This unit requires full-time attendance at a placement site arranged by the University for 18 weeks. You are required to achieve 100% attendance during your clinical placement. Any non attendance must be justified and verifiable supporting documentation must be supplied to your unit coordinator. You must inform the unit coordinator and your clinical supervisor of any absences. It may be that non attendance requires that you undertake supplementary clinical placements to make up any time lost. You are not permitted to work extra shifts back to back in order to reduce the duration of clinical placement. You must attend on your final day of clinical placement.

You have five (5) days of study leave built into this placement but must still attend for 18 weeks in total. The study leave may be taken as a block or in separate days and must be taken only with the agreement of your clinical supervisor.

To obtain a grade of "requirements met" for this unit you must:

Meet the 100% attendance requirement or that any non attendance is documented and justified.

Upload your log book within 3 days of the end of each weekly shift

The clinical logbook serves as a record of the depth and breadth of experience attained during your placement. It demonstrates the degree of progression of your skill development within and across procedure types. You should use this record to inform your reflection on learning and in formulating weekly learning goals that will support achievement of the unit outcomes.
You must record in the electronic log tool a weekly listing of every imaging procedure in which you participate. Procedure information is to be recorded in such a way as to maintain patient confidentiality. Your level of involvement in the procedure is to be categorised as observed, assisted or performed, using the definitions provided. Any performance assessments that have been attempted must also be recorded. You must also log any meetings, image critique sessions or other feedback/learning activities with your clinical supervisor or other clinical educator.Any absences from the department must be logged in the log book.

To obtain a grade of "requirements met" for this assessment you must:

Ensure that the log book is complete and accurate in relation to attendance and the participation in imaging procedures

Ensure that the log book is submitted within 3 days of the end of the weekly shift to which the log book refers.

Ensure that the entries in the log book maintain the confidentiality of patients and clinical staff.

Should any week's upload have noticeable gaps, errors or omissions, you will be given one week to resubmit that week's log.

At this stage in your professional education, your performance should be consistent and holistic in nature, taking into account the needs of the patient, carers and the wider care team.
At weeks 9 and 18 of your placement your clinical supervisor or a supervising radiographer who has been delegated this role will perform a global assessment of your performance in general imaging procedures using the standard assessment form provided on the unit Moodle site.

These assessments are designed to offer an overview of your performance over time rather than the "snapshot" performance assessments used in previous clinical units.

At week 9 You should achieve a level of at least "consolidating" in all areas. If any areas of competency fall below the required level, you must complete a remediation plan detailing how you intend to improve your performance in this or these areas. This remediation plan must be submitted and approved by both your clinical supervisor and the unit coordinator by the end of week 11. During week 14, the area(s) of practise in need of remediation must be assessed again. The assessments in week 9 and 14 (if required) are formative but you should aim for a level of "consolidating" if you are to succeed in the summative assessment in week 18.

At week 18 - in order to successfully complete this unit you must demonstrate all of the competency areas at a level of “competent”.

Assessed Upon:

• Degree of independence when performing imaging procedures
• Time efficiency of the procedure
• Professional reasoning
• Patient care
• Reflective practice
• Self development
• Protocol use
• Attitudes to learning
• Interprofessional collaboration

To achieve a grade of "requirements met" you must:

• Submit the global performance of general imaging within 3 days of the completion of the shift in which the assessment was performed.
• Attain an overall score of "competent" in the global performance of general imaging completed in week 18.

At this stage in your professional education, your performance should be consistent and holistic in nature, taking into account the needs of the patient, carers and the wider care team.

During this practicum, you are required to attain entry-to-practice skill in two additional areas within the scope of practice of a general radiographer. These can be any two from the list below, according to what is available at the facility you are attending for the practicum. You will need to consult with your clinical supervisor to determine two suitable areas of practice and to arrange your roster to attain several weeks of experience in each.

• Basic computed tomography including contrast examinations, but not including angiography examinations.
• Basic fluoroscopic guidance procedures, not including theatre imaging
• Imaging procedures that require a team approach and complex imaging requirements. This may include, but is not limited to, the resuscitation area, major trauma or highly involved patient needs.
• Theatre fluoroscopic imaging
• Interventional radiography
• Mammography

These assessments are designed to offer an overview of your performance over time rather than the "snapshot" performance assessments used in previous clinical units.

You must achieve a level of "consolidating" in these areas. If any area of practise falls below this level, you must complete a remediation plan detailing how you intend to improve your performance in this or these areas. This remediation plan must be submitted to and approved by your clinical supervisor and unit coordinator within one calendar week of the assessment. Within a further 3 weeks the area(s) assessed as in need of remediation must be assessed again at the level of "consolidating"

You are strongly advised to complete both of these assessments by week 14 in order to allow time for the development, approval and implementation of a remediation plan if needed.

To achieve a grade of "requirements met" in this assessment you must:

• Submit the assessment within 3 days of the end of the weekly shift in which the assessment was completed.
• Attain a score of "consolidating" in all areas of the assessment rubric.

Critical reflection and reflective practice are recognised as being valuable in the development of health professionals.

During the 18-weeks clinical practicum you must post three reflective pieces:

• One piece must consider identified gaps in your learning and a strategy to remediate this.
• One piece must consider patient care and professionalism as experienced in your department and how your own professional practice may have been affected by this
• One piece must consider your understanding and confidence in more specialised areas of practice, together with a strategy to ensure your continued development in your chosen area.

Each piece must be of approximately 500 words, with references where appropriate.

To obtain a 'requirements met' grade for this item you must:

• critically analyse your professional practice
• critically reflect on how you may improve your own clinical performance or interpersonal skills.
• show evidence of developing learning plans from your learning opportunities

A detailed rubric outlining minimum requirements will be posted on the unit Moodle site.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD) is a vital aspect of being an imaging professional. This task is designed to develop your skills in CPD and help you become familiar with the concept, in preparation for registration.

Task

Develop a PowerPoint, or similar type of presentation that covers one of the following subjects:

• Research or audit that you have conducted related to an aspect of radiographic practise. Explain the research methods and results and how this new knowledge may help your development, the radiography profession and/or the patient. You must not report on an audit undertaken for assessment in any previous units.
• An article detailing a novel or innovative imaging procedure or practise that may improve diagnosis, reduce radiation dose or improve patient care or treatment. This article should inform the viewer about the imaging procedure or practise, explain why it is an improvement on any current procedures in use and how it achieves the aims of improved diagnostic ability, reduced radiation dose or improved patient care or treatment.
• A case study completed during your clinical unit. This should inform the viewer about the pathology in question, the clinical significance of the pathology and the imaging strategies employed to confirm or refute the pathology.

The presentation may be a narrated PowerPoint presentation or a video of you presenting to your colleagues in the clinical area. If a video is used you must submit your presentation slides via the unit Moodle site.

This assessment is scored on a 'requirements met/not met' basis. Minimum requirements must be met in each of the following areas:

• Clear, concise description of your chosen area.
• Clear, concise description of how this work will help in your development as an imaging professional
• Audio component: (including clarity of speech, ability to speak beyond slides, correct and appropriate use of terminology)
• Video component: (including visibility of slides or other visual resources )
• Content selection and organisation (including selection of key points, relevance to audience, logical sequencing of content, inclusion of references used, cohesiveness of video and audio components)
• Correct use and citation of references

A marking rubric detailing the minimum requirements for each category will be posted on the Moodle site.