Overview
In your final year of study, you are transitioning from student to independent practitioner. Nearing completion of your tertiary studies to begin a career in your selected profession is a huge learning milestone. This transition phase of your learning journey is also a starting point for another learning journey, that is your continuing development as a professional. To support your transition, you will critically reflect on your progress in developing the knowledge, skills and judgement to meet the national registering body’s Professional Capabilities and on your clinical practice in adhering to the Shared Code of Conduct of registered health professionals. You will apply clinical decision-making, evidence-based practice and risk management to the analysis and discussion of clinical incidents and near misses. You will further develop your ability to advance your profession through peer support and education.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-Requisites: MEDI13005 Medical Imaging Clinical Experience 2 ALLH11009 Research Methods for Health Professionals MEDI13008 Imaging Pathways in the Diagnostic Process
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 3 - 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).
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 Task | Part Weighting (% of assessment) |
Assessment Security Level | Gen AI Guidance Levels |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. ASSESSMENT 1 (30% of unit · 1 part ) | |||
| Part 1 – Case Study | 100% of 30% | Low | AI-Assisted (Guided Collaboration) |
| 2. ASSESSMENT 2 (30% of unit · 1 part ) | |||
| Part 1 – Presentation | 100% of 30% | Medium | AI-Assisted (Guided Collaboration) |
| 3. ASSESSMENT 3 (40% of unit · 1 part ) | |||
| Part 1 – Portfolio | 100% of 40% | Low | AI-Assisted (Guided Collaboration) |
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
- 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 SUTE comments
Some students felt that feedback on individual assessment tasks was not provided in a manner that supported their development
Investigate timing and scope of assessment tasks to enable timely feedback to students.
Feedback from Coordinator reflection
The requirement to use professional judgement and make decisions related to care and professional requirements appeared to be challenging for students.
Investigate the availability of more resources to support the development of confidence in independent practice and decision-making.
- Apply evidence-based practice to inform clinical reasoning and professional decision-making.
- Integrate concepts and processes of facility accreditation, quality improvement and risk management to analyse and discuss clinical incidents and near misses relative to clinical governance standards such as National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) standards.
- Critically reflect on your experiences and associated evidence which demonstrate the continued development of your professional capabilities and adherence to the Professional Body's Code of Conduct and requirements for practice.
- Undertake continuing professional development, supporting other medical radiation practitioners and your professional peers through presentation at a simulated conference and participation in peer assessment.
- Communicate professionally in written and presentation tasks.
The unit links to the following Professional Capabilities for Medical Radiation Practioners as detailed by the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (2026):
Domain 1: Medical Radiation Practitioner
- key capability 3, enabling components a, d, e
Domain 1A: Diagnostic Radiographer
- key capability 1, enabling component g
Domain 2: Professional and Ethical Practitioner
- key capability 1, enabling components a, b, h, j
- key capability 3, enabling components b-d
Domain 4: Lifelong Learner
- key capability 1, enabling components a, b, e
- key capability 2, enabling components a, b, d
Domain 5: Safety, Quality and Risk Management Practitioner
- key capability 1, enabling component e
- key capability 2, enabling components b, e
- key capability 3, enabling component d
- key capability 4, enabling components a, c, h
Domain 6: Leader and Steward
- key capability 3, enabling component f
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
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Assessment 1
(30% of unit)
Part 1 -
Case Study
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2.
Assessment 2
(30% of unit)
Part 1 -
Presentation
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3.
Assessment 3
(40% of unit)
Part 1 -
Portfolio
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 - First Nations Knowledges | |||||
| 11 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||