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MEDI12002 - Science and Instrumentation 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Students will be introduced to the equipment, instruments and science necessary to produce a radiographic image. Emphasis will be on the production of the digital image. It is the first of three courses where knowledge is developed and built on in each subsequent course, and applied in the clinical environment. Students will learn to acquire, manipulate and process the final image. Students will be introduced to technical factor selection and their impact on the image. All material learnt in this course is reinforced in practical laboratory setting. A digital radiological laboratory and imaging workstations will allow for experiential learning.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Successful completion of all year 1 courses in the CG92 Bachelor of Medical Imaging program and enrollment in MEDI12001 Radiation Science.

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).

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Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 15%
2. Examination 40%
3. Practical Assessment 20%
4. In-class Test(s) 25%

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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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 17.39% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
Clarity of quizzes and expectations was identified by a few students as an area for improvement.
Recommendation
Consider some example responses to the online tests to demonstrate varying levels of response.
Action Taken
Clarity of quiz expectations has been addressed through the provision of detailed breakdowns of the assessment format including numbers and types of questions, associated marks and recommended time budgets.
Source: SUTE and Unit Coordinator
Feedback
The unit includes authentic real-world problems throughout the content and assessment tasks.
Recommendation
Continue to include real-world clinical scenarios in quizzes and unit content.
Action Taken
The use of real-world scenarios in assessment tasks and tutorials has been maintained.
Source: CQUniversity Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
Feedback
The current assessment strategy of online tests does not require 'at the ready' level of knowledge and provides opportunities for breaches of academic integrity.
Recommendation
Consider assessment strategies that will minimise opportunities for academic integrity breaches, such as supervised closed-book tests.
Action Taken
The online test questions included more scenario-based application and interpretation style questions to reduce over-reliance on external sources. The final online test was replaced by an invigilated in class test to reduce opportunities for breaches of academic integrity. These changes further support assessment of 'at the ready' level of knowledge.
Source: Unit teaching team
Feedback
Post-processing steps that are required for labs are sometimes unfamiliar or unclear.
Recommendation
Consider some additional pictorial guides for specific post-processing requirements in labs.
Action Taken
Laboratory instructions for initial labs included pictorial guides to facilitate the use of workstation interfaces when post processing images.
Source: SUTE and Unit Coordinator reflection.
Feedback
Students found the use of MS Forms effective in creating an inclusive learning environment.
Recommendation
Investigate the option to continue the use of MS Forms or similar tools in future iterations to support an inclusive learning environment.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Coordinator reflection.
Feedback
Pre-lab activities were found to be beneficial in making links between weekly content and laboratory tasks.
Recommendation
Continue with the use of pre-lab activities to support the link between weekly content and laboratory tasks.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Coordinator reflection and informal student feedback.
Feedback
Student engagement in self-directed learning related to Direct Read (DR) Digital Radiography systems was notably poor despite the availability of resources providing appropriate coverage of content.
Recommendation
Notify students in the lead up to content on Direct Read (DR) Digital Radiography systems that to meet the weekly learning goals they will be required to invest more time in self-directed learning, making use of the weekly reading materials as well as the lectures.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection.
Feedback
The invigilated in class assessments supported maintaining of academic integrity.
Recommendation
Continue with the adaptation of invigilated in class tests as the final assessment for the unit.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Perform radiographic imaging in a safe and technically correct manner using general radiographic units, digital image receptor systems and ancillary equipment.
  2. Explain the radiographic imaging process.
  3. Apply concepts of image geometry to control image unsharpness, magnification and distortion.
  4. Outline the processes of image acquisition, processing and display for film-screen radiography.
  5. Detail the processes of image acquisition, processing and display for digital radiography.
  6. Outline the construction and operation of various digital radiographic image receptors and processing systems.
  7. Employ grids, air gaps and collimators correctly and effectively in the control of image quality.
  8. Evaluate the quality of radiographic images in terms of density, contrast, visibility of detail and distortion.
  9. Relate technical factor selection and imaging technique to image quality and radiation administered to the patient.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 - Online Quiz(zes)
2 - Examination
3 - Practical Assessment
4 - In-class Test(s)
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
6 - Information Technology Competence
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
Introductory Level
Intermediate Level
Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
3 - Practical Assessment
1 - Online Quiz(zes)
2 - Examination
4 - In-class Test(s)