Performing simulated radiography techniques in the x-ray lab environment allows you to apply your learned skills, by positioning your peers as patients for simulated x-ray examinations and modifying technical factors. Attending the supervised and independent practice lab sessions is crucial to your learning success and preparation for your clinical placements.

Practical Assessment 1 is an individual 10-minute practical assessment in the x-ray suite. You will perform one simulated radiography examination on one anatomical region using a peer as your patient. You may be assigned any of the projections that have been covered in Weeks 1 - 3. Feedback provided from this assessment will enable you to structure your learning and make improvements to your performance in preparation for Practical Assessment 2 in Week 13.

Practical Assessment 1 will focus on patient care, examination justification, patient positioning, imaging technique, safe practice and management of the radiographic process.

Please note:

• This is a timed examination. You will have 10 minutes to complete the assessment. If all of the practical elements of the assessment are not completed within the allocated 10 minutes, the assessment will be stopped. Any tasks not yet completed will be scored as not attempted.
• You must present for this assessment wearing the Medical Imaging clinical uniform.
• Your performance will be video recorded to enable moderation.
• As this is a simulation of a clinical procedure, you must perform this assessment without referring to any guidance resources (e.g. notes, texts, electronic devices) – this is a closed book assessment.

You are required to complete your performance assessment during your timetabled lab class on specified due date.

If you do not achieve a pass score on your first attempt, you will be given two additional opportunities to perform the assessment. The first re-attempt will be scheduled within 7 calendar days of receiving the scores and feedback of the original assessment. If you do not achieve the minimum score at the first re-attempt, a second re-attempt will be scheduled within 7 calendar days of receiving the scores and feedback of the first re-attempt. The 7 calendar days do not include Vacation Week.

If you have extenuating circumstances that cause you to be unable to attend your practical at your timetabled date and time, you must apply for an assessment extension. See Section 5 of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding assessment management, specifically around assessment extension. If your request for an extension is approved, you will be assigned a new practical date/time which will be set according to the availability of the imaging facilities and assessor. It is your responsibility to ensure that you can attend at that new assigned date/time. In the absence of an approved extension, you will not be able to complete this task at a later date and would thus receive a Fail grade for the assessment task, which would result in a Fail grade for the unit.

This online test assesses your knowledge and understanding of content covered in Weeks 1 to 6 inclusive.

This test is a Moodle quiz. It will be available to you between 11am and 12.30pm AEST on Tuesday 18th April 2023. You will have 60 minutes to complete the test. Once you open the test you will not be able to pause or re-start it. Any unanswered questions or unsaved responses will receive a mark of zero. Note that if you start the test less than 15 minutes prior to the stated closing date/time, the test will close at that stated time and you will have less than 15 minutes to complete the test.

You must undertake the test as an individual and not with classmates or others. As with all other University assessments, colluding with other students on a non-group work task is considered academic misconduct and will be dealt with in accordance with the Student Academic Integrity Policy. If you answer the questions using any information resource other than unit lectures or the prescribed texts, you must cite your sources using the Vancouver referencing system. Failure to cite sources constitutes a breach of academic integrity and will be dealt with in accordance of the relevant policy. The test is open book, but be mindful of the time-limited nature of the test. 

In the absence of an approved assessment extension, if you do not complete the test by the stated due date and time, you will receive a mark of zero for this assessment.

Your responses are scored on the following criteria:

• correct use of terminology
• factual correctness of presented material
• relevance of stated content to the question asked
• application of foundation concepts to the question asked
• clarity, thoroughness and completeness of explanations
• Critical thinking

The number of marks for each question are allocated based on the depth and breadth of the required response and will be indicated in the quiz.

This assessment further develops your skills of reflection on your practice so that you may apply what you have learned to improve your practice. You learned how to reflect in MEDI11004 Professional Practice, and you will now use reflection to develop as a professional by self-assessing the weaker areas of your performance. You will also receive feedback from your lab supervisor and peers during weekly practical lab sessions that you will document and use to reflect upon.

During lab sessions, each student will be required to observe their peers and provide constructive feedback to the student who is playing the role of "radiographer". You will provide feedback based on the technical performance and patient care and communication skills demonstrated. You are to log on the Feedback Form any feedback you receive from your lab supervisor and/or peers, plus add your own observations. Then, select an attribute/s that you feel requires improvement and reflect on your performance for this attribute.

By applying a deeper understanding of your thinking and actions that you have obtained from your reflection, you must develop an action plan that you will implement in the labs for the remainder of the term in preparation for your upcoming clinical placement. Discuss how you plan to raise the performance of your selected attribute by setting a SMART goal (specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic and time-based). By addressing each item in the SMART acronym you will articulate specific actions that you will implement in order to improve your performance related to that attribute.

A Word template will be provided for this assessment item, so that you can enter your response under each heading to address the required content points. As this is a reflective report, you are to write in the first person. The Reflection and Action Plan should be 600-800 words in length, with a maximum word count of 1000.

