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 - 2026
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).
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 Informal student feedback.
New lectures on projections were well received and supported learning.
Continue to use a lecture format that emphasises the link between patient position and image appearance.
Feedback from Unit Coordinator observation
The written image evaluation portfolio assessment task does not reflect the immediate verbal assessments that students are expected to provide when in the clinical setting.
Investigate the feasibility of changing the written image evaluation portfolio assessment task into an oral assessment of image evaluation.