in week 10. Practical assessments for external students will take place on the final afternoon of the timetabled residential school in week 9.
Results of the practical assessments will be available one week after completion of your assessment.
1.100% attendance at labs.
In the case of absence, you must submit an assessment extension request for any missed lab and provide a valid reason with supporting documentation for the absence.It will be necessary to make up the lab at a time to be arranged.
2. Practical Skills Assessment
The performance standards for each clinical skill will contain both critical and non critical criteria. During the assessment the student will perform the two randomly selected clinical skills whilst being observed by the instructor.The student score is based on the number of critical and non critical criteria completed correctly, with critical criteria weighted more heavily than non critical criteria. The technical skill assessment contributes 5/15 of total marks and the patient focused skill contributes 10/15.
There is a minimum pass mark equivalent to 80% (4/5 )for technical skill and 35% (3.5/10) for patient focused skill). Detailed assessment criteria and a scoring rubric will be available on Moodle.
If you do not achieve the required standards at the first attempt:
- there will be two further opportunities to retake practical assessment part 1
- there will be one further opportunity to retake practical assessment part 2
Both assessments and attendance requirements must be passed in order to pass the unit.
- Apply best practices in infection control procedures and manual handling.
- Employ communication strategies that are empathetic, effective and tailored to the patient’s circumstances.
- Respond within your scope of practice to changes in a patient’s condition.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 In-class Test(s)
Students will complete an in class closed book written test covering topics from the first 7 weeks of the course. Question types may include multiple choice, short answer, definitions, discussions and explanations, with particular focus on underlying theory applied to clinical skills covered in lab sessions. Students will have 50 minutes to complete the test. In accordance with 3.2.5 Assessment of Coursework Procedure, this assessment task must be completed on the date specified in the Assessment Due Date. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date, and there will be no opportunity to apply a late penalty of five per cent per day.
Week 9 Friday (12 May 2017) 9:00 am AEST
within 2 weeks of submission
You will be assessed on the following criteria:
- Correct use of medical terminology
- Correctness of factual knowledge
- Correct application of theory to practical application
- Demonstration of depth and breadth of knowledge in patient focused and technical situations
Detailed assessment guidelines and marking criteria will be made available on Moodle.
- Apply best practices in infection control procedures and manual handling.
- Employ communication strategies that are empathetic, effective and tailored to the patient’s circumstances.
- Respond within your scope of practice to changes in a patient’s condition.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
