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Unit Synopsis
Imaging Procedures 2 will build upon your foundation knowledge and skills developed in Imaging Procedures 1. On completion of this unit, you should be able to perform routine radiographic examinations of the axial and appendicular skeleton, chest, abdomen and craniofacial structures. You will expand your image assessment and interpretation skills to radiography of the axial skeleton. You will be introduced to additional areas of radiographic practice, including mammography, bone mineral densitometry and mobile x-ray imaging. This unit includes a large element of clinical simulation to enhance readiness for 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 |
Pre-requisites: MPAT12001 Medical Pathophysiology MEDI12001 Radiation Science MEDI12002 Science and Instrumentation 1 MEDI12003 Imaging Procedures 1 Co-requisites: MEDI12005 Science and Instrumentation 2 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
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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).
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 | 0% |
| 2. Practical Assessment | 0% |
| 3. Practical Assessment | 0% |
| 4. Online Test | 30% |
| 5. Online Test | 30% |
| 6. Online Test | 40% |
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%).
Past Exams
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No previous feedback available
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 feedback.
Use of 2 minute warning timer in practical assessments was appreciated and helped students manage their time.
Investigate the feasibility of including a 2 minute warning timer for all practical assessments.
A 2 minute warning timer was used for all practical assessments.
Source: Staff observation.
Students were not utilising the full 1.5 hours of weekly independent practice labs, with some students leaving after as little as 30 minutes.
Reiterate to students the importance of the weekly independent practice labs to consolidate learning and to prepare for practical assessment tasks.
The use of weekly independent practice labs as an important part of consolidating learning and preparing for practical assessments was stressed to students.
Source: Student feedback, Unit Coordinator reflection.
Some students did not appear to understand the accreditation requirements within assessment tasks.
Emphasise to the students that the assessment tasks are aligned with the professional standards set by the registration body as part of accreditation requirements.
Discussions in tutorials were utilised to compare expectations outlined in the unit with those observed while on clinical placement. It was emphasised that observations in the clinical setting were not always consistent with legislative requirements, industry standards and best patient care.
Source: Informal student feedback.
New lectures on projections were well received and supported learning.
Continue to use a lecture format that emphasises the link between patient position and image appearance.
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator observation
The written image evaluation portfolio assessment task does not reflect the immediate verbal assessments that students are expected to provide when in the clinical setting.
Investigate the feasibility of changing the written image evaluation portfolio assessment task into an oral assessment of image evaluation.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Perform safely and effectively at an advanced beginner level simulated radiographic examinations of all body regions, focusing on commonly requested examination on ambulant adults
- Demonstrate patient care and professional behaviours in the simulated clinical environment
- Assess radiographs for technical sufficiency
- Discuss methods to modify a radiographic examination to improve technical sufficiency and/or better demonstrate required anatomy
- Identify radiographic appearances of normal anatomical structures, common normal variants and common pathologies on radiographic images all body regions
- Use technical terminology correctly in discussing the set-up of the beam, patent and image receptor for radiographic examinations and in discussing radiographic images and their appearances
- Discuss the indications for, anatomical features demonstrated by, technical set-ups, patient care requirements and specific imaging goals of routine radiographic projections of all body regions of ambulant adult patients
- Discuss the techniques, patient care requirements and safety considerations of mammography, bone mineral densitometry, dental imaging and, at an introductory level, mobile and theatre imaging.
Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (MRPBA) Professional Capabilities for Medical Radiation Practice (2020)
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: capabilities 1 and 2
Domain 4: Evidence-informed practitioner: capabilities 1 and 2
Domain 5: Radiation safety and risk manager: capabilities 1 and 2
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