Unit Synopsis
During this clinical unit you will apply and expand on knowledge and skills previously learned both on campus and during your previous placements.You will further develop your clinical skills in general radiography to include adaptation to a range of patient types and imaging environments. You will develop clinical skills in computed tomography and theatre fluoroscopy. You will further develop your decision-making skills and use your knowledge of image evaluation to assess images from a wide range of procedures for technical sufficiency. You will use reflective practice to assist in your development as an imaging professional. At all times you will work within the profession's Code of Conduct and your scope of practice.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 3 |
| Credit Points | 18 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.375 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisites: MEDI12011 Medical Imaging Clinical Experience 1 MEDI13001 Imaging Science 4 MEDI13002 Imaging Procedures 3 MEDI13006 Imaging Procedures 4 Both MEDI13002 and MEDI13006 must have been completed within the past six months. Should this time limit be exceeded, the student must undergo a period of on-campus skills revision as determined by the Head of Course and successfully complete skills assessments to demonstrate currency of professional skills. 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 |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 2 - 2026 Profile
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 18-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 37.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 450 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Professional Practice Placement | 0% |
| 2. Portfolio | 0% |
| 3. Portfolio | 0% |
| 4. Practical Assessment | 0% |
| 5. Practical Assessment | 0% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 87.50% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 15.69% 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: Unit Coordinator reflection
Many students struggled to organise their own specific assessment schedule over their placement block/s.
Invest in providing a plan to assist students to organise their own specific assessment schedule.
Third year unit schedules, timetables, class registration and assessment summary guides posted on CG92 Portal to support student organisation and student success.
Source: Unit Coordinator and academic marker reflection.
Despite the introduction of the new assessment rule related to 'three strikes', there were a number of students who continued to submit late and/or submit incorrect or incomplete assessments.
Enhance communication through the Moodle site, Moodle forum posting and emails to minimise late submissions, incorrect submissions and incomplete submissions.
Throughout unit delivery email communication was enhanced and tailored for cohort and individual student circumstances to support success in assessment submission.
Source: Student evaluation feedback and unit coordinator reflection
Prompt feedback and support was provided by the unit coordinator and teaching staff during placement.
Maintain support via distance for students during placement and offer feedback in a timely manner.
In Progress
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Improvement in timely assessment submissions and correctness of submissions during placement.
Continue to provide assessment summary guides on CG92 portal and continue global and tailored email communication throughout unit delivery.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Behave in a professional manner, adhering to the profession's Code of Conduct and working within your scope of practice as appropriate to a third year student
- Reflect on your practice on an ongoing basis to integrate new learning and experiences
- Critique images across a wide range of procedure types for technical sufficiency and formulation of image improvement strategies where indicated
- Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of radiographic, fluoroscopic and computed tomography equipment, in keeping with your level of training and experience
- Perform all general radiographic examinations on non-complex patient presentations with minimal assistance and on complex patient presentations with moderate assistance
- Perform advanced radiographic examinations, fluoroscopic and computed tomography examinations with moderate assistance.
Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (MRPBA) Professional Capabilities for Medial Radiation Practice:
Domains: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.1a, 5.2a, 5.3a
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Professional Practice Placement | • | • | ||||
| 2 - Portfolio | • | • | ||||
| 3 - Portfolio | • | |||||
| 4 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | • | • | |
| 5 - Practical Assessment | • | • | • | |||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 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 | • | • | • | • | ||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |