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MEDI12007 - Radiation Dose, Safety and Quality Assurance

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Students will learn the elements of radiation dose and quality assurance and how to use them in order to produce consistently high quality images in a safe environment. Students will understand and implement the three principles of image production, justification, limitation and optimisation. Students will assess the equipment and accessories using specific tests to determine their state of performance and safety. Students will develop a Quality Assurance programme which can be implemented in the clinical setting.

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:

MEDI12001 Radiation Science and MEDI12002 Science and Instrumentation 1

Co-requisites:

MEDI12004 Medical Imaging Clinical Course 1 and  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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2015

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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. Written Assessment 20%
2. Group Discussion 10%
3. Written Assessment 20%
4. Practical and Written Assessment 10%
5. Examination 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%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2021 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 13.64% 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: Have your say Unit Coordinator self reflection
Feedback
The availability of shorter lecture videos have been well received by students.
Recommendation
Maintain the availability of shorter lecture video recordings for future iterations of the unit.
Action Taken
Availability of shorter lecture videos has been maintained.
Source: Have your say Unit Coordinator self reflection
Feedback
Some students needed further assistance with understanding the assessment requirements and scoring.
Recommendation
Update the instructional video describing the assessment tasks to include examples of poor and good approaches with respect to the marking rubric to encourage better understanding of the assessment requirements and marking rubric(s) by the students.
Action Taken
An instructional video for assessments was not used for 2021. Instead, including the assessment data collection and analysis as part of the res school activity under the unit coordinator's guidance helped students better understand the requirements for and execute the first assessment. Incorporating assessment type questions in the weekly tutorials also gave students insight about expectations and scoring of responses in preparation for the final online test.
Source: Unit Coordinator self-reflection Informal feedback from students
Feedback
The 3-day residential school was well received by students.
Recommendation
Retain the 3-day res school to support students with integration of the theory and application of concepts in future iterations of the unit.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit Coordinator self-reflection Informal feedback from students SUTE feedback
Feedback
Having application type questions in the weekly tutorials supported student learning and consolidation of the key concepts learned.
Recommendation
Continue the adaptation of application type questions in the review and consolidation of content in the weekly tutorials.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Discuss the regulation of radiation safety and quality assurance in clinical practice.
  2. Discuss the challenges inherent in the application of the principle of justification, limitation and optimisation to the practice of radiography.
  3. Apply knowledge of beam production and control, equipment operation and performance, differential attenuation and imaging technique to the goal of image optimisation with simultaneous dose limitation in radiographic practice.
  4. Discuss the purpose, scope and fundamental concepts of risk management, quality management, quality assurance and quality control in Medical Imaging.
  5. Assess performance of equipment and imaging systems relative to quality standards.
  6. Troubleshoot imaging faults and process and equipment problems.
  7. Create a quality assurance system for a Medical Imaging department.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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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
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1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Group Discussion • • •
3 - Written Assessment • • • •
4 - Practical and Written Assessment • • • • •
5 - Examination • • • •