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Imaging Procedures 2 will build upon your foundation knowledge and skills developed in Imaging Procedures 1. On completion of this unit, you will be able to perform routine radiographic examinations of all regions of the body on an ambulant adult. You will demonstrate high levels of patient care and radiation safety. You will expand your image evaluation skills to encompass all regions of the body enabling you to assess radiographs for quality and to determine if an image is diagnostic. You will apply your understanding of the relationship between the beam, patient and image receptor and how it impacts on image appearance to determine strategies to improve imaging outcomes for all regions of the body. You will develop your skills as a reflective practitioner, to gain greater self-awareness and make progress toward a self-directed continued professional development habit. You will be introduced to additional areas of radiographic practice, including mammography, bone mineral densitometry and dental imaging. This unit includes a large element of clinical simulation to enhance readiness for clinical placement.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: MEDI12002 Imaging Science 2 MEDI12003 Imaging Procedures 1 MEDI12009 Radiographic Anatomy and Appearances 1 Co-requisites: MEDI12005 Imaging Science 3 MEDI12010 Radiographic Anatomy and Appearances 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).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2025
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.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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.
Feedback from 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.
Feedback from 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.
Feedback from 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.
- 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
- Use technical terminology correctly in discussing the set-up of the beam, patient 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 indications for, techniques, patient care requirements, safety considerations and common appearances, normal variants and pathologies of mammography, bone mineral densitometry and dental imaging.
- Reflect on your performance on an ongoing basis, with the goal of improving your practice.
This unit maps to the following components of the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia's Professional Capabilities for Medical Radiation Practice (2020 version):
- Domain 1
- capability 1, enabling components a & c
- capability 2, enabling components b & c
- capability 3, enabling component b
- capability 4, enabling components a & b
- capability 5, enabling components b & c
- capability 6, enabling components b-d
- capability 7, enabling components b & d
- Domain 2
- capability 1, enabling components a, d & e
- capability 2, enabling components c & d
- capability 4, enabling components a
- Domain 3
- capability 1, enabling components a-d & h
- Domain 4
- capability 2, enabling components b & c
- Domain 5
- capability 1, enabling components b & e
- capability 2, enabling components a & d
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||||||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 15% | ||||||||
| 3 - Laboratory/Practical - 0% | ||||||||
| 4 - In-class Test(s) - 30% | ||||||||
| 5 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) - 15% | ||||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 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 | ||||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||||