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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This is the fourth and final Imaging Procedures unit in the course. There are two main areas of focus for the unit - adaptation radiography and fluoroscopic procedures. You will build on your knowledge and skills from prior theory units and clinical placements and further develop your problem-solving skills in the planning and execution of imaging procedures on complex patients and in complex environments such as theatre, casualty and wards. A range of fluoroscopic procedures will be discussed with respect to goals, technique, environments and the radiographer's role. You will examine the critical contribution of interpersonal skills such as effective communication and teamwork to the radiographer's ability to perform effectively and efficiently in these procedure areas.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: MEDI13004 Medical Imaging Clinical Placement 2 Corequisites: MEDI13001 Science and Instrumentation 3 MEDI13002 Imaging Procedures 3
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 1 - 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 Unit coordinator reflection.
The availability of timetabled independent practice following the tutored lab activity was well received by the students.
Maintain the timetabling of the independent practice lab following the tutored lab activity to support student learning.
Feedback from Student evaluation feedback and Unit Coordinator reflection.
Some students requested more defined instruction for lab activities.
Investigate the possibility of including additional instructions to the lab activity document in future iterations of the unit.
- Analyse the technical and psychosocial aspects of imaging procedures within complex circumstances
- Formulate strategies for the efficient and effective performance of adaptation radiography in complex circumstances relative to best practices
- Perform mobile and complex radiographic imaging procedures in a simulated clinical environment
- Discuss commonly performed diagnostic and interventional fluoroscopic procedures
- Interpret radiographic appearances for complex radiographic and fluoroscopic procedures
- Demonstrate currency of theoretical and practical knowledge of routine and adaptation projections for all general radiography examinations, including clinical indications, image acquisition technique and radiographic appearances of normal anatomy and pathological changes
- Demonstrate patient care and professional behaviours in the simulated clinical environment in a range of contexts.
- Provide culturally safe care that addresses the unique needs of the patient, including those of First Nations Peoples and of the individual across the lifespan, in the Australian healthcare setting.
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:
o key capabilities 1, enabling components a, b, c
o key capabilities 2, enabling components c, d, e, g
o key capabilities 3, enabling components a, b
o key capabilities 4, enabling components a, b, c
o key capabilities 5, enabling components a, b, c, d, e, f
o key capabilities 6, enabling components a, b, c, d
o key capabilities 7, enabling components a, b, c, d,
o key capabilities 8, enabling components a, b, c, d, e - Domain 1A:
o key capabilities 1, enabling components a, b, c, d, e, f
o key capabilities 2, enabling components a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h - Domain 2:
o key capabilities 1, enabling components e, f, g, h,
o key capabilities 2, enabling components a, b, c
o key capabilities 3, enabling components c
o key capabilities 4, enabling components a, b, c
o key capabilities 5, enabling components a, b - Domain 3:
o key capabilities 1, enabling components a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h
o key capabilities 2, enabling components a, b, c, d - Domain 4:
o key capabilities 1, enabling components a, b, c - Domain 5:
o key capabilities 1, enabling components a, b, c, d, e, f
o key capabilities 2, enabling components a, b, c, d, e
o key capabilities 4, enabling components a, c, d, e, f, g
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 40% | ||||||||
| 2 - In-class Test(s) - 60% | ||||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||||
| 4 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||||
| 5 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||||
| 6 - Laboratory/Practical - 0% | ||||||||
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 | ||||||||