In the event that your submission does not meet the 'Pass' requirements as per the posted rubric, you will be provided detailed feedback and guidance by the unit coordinator. You will then have one week to respond to the feedback and re-submit the Reflection and Action Plan assessment.

The reflection and action plan submissions are assessed for:

• completeness of the submission (providing a response in each area of the template to address the stated questions and instructions in the task description)
• depth of discussions (analysis, interpretation, evaluation, recognition of own thinking and actions)
• relevance and practicality of the proposed actions
• clarity and format of writing (including logical flow, spelling, punctuation, grammar and correct use of Vancouver system in citing external sources)
• adhering to word limit
  

A marking rubric will be posted on the unit Moodle site to specify the 'Pass' requirements for each criterion listed above.

It is important that Radiographers have the necessary skills and knowledge to safely and effectively image patients. This involves patient positioning, equipment set-up and appropriate technical factor selection. Another important aspect is the ability to evaluate resultant images for technical sufficiency.

You will use the Skilitics Virtual Radiography system to perform simulations of radiographic examinations. This includes positioning the x-ray tube, patient and image receptor, selecting the technical parameters and capturing the radiographs. You will then evaluate the technical sufficiency of images that you have acquired, documenting your evaluation using the supplied proforma. The proforma requires that you provide 24 information items in your image evaluation. In tutorials you will practice image evaluation using the proforma to support your understanding of the depth of response required for each section and the appropriate use of technical terminology to articulate your responses.

The images that you will acquire and evaluate will be from the list of radiographic projections that you are expected to learn and perform each week. You must include two images from each week’s projection listing from Weeks 1 – 11, for a total of twenty two assessed images.

You will compile your evaluated images and their documented evaluations into a portfolio. The required structure of your portfolio document will be detailed on the Moodle site.

Note that the radiographs themselves are not being scored. Whether or not the radiograph that you produce would meet all acceptance criteria is not being assessed here. It is your evaluation of your images that is being assessed. You are demonstrating that you know how each radiograph ought to appear, that you are able to determine whether or not your image matches the expected appearances and that if it does not, you would know how to correct that. Your responses on your proforma will need to address the image that you have acquired and thus will not necessarily be the same as those of your classmates.

Not all of your image evaluations will be assessed. Your submissions will be scored with the marker selecting two image evaluations at random for assessment. 

This portfolio is assessed on the following aspects:

• Completeness relative to the requirements stated in the Task Description regarding the number and type of projection images and their evaluations. All 20 image evaluations must be submitted. Any submissions containing less than 20 submissions will receive a mark of zero for this assessment task.
• Correctness and completeness of the scored image evaluations

Each image evaluation has nine (9) individual factors. Each factor is scored as 1, 0.5 or 0 using the criteria stated below. The maximum possible score for one image evaluation is nine (9) points.

To receive any marks for each individual factor you MUST correctly determine if the image meets acceptance criteria in each of the stated factors. If this section is incorrect, no marks will be awarded for that factor. If the follow-up action section is left blank, no marks will be awarded for that factor.

You will receive full marks for each factor if:

• You correctly determine whether the image meets acceptance criteria AND
• You correctly and completely justify the decision regarding whether the factor meets acceptance criteria, describing the acceptance requirements and comparing this with the image being evaluated AND
• You correctly and completely describe any follow-up action required to improve each factor if that factor does not meet acceptance criteria. If no follow-up action is required, this must be stated explicitly. Leaving this section blank will garner zero marks for that factor.

You will receive half-marks for each factor if:

• You have correctly determined if the image meets acceptance criteria AND
• Your justification regarding whether the factor meets acceptance criteria is mostly correct and complete, with only 1 or 2 errors or omissions OR
• Your follow-up action required to improve each factor if that factor does not meet acceptance criteria is mostly correct and complete, with 1 or 2 errors or omissions. If no follow-up action is required, this must be stated explicitly.

You will receive zero marks for each factor if:

• You incorrectly determine the image meets acceptance criteria in each of the stated factors OR
• You have left the section related to follow-up action blank OR
• Your justification is significantly incomplete or inaccurate OR
• Your stated follow-up action is significantly incomplete or inaccurate OR
• Both the justification AND follow up action demonstrate 1 or 2 errors or omissions.

Performing simulated radiography techniques in the x-ray lab environment allows you to apply your learned skills, by positioning your peers as patients for simulated x-ray examinations and modifying technical factors. Attending the supervised and independent practice lab sessions is crucial to your learning success and preparation for your clinical placements.

Practical Assessment 2 is an individual 15 minute practical assessment in the x-ray suite. This assessment is to be completed during your timetabled assessment session during Monday - Tuesday of Week 13 (5th-6th  June).

Using a peer as your patient, you will be required to perform one simulated x-ray examination consisting of two projections that have been covered in the material for this term. This assessment will be comprehensive, including patient care, examination justification, patient positioning, imaging technique, safe practice and management of the radiographic process.

