CQUniversity Unit Profile.

You are required to attend a three day residential ('res') school in the third week of your offering. The res school has multiple components, all related to the evaluation of equipment performance and evaluation of technical parameters for dose and image optimisation.

On the morning of the first day of the res school you will undertake an in-class test on radiographic equipment performance and equipment testing. Your preparation for that test supports your abilty to carry out the equipment testing and data analysis activities during the res school. Further information about the in-class test is provided in the Task Description for that assessment task.

Across the three days you will participate in small group lab and classroom activities. You will propose and test modifications to imaging parameters. You will conduct quality control and troubleshooting tests on imaging equipment. You will collect data that you will use in your written assignment. You will also participate in image evaluation of test images to contribute data that will be used for evaluation of radiographic imaging protocols.

You will record the image planning, predictions, lab data and associated analysis of your group's lab activities in your lab workbook and upload that at the end of each day of the res school. You will use the content of your completed lab workbook to complete your practical and written assignment.

• Offering 1: Students completing the unit in November/December will attend res school during Wednesday - Friday 20 - 22 November 2024
  
• Offering 2: Students completing the unit in January/February will attend res school during Wednesday - Friday 15 - 17 January 2025

This is a non-graded assessment task. In order to attain a 'Pass' score for this task, you must:

• undertake the in-class test as scheduled in the morning of Day 1 of your assigned res school
• attend all scheduled lab and classroom sessions within your assigned res school
• participate as a member of your lab group in carrying out lab activities
• complete each day's required workbook components and upload the workbook by 6:00 pm each of the three days of the res school

This is a closed-book on-campus supervised test. You will complete this test in the morning of your first day of your residential ('res') school for the unit.

The test focuses on imaging equipment performance attributes and standard methods of measuring those attributes. You are expected to apply prior knowledge of imaging equipment construction, function and controls.

All questions will be based on the posted weekly learning goals for Weeks 1 and 2 as relating to unit learning outcome #1 'Assess the performance of radiographic, fluoroscopic and ancillary equipment relative to quality standards'. Questions may include analysis of diagrams, photographs and/or radiographs. Question types may include multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching, and true/false with explanation and written response.

The test is 60 minutes in length and provided as a Moodle quiz. You will sit the test in the designated on-campus computer lab at the scheduled time for your res school:

• Offering 1: Test period is 9:35 - 10:45 am Wed 20 Nov 2024
• Offering 2: Test period is 9:35 - 10:45 am Wed 15 Jan 2025

This test must be written at the scheduled date and time for your assigned res school and as posted on the unit Moodle site. As per the Assessment Procedures, this task is to be completed during a defined period. There is no opportunity to apply a late penalty. If you arrive late, you may enter the test room up to 30 minutes after the start of the test; however, you will still be required to submit your test at the standard test end time. You are allowed a single attempt.

Please see Section 5 of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details regarding Assessment Management, specifically around assessment extension. 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 the scheduled date and time.

You cannot sit the test after you have attended residential school. If you are unable to sit the test at the scheduled time and you have an approved extension, you will be assigned a new test date AND a new residential school date. It is your responsibility to ensure that you can attend at that new assigned dates/times. 

Question responses will be scored on the following criteria:

• factual correctness
• correct use of terminology
• completeness and relevance of the response in addressing the question that was asked

The assignment will be evaluated using the following criteria:

• Completeness of all components relative to the posted assignment instructions
• Correct application of theoretical concepts
• Factual correctness of calculations, explanations and discussions
• Relevance of responses in addressing what was asked
• Correct use of terminology
• Clarity of communication
• Evidence of problem-solving skills
• Use of authoritative external sources to inform decision-making

You will complete a summative online test in Week 7 of your assigned offering of the unit.

You will have two hours (120 minutes) to complete the test in Moodle. The test will be available for a three hour period between 2:00 - 5:00 pm AEST on the stated due date for your offering of the unit. If you start the test with less than 120 minutes remaining in the availability period, your test will still close at 5:00 pm. You are allowed a single attempt. Once you start the test, it will close after 120 minutes or the end of the availability period, whichever comes first. Note that the listed due date is the closing time of the test.

The aim of this test is for you to demonstrate your ability to apply the concepts of the six weeks of unit material that relate to Unit Learning Outcomes 1 - 4 and 6. All questions will be based on the posted weekly learning goals. A portion of the questions will be short-answer, matching and/or multiple choice questions. Long answer question tasks will be of the same types that you will practice in the weekly tutorials. These tasks may include explanations, application of concepts to specific clinical scenarios, analysis of data, and/or interpretation of diagrams, photographs and/or radiographs.

To prepare for this test you should have constructed summary notes relative to the weekly learning goals and have familiarity with your resources to use them effectively. You will also be expected to have ready access to the Queensland performance standards for diagnostic imaging equipment and to know how to apply them.

During the test you may access your study notes, textbook, the unit Moodle site and/or any website. The time allocated for completing questions asumes you will have been engaging with the unit and are reasonably familiar with the unit material. You must be mindful of the time you are taking to answer each question because it is likely you will not have sufficient time to look up material for every question. The test will include a suggested time budget for working through the questions.

As this test includes many long-response questions, it is recommended that you undertake it using a computer rather than tablet or phone. You will be expected to view images and use information from those, so it is your responsibility to ensure that you have sufficient screen display size and appropriate ambient lighting conditions to view radiographs. You are also responsible for ensuring that you have a reliable high speed internet connection throughout the test.

While this is an open book assessment, the standards of academic integrity still apply. This assessment is to be undertaken as an individual. All responses must be your own work. Colluding with other students on non-group work is considered academic misconduct. During the test you must not consult with any other person via any means (including but not limited to verbally, electronicallly or in writing) or accept any input or assistance from any other person or artificial intelligence (AI) source regarding the test questions and your responses. You may not share the test content with any other person for any reason both during and after the test.

Just as for written assignments, you must acknowledge intellectual content in your answers that is not your own work. Generally accepted statements of facts are considered 'common knowledge' in the context of this unit so they do not need to be cited. If you use an external source for an explanation or reasoning and you paraphrase it, you must still formally cite your source. If you copy any explanation content word-for-word from ANY source (including lecture slides), you must put that content in quotation marks and formally cite your source.

At the start of the test you will need to make a declaration that you understand these standards of academic integrity and that you agree to abide by them. any identified potential academic integrity breaches will be reported and investigated.

This test must be written by the due date and time. Please see Section 5 Assessment Management of the University's Assessment Policy and Procedure for details around assessment extension. In the absence of an approved extension, you cannot complete this assessment at a later time and if if you have not submitted it by the scheduled date and time you will receive a mark of zero for the assessment. If you have an approved extension, you will be assigned a new test date/time as soon as reasonably possible following the extension. It is your responsibility to be available at that new test date/time.

Question responses will be scored on the following criteria:

• factual correctness
• correct use of terminology
• correct application of concepts to the specific content of the question
• completeness and relevance of the response in addressing the question that was asked
• evidence of problem-solving skills