MEDI12009 - Radiographic Anatomy and Appearances 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit is the first of two that examine the relational anatomy of the human body and develop your pattern recognition skills in radiographic appearances of anatomical structures. The focus of this unit is on the musculoskeletal structures of the extremities, shoulder girdle and pelvic girdle. You will apply your knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology to studying the development, change through the lifespan and change due to injury and disease of bones and joints in those anatomical regions. For each bone and joint you will study its morphology and spatial characteristics relative to adjacent structures and external landmarks. You will apply that knowledge to building your awareness of radiographic appearances of these structures, including standard appearances, normal variants, injuries and diseases. You will build your vocabulary of radiographic terminology in describing image appearances of anatomical structures and their positional relationships with other structures. You will learn to articulate a reasoned decision in interpreting radiographic appearances at an introductory level.

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

Prerequisites:

  • BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
  • BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2
  • MEDI11001 Fundamentals of the Imaging Professions
  • MPAT12001 Medical 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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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. In-class Test(s) 40%
2. In-class Test(s) 60%

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%).

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Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Identify on projection radiographs specific anatomical musculoskeletal structures of the upper and lower extremities, shoulder girdle and pelvis
  2. Discuss the development, changes through the lifespan and changes due to injuries and diseases of bones and joints of the upper and lower extremities, shoulder girdle and pelvis
  3. For each bone and joint of the upper and lower extremities, shoulder girdle and pelvis, describe its morphology and spatial characteristics relative to adjacent structures and surface landmarks
  4. Employ standard professional terminology and conventions in describing anatomical features, locations and positional relationships of musculoskeletal structures and in describing radiographic appearances of those structures
  5. Apply knowledge of anatomy and pathophysiology and skill in pattern recognition in predicting and interpreting normal and abnormal radiographic appearances of the musculoskeletal structures of the upper and lower extremities, shoulder girdle and pelvis
  6. Present a reasoned judgment in predicting and interpreting normal and abnormal radiographic appearances of the musculoskeletal structures of the upper and lower extremities, shoulder girdle and pelvis.

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

Domain 1: Medical radiation practitioner: capability 1

Domain 1: Medical radiation practitioner: capability 7

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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4 - Information Literacy • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • •
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