Please note:

• This is a timed examination. You will have 15 minutes to complete the assessment. The assessment will be stopped after that time and any tasks not yet done will be scored as not attempted.
• You must present for your individual practical assessment wearing your Medical Imaging clinical uniform.
• This assessment task will be video-recorded to enable moderation.
• As this is a simulation of a clinical procedure, you must perform this assessment without referring to any guidance resources (e.g. notes, texts, electronic devices) – this is a closed book assessment.

If you do not meet minimum requirements on your first attempt you will be given one additional opportunity to be re-assessed. The re-attempt will be scheduled for Wednesday 7th June. 

If you have extenuating circumstances that cause you to be unable to attend your practical at your timetabled date and time, you must apply for an assessment extension. See Section 5 of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding assessment management, specifically around assessment extension. If your request for an extension is approved, you will be assigned a new practical date/time which will be set according to the availability of the imaging facilities and supervising staff. It is your responsibility to ensure that you can attend at that new assigned date/time. In the absence of an approved extension, you will not be able to complete this task at a later date and would thus receive a Fail grade for the assessment task, which would result in a Fail grade for the unit.

Areas assessed:

• Interpretation and justification of the clinical request
• Preparation of the x-ray room and ancillary equipment
• Correct selection of patient and examination from the x-ray unit list
• Positive identification of patient and introduction
• Verification of anatomical area and relevant clinical history
• Determination of pregnancy status
• Gaining informed consent
• Projection performed effectively
• Projection performed in a timely manner
• Use of primary anatomical markers
• Safe use of equipment
• Appropriate debrief and dismiss of patient
• Infection control
• Communication skills
• Professionalism

Please note:

• Detailed performance requirements, assessment criteria and a scoring rubric will be available on the unit Moodle site.
• Specified critical tasks requires achieving a score of 5 out of 5, allowing for no errors or omissions.

To achieve a 'Pass' for this assessment, you must:

• attain a score of 5 for ALL critical tasks AND
• Meet minimum requirements for the non-critical tasks, as detailed on the scoring rubric on Moodle.

This assessment is an in-class closed-book online Moodle test taking place on campus. As health care professionals, radiographers must consider many variables during the radiographic imaging process and be able to apply their imaging knowledge and skills to solve problems as they present clinically. This test is focusing on professional content that you should have as 'ready' knowledge in preparation for entry to your first clinical placement. This is material that you should not need to look up or ask others, so this is a closed-book supervised test.

This in-class test includes the use of images in the form of photographs, radiographic images, and line drawings. These images are used as a basis for a series of questions related to each image. Subjects covered include amongst others, patient positioning, image quality and improvement, anatomy, radiographic pathology, radiographic technique and patient care.

This test covers all content areas. 

You will sit this test at your timetabled assessment time on the due date in your assigned testing room. There are two back-to-back sittings of this test so your test start and end time will depend on your registered session. You will be admitted entry to the test room ten minutes prior to your test start time. You will use this time to log onto your computer workstation and into Moodle. The test will open at the scheduled time for your timetabled session, giving you 60 minutes of time to enter your responses. As with any Moodle test, your test will close automatically when the 60 minutes has elapsed.

In the absence of an approved extension, you cannot complete this assessment at a later time, and you will receive a mark of zero for the assessment if you have not completed it by your timetabled date and time. If you have an approved extension, you will be assigned a new test date and time as soon as possible after the original test date, according to availability of a test supervisor and an appropriate room. It is your responsibility to ensure that you can attend at that new assigned date/time. Please see Section 5 of the the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding Assessment Management, specifically around assessment extension.

Your responses are scored on the following criteria:

• correct use of terminology
• factual correctness of presented material
• relevance of stated content to the question asked
• application of foundation concepts to the question asked
• clarity, thoroughness and completeness of explanations
• Critical thinking

The number of marks for each question are allocated based on the depth and breadth of the required response and will be indicated in the quiz.

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

The Professional Behaviours Assessment Form, which contains both the detailed descriptors of required behaviours and your record of performance, is available on the unit Moodle site. You must bring it with you to each of your scheduled supervised practical lab classes for this unit. This form details the behaviours required. Your lab supervisor will assess your performance relative to the stated standards. Your lab supervisor will complete and sign the form every session.

You are encouraged to make a copy or scan of your form periodically during the term as there is no way to re-do this form if you misplace it. Following your final lab class in Week 12 you are required to upload the completed form into Moodle by the due date.

In the absence of an approved extension, you will not be able to submit this task at a later date and would thus receive a Fail grade for the assessment, which would result in a Fail grade for the unit.

Assessed upon:

• Attendance
• Punctuality
• Professional attire
• Preparedness
• Productivity
• Teamwork
• Professional decorum
• Feedback

Detailed assessment criteria and the required form are available on the unit Moodle site.

You will receive 8 points per lab class if all assessment criteria are met. Points will be deducted for any criteria, including attendance, where you have not demonstrated the behaviour to the required standard.

To achieve a 'Pass' for this assessment item you must:

• Receive 80% of the available points for the term, based on 8 points per supervised practical lab class
• Submit your completed form via the unit Moodle site by 4pm AEST on Friday 9th June 2023.