MEDI12003 - Imaging Procedures 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit focuses on developing your skills in performing routine radiographic examinations of the appendicular skeleton 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. You will apply your understanding of the relationship between the beam, patient and image receptor and how it impacts on image appearance to determine strategies to improve imaging outcomes. You will develop your skills as a reflective practitioner, to gain greater self-awareness and make progress toward a self-directed continued professional development habit. The practical and simulated experiential learning element of this unit is performed in the University's Medical Imaging clinical simulation laboratories.

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:

  • MEDI12002 Imaging Science 2
  • MEDI12009 Radiographic Anatomy and Appearances 1

Prerequisites:

  • BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 and BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2
  • ALLH11009 Research Skills for Health Professionals
  • MEDI11001 Fundamentals of Imaging Professions
  • MEDI11004 Professional Practice
  • MEDI11005 Patient Care in the Allied Health Professions
  • MEDI11006 Imaging Science 1
  • MPAT12001Medical Pathophysiology

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 1 - 2025

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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. Practical Assessment 45%
2. Reflective Practice Assignment 10%
3. Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) 10%
4. In-class Test(s) 35%
5. 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 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 77.78% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 34.62% 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: 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
The reflection assessment task was maintained in 2025. Students were provided with additional resources to facilitate development of their reflective writing skills. Part of the weekly tutorial was allocated to developing a reflective practice with questions designed to facilitate refection, development and evaluation of SMART goals. These changes aligned with and supported completion of the reflective practice assessment task.
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 2025 the image critique portfolio assessment task was changed to an image critique OSCE. This closed book style assessment made it much more difficult to breech academic integrity expectations.
Source: Staff observation.
Feedback
This unit has a large number of assessment tasks.
Recommendation
Review the number of assessment tasks in future offerings.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Staff observation.
Feedback
Engagement in tutorials was higher in activities that did not require speaking in front of the whole class.
Recommendation
Explore strategies for active participation that provide alternatives to speaking in front of the entire class, such as collaborative or paired activities.
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, 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. 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.
  6. Discuss the indications for, anatomical features demonstrated by, technical set-ups, patient care requirements and specific imaging goals of the various radiographic examinations of the appendicular skeleton.
  7. Reflect on your performance on an ongoing basis, with the goal of improving your practice.

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
    • capability 1, enabling components a, b & c
    • capability 2, enabling components c
    • capability 4, enabling components a & b
    • capability 5, enabling components b & c
    • capability 6, enabling components b &c
    • capability 7, enabling components b & d
  • Domain 2  
    • capability 1, enabling components a & e
    • capability 2, enabling components b, c & d
    • capability 4, enabling components a
  • Domain 3  
    • capability 1, enabling components a-f & h
  • Domain 4  
    • capability 2, enabling components b & c
  • Domain 5 
    • capability 1, enabling components b & e
    • capability 2, enabling components a & c

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Practical Assessment • •
2 - Reflective Practice Assignment • • •
3 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) • • •
4 - In-class Test(s) • • • •
5 - 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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