Year 1: Year 1 includes a one week full-time observation clinical placement as a mandatory component of the MEDI11001 Fundamentals of the Imaging Professions unit. To be eligible to attend placement, students must have completed all required pre-clinical health, safety and security requirements, must have completed the prerequisite unit MEDI11005 Patient Care in the Allied Health Professions and must have attended all scheduled laboratory or residential school sessions for MEDI11001. The placement is scheduled in Week 11 of Term 2 only.

Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MEDI11002	Physics for Health Sciences
MEDI11005	Patient Care in the Allied Health Professions
BMSC11001	Human Body Systems 1
ESSC11004	Study and Research Skills for Health Science

Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MEDI11001	Fundamentals of the Imaging Professions
MEDI11003	Relational Anatomy
MEDI11004	Professional Practice
BMSC11002	Human Body Systems 2

Year 2: Year 2 profession-specific units other than the clinical placement units are run as internal units at Mackay campus. During both terms, students should expect to be on campus most days each week due to the number of labs and tutorials. MEDI12004 Medical Imaging Clinical Course 1 is a five week full-time clinical placement. This placement commences two weeks prior to the start of Term 2 and finishes at the end of Week 3. The three theory/lab units in Term 2 will operate in a compressed format on campus during Weeks 4 - 13 of Term 2.

Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MEDI12001	Radiation Science
MEDI12002	Imaging Science 2
MEDI12003	Imaging Procedures 1
MPAT12001	Medical Pathophysiology

Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MEDI12004	Medical Imaging Clinical Placement 1
MEDI12006	Imaging Procedures 2
MEDI12007	Quality Processes for Dose and Image Optimisation
MEDI12005	Imaging Science 3

Year 3: Extensive learning activity takes place in the clinical simulation laboratories during profession-specific units other than clinical placement. These are run as internal units at Mackay campus. For 2016 these are scheduled in Term 1 of Year 3. In 2017 onward, these may be scheduled in both Terms 1 and 2 of Year 3. MEDI13004 Medical Imaging Clinical Course 2 in Term 1 is an eight week full-time clinical placement and may commence up to seven weeks prior to the start of Term 1. Students are normally scheduled to be on full-time placement during the first three weeks of Term 1. The three theory/lab units in Term 1 will operate in a compressed format on campus during Weeks 4 - 12 of Term 1. MEDI13005 Medical Imaging Clinical Course 3 is a twelve week full-time clinical placement and may be scheduled during Term 2 and/or Term 3 according to availability of clinical placements.

Year 3 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MEDI13001	Science and Instrumentation 3
MEDI13002	Imaging Procedures 3
MEDI13004	Medical Imaging Clinical Placement 2
MEDI13006	Imaging Procedures 4

Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MEDI13005	Medical Imaging Clinical Placement 3
NURS13117	Research in Health Care

Year 4 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MEDI14001	Transition to Independent Practice
MEDI14002	Medical Imaging Clinical Course 4

Year 4 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MEDI14005	Medical Imaging Clinical Practicum

Clinical Placement:

Each course year includes clinical placement. Students must meet specific pre-clinical health, safety, security and licensing requirements prior to each placement, and must disclose any condition that may put themselves or the public at significant risk whilst on placement. Due to limited availability of clinical placements, some block placements have start and/or end dates that fall outside standard term start and end dates. All students will be required to attend placements at a range of locations and of a range of facility types. As placements are located throughout Queensland and availability is limited in each community, students may be placed at locations that are not of their choosing. Students must prepare financially and personally to relocate for placements, and are responsible for for the associated costs. In accordance with course accreditation standards of the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia, students must, over the four years of the course, attend blocks of placements in at least three different communities (including urban, regional and rural) and in a range of facilities that is sufficient to provide the scope and volume of clinical experience needed to meet all course and external accreditation requirements.

Whilst on placement, students will perform imaging procedures on and provide hands-on care to people who may be ill or injured. Students will need to be physically fit, able to stand and walk for extended periods, lift, stretch, carry heavy loads and have sufficient visual acuity and contrast sensitivity to assess fine detail of images and perform safely in a range of lighting conditions. Students will undergo clinical assessments on performance of imaging procedures, professional behavioural and technical skills.

Clinical Simulation Laboratory Learning

Years 1 - 3 of the course include hands-on learning in the clinical simulation medical imaging laboratories on campus during most terms. Students must demonstrate professional behaviours including regular attendance and meeting the course dress code during clinical simulation laboratory sessions. During simulations of imaging procedures, all students will participate in role play as radiographer and patient. These essential learning activities may require partial removal of clothing to the level that is required for the simulation and will involve touching and being touched by peers. If a student is unable to participate, it may impact the student's ability to attain required skills and complete unit assessments.

Available units
Students must complete 1 from the following units:
MEDI14003	Image Interpretation of Spine and Extremities
MEDI14004	Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging