MEDI13005 - Medical Imaging Clinical Placement 3

General Information

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:

MEDI13001 Science and Instrumentation 3, and

MEDI13002 Imaging Procedures 3, which must have been successfully completed within the last twelve months. If this twelve month period has been exceeded, the student must undergo a formal refresher of technical and professional skills.

MEDI13004 Medical Imaging Clinical Placement 2 and

Co-Requisites:

MEDI13006 Imaging Procedures 4. If the student has completed MEDI13006 more than twelve months prior to commencing MEDI13005, the student must undergo a formal refresher of technical and 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).

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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Mixed Mode

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 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.

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 55.56% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 16.36% 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 evaluation feedback and self-reflection
Feedback
Prompt feedback and support was provided by the unit coordinator and teaching staff during placement.
Recommendation
Maintain support via distance for students during placement and offer feedback in a timely manner.
Action Taken
Off campus feedback and support was maintained with good communication through the Moodle site, emails and news forums.
Source: Student feedback and self/team-reflection
Feedback
Some minor areas of the logbook excel spreadsheet did not function correctly to allow entries of procedures completed during clinical placement.
Recommendation
Update logbook Excel spreadsheets to ensure functionality of all spreadsheet pages/cells.
Action Taken
New Excel logbooks were created to correct functionality of spreadsheet.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
More specific and effective communication with students attending multiple sites regarding GAPA feedback timing during the clinical placement block. This allows flexibility for differing timing of rotations through sites and supports students by providing them feedback from each site attended, regardless of the standard timing of the GAPA assessment during the clinical placement calendar.
Recommendation
Provide detailed information of timing of GAPA assessment within the Unit Profile and Moodle page instructions relating to students participating in rotations across multiple sites during the clinical placement block.
Action Taken
More detailed information was provided within the unit profile and Moodle page with explicit instructions relating to students participation in rotating across multiple sites and receiving feedback.
Source: Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback
Many students struggled to organise their own specific assessment schedule over their placement block/s.
Recommendation
Invest in providing a plan to assist students to organise their own specific assessment schedule.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator and academic marker reflection.
Feedback
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.
Recommendation
Enhance communication through the Moodle site, Moodle forum posting and emails to minimise late submissions, incorrect submissions and incomplete submissions.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. 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
  2. Reflect on your practice on an ongoing basis to integrate new learning and experiences
  3. Critique images across a wide range of procedure types for technical sufficiency and formulation of image improvement strategies where indicated
  4. Demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of radiographic, fluoroscopic and computed tomography equipment, in keeping with your level of training and experience
  5. Perform all general radiographic examinations on non-complex patient presentations with minimal assistance and on complex patient presentations with moderate assistance
  6. 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

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Professional Practice Placement • •
2 - Portfolio • •
3 - Portfolio •
4 - Practical Assessment • • • • •
5 - Practical Assessment • • •
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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