Intravenous cannulation is a core skill for radiographers who perform CT imaging. In preparation for clinical practice, you will develop the knowledge, skills and behaviours needed to perform cannulation in the clinical simulation environment. You will perform intravenous cannulation on the arm or hand of a cannulation phantom for this practical assessment.

This is a holistic assessment and you must consider all aspects of the patient's journey during cannulation, including patient care and communication as well as the practical elements of the cannulation. For the first part of the assessment, you will communicate with the assessor who will take the part of the patient. For the second part, you will cannulate the arm phantom.

Please note -

• You will have 15 minutes to complete the assessment. If all the practical elements of the assessment are not completed within the allocated 15 minutes, the assessment will be stopped and you will be marked based on your performance up to that point.
• 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.
• This assessment task will be recorded using a video camera to enable moderation.
• As this is a simulation of a clinical procedure, you must perform this assessment without referring to any guidance resources (eg. notes, texts, electronic devices) - this is a closed book assessment.
• If you do not achieve the minimum score on all tasks you will be given two additional opportunities to perform the assessment. The first re-test will be scheduled within one calendar week of receiving the score and feedback of the original attempt. The second and final re-test will be scheduled within one calendar week of receiving the score and feedback of the first re-test.
• This is a pass/fail assessment item that must be completed by the specified due date. 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 lab 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.

Assessed on:

• Patient care
• Professional communication
• Legal requirements
• Infection control
• Sharps safety
• Effective and safe cannulation

Each main category has one or more tasks. Each task has a minimum score required for a pass. Some tasks are of a more critical nature than others, therefore require a higher level of performance.

Please note:

• Detailed performance and assessment criteria and a scoring rubric will be available on the unit Moodle site.
• To attain a pass score in this assessment you must achieve the minimum specified target score in ALL of the assessment tasks.

You will be assessed on the following main categories of activities:

• Justification
• Patient communication
• Legal requirements
• Use of the control panel
• Use of the gantry and table
• Selection of protocols and imaging parameters
• Scan planning and manipulation of data set
• Accurate use of terminology

Each main category has one or more tasks. Each task has a minimum score required for a pass. Some tasks are of a more critical nature than others, therefore require a higher level of performance.

Please note:

• Detailed assessment criteria and a scoring rubric will be available on the unit Moodle site.
• To attain a pass score in this assessment you must achieve the minimum specified target score in ALL of the assessment tasks.

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 is available on the unit Moodle site. You must bring it with you to each of your scheduled supervised practical lab classes. 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.

Once completed this form must be uploaded via the unit Moodle site for review by the unit coordinator by Week 12 Friday 5th June 2020 at 5pm. Please ensure you check due dates and times for submissions, and that all paperwork is completed correctly and accurately. Failure to do so will result in a fail mark for that assessment item.

This is a pass/fail assessment item that must be completed by the specified due date. If you have extenuating circumstances that cause you to be unable to submit your assessment at the due 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 due date/time. 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 a marking rubric 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 attain a 'Pass' for this assessment, you must:

• receive 80% of available points for the professional behaviours evaluation
• complete and upload the professional behaviours evaluation form by the due date.

You will write an in-class test to demonstrate your ability to apply the concepts and use the terminology based on content provided from the first 9 weeks of this unit. Question tasks will be of the same types that you will practice in weekly tutorials. These tasks may include analysis of projected diagrams, photographs and CT images to identify normal anatomical structures, appearances of common pathologies and evaluate image quality, creation of line diagrams to illustrate concepts, explanations and discussions.

This is a closed-book assessment and no notes, texts or electronic devices are allowed into the class during this assessment task.  You will submit your test paper and rough paper at the end of the test period.

This test must be written at the timetabled date and time. As per the Assessment Procedures, this task is to be completed during a defined period. There is no opportunity to apply a late penalty. If you arrive late, you may enter the test room up to 30 minutes after the start of the test; however, you will still be required to submit your test at the standard test end time. You will not be allowed entry more than 30 minutes after the test starts. 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 the scheduled date and time.

Assessed on:

• Correct use of scientific terminology
• Identification of normal cross-sectional anatomy
• Identification of abnormalities on cross-sectional imaging
• Analysis of CT data sets to evaluate scan quality.

Question responses will be scored on the following criteria:

• Correct use of scientific terminology
• Correct selection and application of core concepts to the specific content of the question
• Clarity, correctness, relevance and completeness of the response in addressing the question that was asked.

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