Undertaking a clinical audit, as part of a quality management process, occurs in all imaging practices on a cyclical basis. In this assessment, you will complete a small part of a clinical audit. Successful completion of this assessment is a course requirement of the Australian Sonographers Accreditation Registry (ASAR). You are required to provide a portfolio (2000 words) which includes the description of five (5) actual or potential adverse events in the clinical workplace (Medical Imaging Department) and quality management of these adverse events.

Complete a risk assessment matrix for the 5 potential adverse events.

For one event, the following must be described:

• Outline the problem and identify contributing factors (with fishbone diagram)
• Model action plan to allow improvement
• Discuss quality management for the event

In the reflection component of the portfolio you can compare events and consider:

• Management causation scales
• Medical management analysis severity scale
• Error cause scale
• Assessment of preventability of adverse errors and how theory/literature can inform future practice
• Recommend further action or further research that could be conducted

Length: maximum 2000 words. Any words over the word count will not be marked. Reference list and figure captions are excluded.

Presentation: Inherent requirement is that it is written in appropriate academic language, and free of grammatical and spelling errors. Your assessment should be submitted as a Word document with 1.5 line spacing in 12 point Arial font

Referencing: Your answers to each question must be supported by references. A reference list must be provided and the CQU Sonography Vancouver referencing style must be used throughout your assessment.

Ensure that your assessment is accurately referenced. References should clearly show where your information was obtained. Refer to the unit Moodle page and the CQU general website for further information.

Your assessment will be evaluated using the following criteria

• Complete quality management portfolio which is organised (has clear introduction, outline of cases, discussion and conclusion) and concisely outlines events and is informed by literature which are cited in-text

• Data is collected and analysed

• Relevant and feasible plans for improvement are proposed

• Portfolio is written in a coherent and cohesive manner and there is adherence to academic writing conventions.

In the early stages of their careers, medical doctors are equipped with a great deal of theoretical knowledge but still have a steep learning curve when it comes to the different types of medical imaging modalities and which modality should be requested in a specific clinical scenario.

You are to produce an ePoster for the orientation day for Intern doctors on their first day at a large metropolitan hospital.

The poster will showcase your chosen pathology and describe the best two modalities to image and demonstrate the pathology. Include why the pathology is well demonstrated on a particular modality, and any patient safety considerations for the modalities. Imaging appearances of the pathology should be described along with any differential diagnoses.

ePoster Design

Submitted only as a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation

Must include title, content and reference slides. Content can be 3 to 5 slides. (5~7 slides in total).

All slides to be in a ‘landscape’ format

• Font style and size (e.g. 16–24 points: should be large and clear enough to be easily read from a distance)

• Minimum resolution for graphics and images (72 dpi)

• Remember to consider that your colour scheme selection should be easy to read from a distance (contrast of text content with background colour)

Further details and marking rubric can be found on Moodle.

Your ePoster will be assessed on:

• spelling, grammar, formatting, academic writing
• relevant, accurate and complete referencing
• adherence to word count (word count marks not allocated if too brief or too lengthy; additional words will not be assessed)

The following assessment supports can be found on the unit Moodle site

• Marking rubric
• Assessment Video
• Vancouver referencing information
• Link to ePosters submitted to the Australian Sonographer's Association (ASA) national conference.

You will complete an online quiz to assess your understanding of the concepts delivered in MEDS13010. The quiz can be accessed through the assessment tab on Moodle.

It will comprise of short and medium answer, and multiple choice questions. Students will need to note opening and closing times to complete the quiz during this time period.

The quiz will be open for 60 mins and only ONE attempt is allowed. Once started, the quiz cannot be paused or restarted.

All unit content for MEDS13010 may be examined.

This assessment is to be undertaken as an individual. As with all other university assessment, colluding with other students on non group work tasks is considered academic misconduct, and may lead to action being taken

It will open in week 12 of the term from Wednesday 7th October at 11:00 (AEST) and will remain open until the following

Wednesday 15th October at 11:00 (AEST).

Only one attempt of the test is allowed. Once you have commenced the test, you cannot pause, stop or re-start it.

Answers will be either correct or incorrect and tabulated by the unit's online Moodle system.

Students must achieve a minimum mark of 50% to pass this assessment.