MEDI12003 - Imaging Procedures 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit focuses on developing your skills in performing routine radiographic examinations of the appendicular skeleton, shoulder, pelvis, thorax and abdomen on an ambulant adult at an advanced beginner level. You will demonstrate high levels of patient care and radiation safety. You will develop skills to evaluate radiographs with regard to image quality and determine if an image is diagnostic. The principles of image interpretation will be introduced and common trauma/disease processes of the chest, abdomen and musculoskeletal system explored. The practical and simulated experiential learning element of this unit is performed in the University's Medical Imaging clinical simulation laboratories. This supports your readiness to put your knowledge and skills to use in your first clinical placement.

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

Corequisites:

  • MEDI12001 Radiation Science
  • MEDI12002 Science and Instrumentation 1

Prerequisites:

  • BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1 and BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2 OR BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 and BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2
  • ESSC11004 Study and Research Skills for Health Sciences
  • MEDI11001 Fundamentals of Imaging Professions
  • MEDI11003 Relational Anatomy
  • MEDI11004 Professional Practice
  • MEDI11005 Patient Care in the Allied Health Professions

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Mackay

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) 20%
2. Practical Assessment 0%
3. Reflective Practice Assignment 0%
4. Portfolio 30%
5. In-class Test(s) 50%
6. Practical Assessment 0%
7. Laboratory/Practical 0%

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 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 71.43% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 12.73% 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 and Medical Imaging Team discussions
Feedback
Although the academic team considers the image critique portfolio as an effective learning and assessment tool, some students commented that the image critique portfolio was very time consuming.
Recommendation
Explicitly emphasise to the students about the role of the image critique portfolio and the weekly engagement required to complete the task.
Action Taken
The importance of image critique within the profession was emphasised in labs and tutorials. During image-taking labs, students were required to articulate image critique and its importance was again emphasised.
Source: Student comments & SUTE
Feedback
A minority of students commented that they would like more resources focusing on image interpretation and image anatomy.
Recommendation
Investigate resources to fit both outgoing Imaging Procedures 1 in 2024 and new Radiographic Anatomy and Appearances units in 2025.
Action Taken
Radiographic anatomy and image interpretation was explicitly covered in updated tutorials.
Source: Student comments to coordinator & SUTE
Feedback
Students found the labs and tutorials useful to apply their knowledge.
Recommendation
Maintain imaging labs and tutorials.
Action Taken
Imaging labs and tutorials were maintained and tutorials were updated.
Source: Student email and informal conversations with students
Feedback
Students found the reflection and action plan assessment task useful for personal and professional development.
Recommendation
Maintain the reflection and action plan assessment task, building further on foundation of reflective writing in the unit content.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Coordinator reflection
Feedback
The structure of the image critique portfolio assessment is such that academic integrity may not be upheld.
Recommendation
Investigate other methods to assess skills in image critique.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Safely and effectively perform at an advanced beginner level simulated radiographic examinations of the appendicular skeleton, pelvic and shoulder girdles and of the thorax and abdomen, focusing on commonly requested examinations on ambulant adults
  2. Demonstrate patient care and professional behaviours in the simulated clinical environment
  3. Assess radiographs for technical sufficiency
  4. Discuss methods to modify a radiographic examination to improve technical sufficiency and/or better demonstrate required anatomy
  5. Identify radiographic appearances of normal anatomical structures, common normal variants and common pathologies of the appendicular skeleton, shoulder girdle, pelvic girdle, thorax and abdomen
  6. Use technical terminology correctly in discussing the set-up of the beam, patient and image receptor for a radiographic examination and in discussing radiographic images and their appearances
  7. Discuss the indications for, anatomical features demonstrated by and technical set-ups, patient care requirements and specific imaging goals of the various radiographic examinations of the upper and lower extremities, shoulder and pelvic girdles, thorax and abdomen.

This unit maps to the following components of the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia's Professional Capabilities for Medical Radiation Practice (2020 version):

  • Domain 1 Medical radiation practitioner: capabilities 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7
  • Domain 1A Diagnostic radiographer: capability 1
  • Domain 2 Professional and ethical practitioner: capabilities 1 and 2 
  • Domain 3 Communicator and collaborator: capability 1
  • Domain 4 Evidence-informed practitioner: capabilities 1 and 2
  • Domain 5 Radiation safety and risk manager: capabilities 1 and 2

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Online Quiz(zes) • • • • •
2 - Practical Assessment • •
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment •
4 - Portfolio • • •
5 - In-class Test(s) • • • • •
6 - Practical Assessment • •
7 - Laboratory/Practical • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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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 • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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