Overview
Radiography and computed tomography are part of a much larger process of diagnosing and monitoring patient conditions. In this unit you will expand your theory knowledge of diagnostic tools to include other imaging modalities such as sonography and magnetic resonance imaging as well as some non-imaging diagnostic tests. You will examine a variety of diagnostic work-up algorithms using an evidence-based approach. You will discuss appropriateness criteria for various diagnostic protocols for a range of patient presentations.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: MEDI11001 Fundamentals of the Imaging Professions MEDI12011 Medical Imaging Clinical Experience 1 MEDI13002 Imaging Procedures 3 MEDI13006 Imaging Procedures 4
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 - 2027
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
- Academic Progression Policy and Procedure
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- 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 Informal student feedback
Reduced online engagement and delayed assessment submission occurred when clinical placement commenced concurrently from Week 6.
Invest in complementary strategies beyond the unit Moodle site to reinforce the importance of consistent online engagement and timely assessment completion during the concurrent clinical placement unit.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection
Student participation in optional weekly drop-in sessions was low.
Consider introducing fortnightly optional drop-in sessions to support students.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection
The average scores for the essay and e-poster assessments were skewed towards higher grade percentages.
Review the assessment tasks and scoring rubrics to ensure performance descriptors provide clearer discrimination between levels of performance.
Feedback from Unit coordinator reflection
As the voice‑over PowerPoint component for the e-poster assessment was optional, it was not consistently submitted by students, which limited opportunities to clearly interpret and contextualise the key information presented within the e‑poster.
Invest in enhancements to the e-poster by incorporating either a structured written abstract or a short recorded voice‑over presentation with marks explicitly allocated to this element in the rubric.