Overview
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 | ||||||||
Textbooks
Bontrager's Textbook of Radiographic Positioning and Related Anatomy
11th Edition (2021)
Authors: John P. Lampignano & Leslie E. Kendrick
Elsevier
St. Louis St. Louis , Missouri , USA
ISBN: 9780323936132
This textbook is available for purchase as an e-book.
You may use earlier editions of this textbook.
There is limited access to the 9th edition of this textbook through the CQU Library.
This textbook will be used in multiple units throughout the Medical Imaging course.
Binding: Hardcover
This textbook is available for purchase as an e-book.
You may use earlier editions of this textbook.
There is limited access to the 9th edition of this textbook through the CQU Library.
This textbook will be used in multiple units throughout the Medical Imaging course.
Bontrager's Handbook of Radiographic Positioning and Techniques
11th Edition (2025)
Authors: John P. Lampignano & Leslie E. Kendrick
Elsevier
St. Louis St. Louis , Missouri , USA
ISBN: 9780323936163
This textbook is available for purchase as an e-book.
You may use earlier editions of this textbook.
There is limited access to the 9th edition of this textbook through the CQU Library.
This textbook will be used in multiple units throughout the Medical Imaging course.
Binding: Spiral
This textbook is available for purchase as an e-book.
You may use earlier editions of this textbook.
There is limited access to the 9th edition of this textbook through the CQU Library.
This textbook will be used in multiple units throughout the Medical Imaging course.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Vancouver
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
c.e.agioritis@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Radiography of the clavicle, AC joints and humerus
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapter 5
Bontrager's Handbook Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial
Labs
Module/Topic
Radiography of the shoulder and scapula
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapter 5
Bontrager's Handbook Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Imaging taking lab
Tutorial
Labs
Module/Topic
Radiography of the thorax and abdomen
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapters 2, 3 & 10
Bontrager's Handbook Chapters 1, 7 & 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial
Labs
Module/Topic
Radiography of the pelvis, hip and femur
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapter 7
Bontrager's Handbook Chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial
Labs
Module/Topic
Introduction to BMD and mammography
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapter 20
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial
Practical Assessment 1 Due: Week 5 Wednesday or Thursday (13 - 14 Aug 2025)
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Radiography of the sacrum and SI joints
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapter 9
Bontrager's Handbook Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial
Labs
Module/Topic
Radiography of the lumbar spine
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapter 9
Bontrager's Handbook Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial
Labs
Reflective Practice Assignment Due: Week 7 Wednesday (3 Sept 2025) 9:00 am AEST
Module/Topic
Radiography of the cervical spine and thoracic spine
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapter 8
Bontrager's Handbook Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Image taking lab
Tutorial
Labs
Module/Topic
Radiography of the skull and dental
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapter 11
Bontrager's Handbook Chapter 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial
Labs - Thursday for 1 hour only.
Module/Topic
Radiography of the facial bones, sinuses and mandible
Chapter
Bontrager's Textbook Chapter 11
Bontrager's Handbook Chapter 8
Events and Submissions/Topic
Pre-clinical day on Monday
Tutorial
Labs
Module/Topic
Consolidation. No new content.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Image taking lab
Tutorial
Labs
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practical Assessment 2 Due: Week 12 Wednesday or Thursday (8 - 9 Oct 2025)
Professional Behaviours Due: Week 12 Monday (6 Oct 2025) 10:00 am AEST
End of term in-class test Due: Week 12 Friday (10 Oct 2025) 12:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
OSCE Due: Review/ Exam Week Monday or Tuesday (13 -14 Oct 2025)
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
This unit is delivered in on-campus mode at Mackay Ooralea campus, running from Weeks 1 to 13. You will need to be on campus for tutorials, labs, and practical and theory assessments from Week 1 onwards. Tutorials will not be recorded.
Each week's timetabled tutorial and lab activities build on the content of the pre-recorded lectures for the week, this means you need to ensure you have watched the lectures prior to attending labs and tutorials.
Image evaluation is a fundamental skill developed in this unit. There is an expectation that you will engage in independent study developing this skill in preparation for your assessments and for clinical placement. Time is allocated during tutorials and imaging taking labs to practice this skill and to receive feedback from unit academics.
