You will perform a simulation of a one-projection radiographic examination on an ambulant patient. This examination could be any one of the upper limb or shoulder girdle projections covered in Weeks 1 – 4.

You will carry out all of the tasks that would be part of a radiographic examination other than actually irradiating your patient. This assessment will focus on your patient care, safe practice, use of equipment, radiographic technique and management of the examination.

You will have 15 minutes to complete all tasks required for the simulated radiographic examination.

Please note:

• You must present for your individual practical assessment dressed as you would present to the clinical environment. Any student not adhering to the dress code may be excluded from the assessment.
• The examination is timed; You will have 15 minutes to complete the practical elements of the task. If the practical element of the examination is not completed within the allocated 15 minutes, the practical element will be stopped and you will be marked based on your performance to that point.
• Clinical staff may be present as part of the examining panel as well as academic members of the team.
• This assessment task may be recorded using a video camera to enable moderation.

Please note the following advice from the University Assessment procedures:

In non-graded (pass-fail) units, all assessment items must be submitted by the due date, as there is no opportunity to apply a five per cent penalty, due to the pass-fail nature of each assessment task. Students who fail a single assessment task in a pass-fail unit, or who fail a pass-fail component of a graded unit will be deemed to have failed that unit.

This assessment task must be completed on the specified day and time. 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.

Assessment areas:

• Interpretation of clinical request
• Preparation of x-ray room and ancillary equipment
• Positive identification of patient and introduction
• Verification of anatomical area and relevant clinical history
• Determining pregnancy status
• Gaining informed consent
• Projection performed effectively
• Use of primary anatomical markers
• Correct application of appropriate radiation shielding
• Use of equipment in a safe manner
• Appropriate debrief and dismiss of patient
• Infection control
• Communication Skills
• Professionalism

Detailed assessment criteria and a scoring rubric will be available on Moodle. Minimum acceptable scores in order to Pass will be shown. Note: If you do not achieve the minimum score, you will be given one additional opportunity to perform the assessment. This will be scheduled within a week of the original test date.

Clinical radiography comprises many facets, all of which must be mastered. The objective structured clinical exam (OSCE) is made up of two individual assessments which reflect various aspects of clinical diagnostic radiography. These assessments are:

Station 1: Simulated radiography in the x-ray suite

An individual 15 minute practical assessment

Practical assessment one will focus on your patient care, examination justification, safe practice, positioning and management of the radiographic procedure

You will be required to perform one radiographic series of two projections for an x-ray examination that you have learned in this unit

Station 2: Radiography of an anthropomorphic phantom in the x-ray suite

An individual 20 minute practical assessment in the x-ray suite (15 min image acquisition plus 5 min questions)

This assessment focuses specifically on the technical aspects of your radiographic technique

You will be required to perform one conventional radiography projection that you have learned during this unit on an anthropomorphic x-ray phantom

Please note:

• You must present for your individual practical assessments dressed as you would present to the clinical environment. Any student not adhering to the dress code may be excluded from the assessment.
• Each assessment is timed. You will have a set time to complete the practical elements of each task. There will be 5 minutes at the end of the imaging assessment for you to answer questions and justify your technique. If the practical element of the assessment is not completed within the allocated time, the assessment will be stopped and you will be marked based on your performance to that point.
• Clinical staff may be present as part of the examining panel as well as academic members of the team.
• This assessment task may be recorded using a video camera to enable moderation.

Please note the following advice from the University Assessment of Coursework Procedures:

In non-graded (pass-fail) units, all assessment items must be submitted by the due date, as there is no opportunity to apply a five per cent penalty, due to the pass-fail nature of each assessment task. Students who fail a single assessment task in a pass-fail unit, or who fail a pass-fail component of a graded unit will be deemed to have failed that unit.

This assessment task must be completed on the specified day and time. 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.

Station 1: Simulated radiographic examination

Assessment areas:

• Interpretation of clinical request
• Preparation of x-ray room and ancillary equipment
• Positive identification of patient and introduction
• Verification of anatomical area and relevant clinical history
• Determining pregnancy status
• Gaining informed consent
• Projections performed effectively
• Use of primary anatomical markers
• Correct application of appropriate radiation shielding
• Use of equipment in a safe manner
• Appropriate debrief and dismiss of patient
• Infection control
• Communication Skills
• Professionalism

Station 2 : Radiography of the anthropomorphic phantom

Assessment areas:

• Patient position
• Image receptor position
• Tube position
• SID
• Control panel set-up
• Focal spot size
• Collimation
• Secondary shielding
• Accessories
• Assessment of resultant image
• Production of a diagnostic image

Detailed assessment criteria and a scoring rubric will be available on Moodle. Minimum acceptable scores are shown. You will receive a score (Pass/Fail) for each station. If for any station you do not attain a Pass on the first attempt, you will be given one additional opportunity to perform the assessment. This will be scheduled within one week of the original test date. No retests will be done on the date of the original test.

In order to get a Pass in this assessment, you must attain a Pass score in both of these stations.

A 2 hour written in class test.

As health care professionals, radiographers must consider many variables during the radiographic imaging process. This in-class test offers images in the form of photographs, radiographic images or line drawings. These images are used as a basis for a series of questions related to that image. Subjects covered may be patient positioning, image quality and improvement, anatomy, radiographic pathology and patient care amongst others. You are required to review all of the images offered and to answer all of the questions related to each of the images.

The images offered may be of the following examination categories:

• Thorax
• Abdomen
• Gastrointestinal studies
• Upper extremity
• Lower extremity
• Pelvis and hips

Please note the following advice from the University Assessment of Coursework procedures:

In non-graded (pass-fail) units, all assessment items must be submitted by the due date, as there is no opportunity to apply a five per cent penalty, due to the pass-fail nature of each assessment task. Students who fail a single assessment task in a pass-fail unit, or who fail a pass-fail component of a graded unit will be deemed to have failed that unit.

This assessment task must be completed on the specified day and time. 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.

Assessment on:

• Identification of normal anatomy
• Identification of abnormalities on x-ray images
• Scientific description of technical sufficiency of images
• Accurate description of patient positioning
• Application of knowledge to correct positioning errors
• Application of knowledge to correct technical insufficiency of images

Professional behaviour is a vital component of your competencies as a health care professional. You will be expected to demonstrate this consistently whilst working in the simulated clinical environment of the imaging labs.

A professional behaviours assessment form is available on the unit Moodle site. You must bring it with you to each of your scheduled labs. This form details the standards of behaviours required. Your lab tutor will assess your performance relative to the stated standards. One demerit point will apply for any category where you have not demonstrated the behaviour to the standard required. Your lab tutor will complete and sign the form every session. If you fail to bring your form to your scheduled lab session you will be awarded one demerit. Once completed this form must be uploaded via the unit Moodle site for review by the unit coordinator.

Please note the following advice from the University Assessment of Coursework procedures:

In non-graded (pass-fail) unit, all assessment items must be submitted by the due date, as there is no opportunity to apply a five per cent penalty, due to the pass-fail nature of each assessment task. Students who fail a single assessment task in a pass-fail unit, or who fail a pass-fail component of a graded course will be deemed to have failed that unit.

Assessed upon:

• Adherence to dress code
• Punctuality
• Use of materials
• Use of class time
• Professional behaviour
• Acceptance of feedback

Detailed assessment criteria and a marking rubric are available on the unit Moodle site.

In order to pass this assessment you must receive less than six (6) demerits if all laboratory sessions are attended. Maximum demerits will be calculated on a pro-rata basis for students not attending all scheduled lab sessions.