Overview
In this unit, you will apply quality management principles in health care to undertake a limited clinical audit of a medical sonography department. You will propose reasons for adverse events, prioritise action and describe appropriate intervention as part of a quality improvement strategy. Medical Imaging departments utilise multiple imaging modalities. Quality practice requires an understanding of the function and use of each imaging modality to appreciate the diagnostic journey for each patient. You will evaluate the complementary role and safety of a range of medical imaging modalities. The unit will utilise multi-modality cases to provide you with an opportunity to practice and develop critical thinking and image interpretation skills for specified disease processes.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite MEDS12007 Medical Sonography Clinical Unit 1
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2023
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Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from SUTE data and tutorials
It was noted that some of the breast imaging lecture material needs refreshing due to industry advances.
Explore current peer-reviewed literature with a view to the improvement of comparative breast imaging content and resources.
Feedback from SUTE data
Some students felt that there needs to be a clear guideline on the modality being assessed with assessment 2. They noted that there needs to be clear guidelines on ultrasound being the main modality being assessed.
Consider revising the current marking rubric and ensure it addresses ultrasound as the main modality being assessed.
Feedback from Self reflection
Students noted that the content within week 5 required refreshing to align with current industry guidelines.
Consider rewriting week 5 lectures using current ASAR guidelines and the newly prescribed textbook.
- Discuss key aspects of clinical governance, quality improvement, risk management and patient safety cultures in Medical Imaging.
- Employ quality improvement tools and strategies in the context of a clinical sonography environment.
- Describe the safe application of various medical imaging modalities.
- Identify, compare and describe complementary imaging pathways in specified pathologies.
- Correlate the multi-modality image appearance with a disease process.
Linked to National Standards.
ASAR Accreditation Standards for Sonography - Units 1-5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 40% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 3 - Online Test - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | |||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | |||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | |||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | |||||
| 5 - Team Work | |||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | |||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | |||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | |||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | |||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Portfolio - 40% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Online Test - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Clinical Governance: Improving the Quality of Healthcare for Patients and Service Users
First edition (2014)
Authors: Gottwald M. and Lansdown E.
Open University Press
Maidenhead Maidenhead , Berkshire , England
ISBN: 978-0-335-26281-6
Binding: eBook
Craig's Essentials of Sonography and Patient Care
Edition: 4th (2018)
Authors: Robert de Jong M.
Elsevier
St Louis St Louis , Missouri , USA
ISBN: 9780323545877
Binding: eBook
Leading and Managing Health Services: An Australasian Perspective
(2015)
Authors: Gary E. Day and Sandra G. Leggat
Cambridge
ISBN: 9781316161777
Binding: eBook
Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals
4th edition (2018)
Authors: Kelley, L.L., Petersen, C.M.,
Mosby Elsevier
St Louis St Louis , MO , USA
ISBN: 9780323414877
Binding: eBook
Workbook for Sectional Anatomy for Imaging Professionals
4th edition (2013)
Authors: Kelley & Peterson
Mosby Elsevier
St Louis St Louis , MO , USA
ISBN: 9780323655903
Binding: eBook
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Vancouver
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
m.shenouda@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Clinical Governance
Chapter
Textbook: Leading and Managing Health Services: An Australasian Perspective. Chapter 11 pg. 126-135
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Quality Improvement: Clinical Audit and System Redesign
Chapter
Textbook: Understanding the Australian Health Care System. Chapter 21 pg. 349-350.
Leading and Managing Health Services: An Australasian Perspective. Chapter 27 pg. 309-315.
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Risk Management and Adverse Events
Chapter
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Closing the Gaps in Care through a Practical Framework
Chapter
Textbook: Leading and Managing Health Services: An Australasian Perspective. Chapter 27 pg. 295-302.
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Safety Culture
Safe Sonographic Practice
Chapter
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Break Week
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Introduction to Medical Imaging Modalities and Safety Considerations
Chapter
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Quality Management Report Due: Week 6 Friday (25 Aug 2023) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Appearances of Common Structures in Multiple Modalities.
Contrast Media Use in Imaging Modalities (A)
Chapter
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Contrast Media in Imaging Modalities (B)
Chapter
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Abdomen and Pelvis Imaging
Chapter
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Musculoskeletal Comparative Imaging
Chapter
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Comparative Breast Imaging
Breast Disease
Chapter
Readings: eReading List
Events and Submissions/Topic
Daylight Saving begins 1st October 2023.
Multimodality ePoster Due: Week 11 Wednesday (27 Sept 2023) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
The online test opens Thursday the 12th of October at 11 am AEST and closes on Thursday the 19th of October at 11 am.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Welcome to MEDS13010 - Quality Practice in Diagnostic Imaging. The unit coordinator for this unit is Mina Shenouda and his availability throughout the term will be on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Please utilise the forums on the unit Moodle site for any questions relating to the unit content or assessment items. If you have a query of a personal nature, you can email Mina at m.shenouda@cqu.edu.au.
Each week the Moodle site will be devoted to a different aspect of this unit. Weeks 1 to 5 will be devoted to Quality Practice and weeks 6 -11 will be focused on Comparative Imaging. The learning activities for this unit include pre-recorded lectures, weekly reading material and fortnightly tutorials. All students are expected to attend the tutorials; the timing will be outlined on Moodle. While Zoom tutorials will be recorded, the recordings are not a substitute for active participation. Students that have attended live tutorials are found to have a deeper understanding of the unit content. To attain a passing grade in this unit, students must meet the minimum marks specified in each assessment task and an overall grade of 50% or greater.
1 Portfolio
Week 6 Friday (25 Aug 2023) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 8 Friday (8 Sept 2023)
Results will be available two weeks after due date.
Your assessment will be evaluated using the following criteria
- Complete quality management portfolio which is organised (has a clear introduction, outline of cases, discussion and conclusion) and concisely outlines events and is informed by literature which is cited in-text
- Data is collected and analysed
- Relevant and feasible plans for improvement are proposed
- The portfolio is written in a coherent and cohesive manner and there is adherence to academic writing conventions.
- Discuss key aspects of clinical governance, quality improvement, risk management and patient safety cultures in Medical Imaging.
- Employ quality improvement tools and strategies in the context of a clinical sonography environment.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
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 within the Emergency Department (ED).
The poster will showcase your chosen pathology and describe the best two modalities to image and demonstrate the pathology. Ultrasound has to be one of the modalities discussed. Include why the pathology is well demonstrated on a particular modality and any patient safety considerations for these modalities. Imaging appearances of the pathology should be described along with any differential diagnoses with an adequate patient pathway plan.
ePoster Design
Submitted only as a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation.
Must include title, content and reference list slides. There are to be 8 slides in total.
All slides to be in a ‘landscape’ format:
- Font style to be Arial and size of font 14-point.
- 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)
- Maximum of 10 peer-reviewed references
Further details and a marking rubric can be found on Moodle.
Week 11 Wednesday (27 Sept 2023) 5:00 pm AEST
Results will be available two weeks after due date.
Results will be available two weeks after due date.
Your ePoster will be assessed on:
- Spelling, grammar, formatting, academic writing
- Relevant, accurate and complete referencing
- Adherence to the word count of 1000 words +/- 10%; additional words over 10% leeway will not be marked
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.
- Describe the safe application of various medical imaging modalities.
- Identify, compare and describe complementary imaging pathways in specified pathologies.
- Correlate the multi-modality image appearance with a disease process.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
3 Online Test
Online test closes Thursday (19 Oct 2023) 11:00 am AEST
Results will be available at Certification of Grades
For multiple choice and short answer questions, the answers will be either correct or incorrect and tabulated by the unit's online Moodle system. The remainder will be marked accordingly.
Students must achieve a minimum mark of 50% to pass this assessment.
- Discuss key aspects of clinical governance, quality improvement, risk management and patient safety cultures in Medical Imaging.
- Describe the safe application of various medical imaging modalities.
- Identify, compare and describe complementary imaging pathways in specified pathologies.
- Correlate the multi-modality image appearance with a disease process.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
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