High fidelity clinical simulation is a core component of this unit. This simulation includes use of actual x-ray equipment with simulated patients in the Medical Imaging labs. This unit also incorporates image taking labs, which will enable you to operate the x-ray equipment and practice your image evaluation skills. This is a lab intensive unit.
You should plan to attend all labs and tutorials as this will be integral to the development of knowledge and skills required for the assessments in this unit, and for clinical placements. Ensure that you attend labs prepared. You are expected to practice your radiographic procedure and positioning techniques during the unsupervised timetabled practice sessions that take place following your supervised lab. This unsupervised time will yield best results when you engage in deliberate practice following reflection on your performance in the preceding supervised lab. The pace of class lab activities has been set with this expectation of practice and corresponding skill development.
You are required to wear the Medical Imaging uniform for all learning activity in the x-ray labs. This includes appropriate shoes and CQU student name badge. The Medical Imaging Student Dress Code is available on the Course Information & Documents for all Years tile on the CG92 Medical Imagin Portal. Ensure you comply with this dress code.
Radiographers are expected to continually engage in self-reflection in order to identify gaps in their knowledge and to address these gaps. This is a form of continued professional development (CPD). In this unit you will be required engage in a reflective practice. Your reflections will have more impact when they occur as close as possible to the events on which you are reflecting. This allows for more accurate recall of the events that occurred and the emotions that you experienced at the time of the event. You should aim to engage in reflection as close as possible after your supervised labs as part of your preparation for your reflection assessment task.
Note that 150 hours of student engagement is required for this unit, which equates on average to 12.5 hours per week. In most weeks your engagement should include the following activities:
- Complete pre-reading (1 hour per week)
- View all lectures (2 hours per week)
- Build your study notes (2 hours per week)
- Attend and participate in supervised labs (1.5 hours per week) and independent labs (1.5 hour per week)
- Prepare for tutorials (1 hour per week)
- Attend and participate in tutorials (1.5 hours per week)
- Engage in reflection on weekly learning (1 hour)
- Revise for assessments (1 hour per week)
This unit is designed to run concurrently with MEDI12010 - Radiographic Anatomy and Appearances 2. You are expected to apply knowledge and skills from MEDI12010 - Radiographic Anatomy and Appearances 2 to the learning activities and assessments in this unit.
1 Practical Assessment
Performing simulated radiography techniques in the x-ray lab environment allows you to apply your learned skills, by positioning your peers as patients for simulated x-ray examinations and modifying technical factors. Attending the supervised and independent practice lab sessions is crucial to your learning success and preparation for your clinical placements.
This assessment task consists of two separate practical assessments:
- Practical assessment 1
- Due in week 5
- Worth 20% of the total unit grade
- Practical assessment 2
- Due in week 12
- Worth 20% of the total unit grade
While there is no minimum score required for each individual practical assessment, there is a minimum combined score of 50% required to pass this assessment task.
Practical Assessment 1
This is an individual 20 minute practical assessment in the x-ray suite. You will perform one simulated radiography examination that covers two different specified regions of the appendicular skeleton, chest, abdomen and pelvis using a peer as your patient. You will perform one specified projection from each region. You will be assigned:
- one projection that has been covered in Weeks 1 - 4 inclusive of MEDI12006 - Imaging Procedures 2, and
- one projection that has been covered in MEDI12003 - Imaging Procedures 1
Feedback provided from this assessment will enable you to structure your learning and make improvements to your performance in preparation for Practical Assessment 2 in Week 11.
Practical Assessment 1 will evaluate your performance in the areas of patient care, professional behaviours, patient positioning and imaging technique, management of the radiographic workflow, and critical safety requirements of the radiographic examination.
Please note:
- This is a timed examination. You will have 20 minutes to complete the assessment. Any elements not completed within the allocated 20 minutes will be scored as not attempted.
- You must present for this assessment wearing the Medical Imaging clinical uniform.
- Your performance will be video recorded to enable moderation.
Academic integrity requirements
You must uphold the standards of academic integrity throughout this assessment.
- As this is a simulation of a clinical procedure, you may not access any resources while you perform this assessment – this is a closed book assessment.
- You must not consult with any other person via any means, or accept any input or assistance from any other person regarding the assessment.
- You must not communicate by any means with any other student during the test with the exception of the student playing the part of the patient, and then only in the context of a student radiographer-patient interaction.
- Your performance must be your own effort without assistance in any form.
- You must not access or use artificial intelligence (AI) resources in any way.
- Both during and after the assessment, you must not record by any means, give access to or share any of the assessment questions with any other person.
- You must not provide assistance in any way to any other student during their assessment.
Level of GenAI use allowed: Level 1 - No AI. You must not use Al at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
This assessment item must be completed during your timetabled practical session on the specified due date. If you have extenuating circumstances that cause you to be unable to attend your practical assessment at your timetabled date and time, you must apply for an assessment extension. See Section 5 of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding assessment management, specifically around assessment extension. If your request for an extension is approved, you will be assigned a new practical date/time which will be set according to the availability of the imaging facilities and assessor. It is your responsibility to ensure that you can attend at that new assigned date/time. In the absence of an approved extension, you will not be able to complete this task at a later date and would therefore receive a score of zero for the assessment task. The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.
Practical Assessment 2
This is an individual 20 minute practical assessment in the x-ray suite. You will perform one simulated radiography examination that covers two different specified regions of the extremities, cranium, facial bones, paranasal sinuses and spine using a peer as your patient. You will perform one specified projection from each region. You will be assigned:
- one projection that has been covered in Weeks 6 - 10 inclusive of MEDI12006 - Imaging Procedures 2, and
- one projection that has been covered in MEDI12003 - Imaging Procedures 1
Practical Assessment 2 will evaluate your performance in the areas of patient care, professional behaviours, patient positioning and imaging technique, management of the radiographic workflow, and critical safety requirements of the radiographic examination.
Please note:
- This is a timed examination. You will have 20 minutes to complete the assessment. Any elements not completed within the allocated 20 minutes will be scored as not attempted.
- You must present for this assessment wearing the Medical Imaging clinical uniform.
- Your performance will be video recorded to enable moderation.
Academic integrity requirements
You must uphold the standards of academic integrity throughout this assessment.
- As this is a simulation of a clinical procedure, you may not access any resources while you perform this assessment – this is a closed book assessment.
- You must not consult with any other person via any means, or accept any input or assistance from any other person regarding the assessment.
- You must not communicate by any means with any other student during the test with the exception of the student playing the part of the patient, and then only in the context of a student radiographer-patient interaction.
- Your performance must be your own effort without assistance in any form.
- You must not access or use artificial intelligence (AI) resources in any way.
- Both during and after the assessment, you must not record by any means, give access to or share any of the assessment questions with any other person.
- You must not provide assistance in any way to any other student during their assessment.
Level of GenAI use allowed: Level 1 - No AI. You must not use Al at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
This assessment item must be completed during your timetabled practical session on the specified due date. If you have extenuating circumstances that cause you to be unable to attend your practical assessment at your timetabled date and time, you must apply for an assessment extension. See Section 5 of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding assessment management, specifically around assessment extension. If your request for an extension is approved, you will be assigned a new practical date/time which will be set according to the availability of the imaging facilities and assessor. It is your responsibility to ensure that you can attend at that new assigned date/time. In the absence of an approved extension, you will not be able to complete this task at a later date and would therefore receive a score of zero for the assessment task. The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.
Practical assessment 1 - Appendicular skeleton and pelvis will be held during the timetabled assessment sessions on Wednesday or Thursday of Week 5 (13th or 14th Aug 2025). Practical assessment 2 - All regions of the body will be held during the timetabled assessment sessions on Wednesday or Thursday of week 12 (8th or 9th Oct 2025)
Results will be available 2 weeks after the due date.
The radiographic imaging examination is broken down into criteria. Your performance will be scored on your ability to perform these criteria following the posted performance standards for the assessment.
Your performance target is to perform each criteria completely and correctly at the level of the stated standard.
Criteria have been grouped into the following categories:
- Critical
- Professional Behaviours
- Patient Care
- Technical
- Workflow
Your overall mark is calculated based on your criteria scores and the category weightings.
- 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
2 Reflective Practice Assignment
The Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (MRPBA) specifies in their Professional Capabilities that to practice safely and competently, entry level practitioners have a responsibility to use a range of reflective processes to critically monitor their actions to ensure that their practice is evidence informed (MRPBA, 2020).
In MEDI12003 - Imaging Procedures 1 you used reflection and goal setting to help you to identify and address gaps in your performance of a limited range of basic radiographic examinations. This assessment task further develops these skills. For this task you will use reflection to develop as a professional by self-assessing the weaker areas of your performance of an extended range of radiographic examinations, and formulating a goal to address one of these areas. This will enable you to gain a greater insight into the motivations behind your performance and for you to use this knowledge to direct your own self development. This assessment task supports your development of the professional capability of being an evidence-informed practitioner, required by the MRPBA to practice in Australia.
During lab sessions, all students will observe their peers and provide constructive feedback to the student playing the role of the radiographer. You will provide feedback based on the technical performance, patient care and communication skills demonstrated. You are to log in the Feedback section of the Reflection & Action Plan Assessment Template any feedback you receive from your lab supervisor and/or peers, plus add your own observations. For each week you will briefly reflect on what went well and what you can improve upon for the following week. From the feedback gathered across the labs in weeks 1 to 6 inclusive you will select one attribute that you feel requires improvement to reflect on more deeply.
By thinking deeply through an attribute of your performance with the intention of learning from it, you will achieve a better understanding of your thinking and actions and how they impact on your performance. You will use this reflection to develop an action plan that you will implement in the labs over the remainder of the term in preparation for your upcoming assessments and future clinical placements. You will discuss how you plan to raise your performance of the selected attribute by setting a SMART goal (specific, measurable, action-oriented, realistic and time-based) and detailing how you have addressed each aspect of this SMART goal. The timeframe for achieving this goal is between the due date for this assessment and the conclusion of this unit.
Academic integrity requirements
You must uphold the standards of academic integrity in this assessment.
- Your submission must be your own original work. You must not consult with or receive assistance from any other person regarding the content or presentation of your submission.
- You may use writing feedback tools such as Grammarly to assist with clarity and structure of your submission.
- You may use AI tools to find external sources that are relevant to your learning and to provide summaries of those information sources. However, you must verify the accuracy of any summarised content before using it in your work.
- All external sources, including but not limited to those identified or summarised using AI tools must be properly acknowledged using correct in-text citations and a reference list.
- If you use content generated by AI in your assignment, you must paraphrase or quote it appropriately, use quotation marks for any directly copied text and provide full citations for all AI tools and sources used.
- You must not use AI tools to write full paragraphs or complete the submission on your behalf.
- You must not submit work that is not your own or that has been generated entirely or in part by AI.
Any indications of possible breach of academic integrity will be investigated and formally reported.
Level of GenAI use allowed: Level 3 - AI Collaboration. You may use Al to assist with specific tasks such as drafting text, refining and evaluating your work. You must critically evaluate and modify any Al-generated content you use. Reflection is a process that you as an individual undertake to examine your own actions, thoughts and feelings so that you can better understand them in order to learn from them. This means that GenAI cannot be used to generate your reflection. To ensure there is transparency around the way that you have used AI, you will make an artificial intelligence declaration as part of your assessment submission.
A Word template will be provided for this assessment item. This template will walk you through the reflection and action plan process. You must complete all fields on this template. As this is a reflective report, you are to write in the first person. The Reflection and Action Plan section of this template should be 600-800 words in length, with a maximum word count of 1000.
Reference
1. MRPBA. (2020). Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia - Professional capabilities for medical radiation practice. Medicalradiationpracticeboard.gov.au. https://www.medicalradiationpracticeboard.gov.au/Registration-Standards/Professional-Capabilities.aspx
Week 7 Wednesday (3 Sept 2025) 9:00 am AEST
Week 9 Monday (15 Sept 2025)
The reflection and action plan submissions are assessed on the quality of:
- Reflection on weekly feedback and observations
- Description of the attribute or behaviour chosen for focused reflection
- Relevance and depth of the focused reflection
- Use of authoritative external sources to support your statements
- Documentation and use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Clarity and relevance of the action plan (SMART Goal)
- Communication
The mark allocation for each criterion is detailed in the marking rubric that is posted on the unit Moodle site.
- Perform safely and effectively at an advanced beginner level simulated radiographic examinations of all body regions, focusing on commonly requested examination on ambulant adults
- Reflect on your performance on an ongoing basis, with the goal of improving your practice.
3 Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs)
Image evaluation is an intrinsic part of performing and perfecting x-ray examinations. The radiographs that we provide to a health care team influence decisions made about a patient's healthcare journey and therefore can impact on patient health outcomes. High quality radiographs provide valuable information and enable appropriate decisions to be made. Low quality radiographs provide poor or incomplete information and could result in poor decisions being made. In order to assess the quality of the information you are providing a patient's care team you need to be able to assess the quality of your radiographs. If you determine that your radiographs are of suboptimal quality, you need to know how to rectify this. By understanding the relationships between patient positioning, examination setup and radiographic appearance, you will be able to determine appropriate actions to correct errors and omissions when they occur to improve imaging outcomes.
When you attend clinical placements, you will be required to provide a verbal assessment of your radiographic images to your supervisor and, when appropriate, to explain how you will correct any errors or omissions prior to repeating a radiograph. Once you graduate, you will complete this assessment and adjustment process every time you take a radiograph to ensure you are consistently producing high quality radiographs making this a skill you will use throughout your entire career.
This task assesses your knowledge and skills in the evaluation of radiographic images for technical sufficiency, and to discuss methods to modify the examination to improve imaging outcomes.
This is a time limited assessment. During this assessment you will progress through 3 stations. Each station will present a different radiographic image that has been covered in MEDI12003 - Imaging Procedures 1 or MEDI12006 - Imaging Procedures 2. At each station you will have 4 minutes to verbally respond to a series of questions requiring you to assess the technical sufficiency of the presented image and to propose methods to improve the technical sufficiency of the presented image. Your responses will be video recorded to enable marking and moderation of your responses relative to the posted marking rubric. Not all students will be presented with the same radiographic images.
Please note:
- This is a timed examination. Any elements not completed at a station within the allocated time will be scored as not attempted.
- Your performance will be video recorded to enable marking and moderation.
Academic integrity requirements
You must uphold the standards of academic integrity throughout this assessment.
- You may not access any resources while you perform this assessment – this is a closed book assessment.
- You must not consult with any other person via any means, or accept any input or assistance from any other person regarding the test questions and responses.
- You must not communicate by any means with any other student during the test.
- Your performance must be your own effort without assistance in any form.
- You must not access or use artificial intelligence (AI) resources in any way.
- Both during and after the test, you must not record by any means, give access to or share any of the assessment questions with any other person.
- You must not provide assistance in any way to any other student during their assessment.
Level of GenAI use allowed: Level 1 - No AI. You must not use Al at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
This assessment item must be completed during your timetabled OSCE assessment session on a specified due date. If you have extenuating circumstances that cause you to be unable to attend your OSCE at your timetabled date and time, you must apply for an assessment extension. See Section 5 of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding assessment management, specifically around assessment extension. If your request for an extension is approved, you will be assigned a new OSCE date and time which will be set according to the availability of the facilities and assessors. It is your responsibility to ensure that you can attend at that new assigned date and time. In the absence of an approved extension, you will not be able to complete this task at a later date and would thus receive a score of zero for the assessment task. The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.
Held during the timetabled assessment sessions on Monday or Tuesday of Week 13 (13th or 14th Oct 2025).
Results will be available 2 weeks after the due date.
Your responses are scored on the following criteria:
- Clarity, correctness, relevance and completeness of the response in addressing the question that was asked
- Correct use of professional and anatomical terminology
- Evidence of problem-solving and critical thinking
- 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
4 Laboratory/Practical
Professional behaviour is a vital component of competency as a health care professional. As such you will be expected to demonstrate this consistently whilst working in the simulated clinical environment of the imaging labs.
The Professional Behaviours Assessment Form is available on the unit Moodle site. It contains detailed descriptors of the required standard for each behaviour and the associated scoring guide. Lab supervisors will retain your assessment form for the duration of the term. Each supervised lab they will assess your performance relative to the stated standards, record your score and sign your form.
Following the final supervised lab class in Week 11 this finalised form will be scored and upload into Moodle.
Level of GenAI use allowed: Level 1 - No AI. You must not use Al at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
Week 12 Monday (6 Oct 2025) 10:00 am AEST
Review/Exam Week Monday (13 Oct 2025)
Assessed upon:
- Attendance
- Punctuality
- Professional attire
- Preparedness
- Productivity
- Teamwork
- Professional decorum
- Feedback
Detailed assessment criteria and the form are available on the unit Moodle site.
You will receive 8 points per lab class if all assessment criteria are met. Any criteria, including attendance, where you have not demonstrated the behaviour to the required standard will recieve 0 points.
To achieve a 'Pass' for this assessment item you must:
Receive 80% of the available points for the term, based on 8 points per supervised practical lab class
- Demonstrate patient care and professional behaviours in the simulated clinical environment
- Reflect on your performance on an ongoing basis, with the goal of improving your practice.
5 In-class Test(s)
This assessment is an in-class closed-book online Moodle test taking place on campus. As health care professionals, radiographers must consider many variables during the radiographic imaging process and be able to apply their imaging knowledge and skills to solve problems as they present clinically. This test is focusing on professional content that you should have as 'ready' knowledge in preparation for entry to your first clinical placement.
This in-class test includes the use of images in the form of referrals, diagrams, photographs, radiographic images, and line drawings. These images are used as a basis for a series of questions related to each image. Subjects covered include amongst others, patient positioning, image quality and improvement, radiographic technique and patient care. You are required to review the included images and to answer all questions related to each image. The radiographic images offered may be from any examination category covered in MEDI12003 - Imaging Procedures 1 and MEDI12006 - Imaging Procedures 2.
This test will demonstrate your ability to apply the concepts and theory from MEDI12003 - Imaging Procedures 1 and MEDI12006 - Imaging Procedures 2 using appropriate profession specific terminology.
You will sit this test at your timetabled assessment time on the due date in your assigned testing room. There are two back-to-back sittings of this test so your test start and end time will depend on your registered session. You will be admitted entry to the test room at your registered session start time. Your session time includes time to log onto your computer workstation and into Moodle prior to the test opening. Once the test opens you will have 75 minutes of time to enter your responses. This test will close automatically when the 75 minutes has elapsed.
Academic integrity requirements
You must uphold the standards of academic integrity throughout this assessment.
- You may not access any resources while you perform this assessment – this is a closed book assessment.
- You must not consult with any other person via any means, or accept any input or assistance from any other person regarding the test questions and responses.
- You must not communicate, verbally, non-verbally or digitally, with any other student during the test.
- Your question responses must be your own effort without assistance in any form.
- You must not access or use artificial intelligence (AI) resources in any way.
- You must not use any resources such as homework assistance sites or similar platforms that provide direct answers to the submitted questions.
- Both during and after the test, you must not record by any means, give access to or share any of the test questions or your test responses with any other person.
- You must not provide assistance in any way to any other student during their test, whether it is before, during or after your own test.
At the start of your test you will be required to make a declaration that you understand these rules of academic integrity and that you agree to abide by them. Any indications of possible breach of academic integrity will be investigated and formally reported.
Level of GenAI use allowed: Level 1 - No AI. You must not use Al at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
At the start of the test, you will need to make a declaration that you understand these rules of academic integrity and that you agree to abide by them. Any identified cases of potential collusion or cheating will result in a breach of academic integrity case being raised.
In the absence of an approved extension, you cannot complete this assessment at a later time, and you will receive a mark of zero for the assessment if you have not completed it by your timetabled date and time. If you have an approved extension, you will be assigned a new test date and time as soon as possible after the original test date, according to availability of a test supervisor and an appropriate room. It is your responsibility to ensure that you can attend at that new assigned date/time. Please see Section 5 of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding Assessment Management, specifically around assessment extension. The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.
Week 12 Friday (10 Oct 2025) 12:00 pm AEST
Results will be available 2 weeks after the due date.
Your responses are scored on the following criteria:
- Clarity, correctness, relevance and completeness of the response in addressing the question that was asked
- Correct use of professional and anatomical terminology
- Correct selection and application of core concepts to the specific content of the question
- Evidence of problem-solving and critical thinking
The number of marks for each question are allocated based on the depth and breadth of the required response and will be indicated in the quiz.
- 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.
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
