Overview
During this clinical placement unit you will complete eleven weeks of full-time work integrated learning experience in a medical imaging clinical facility. You will provide patient care that supports the cultural, physical and psychosocial safety of your patients. You will further develop your skills in general radiography to perform competently in routine situations and to approach the level of competency for complex patients and in complex environments. You will perform routine computed tomography procedures competently and assist in complex procedures. You will attain competency in fluoroscopy in a range of environments. You will further develop your clinical reasoning and decision-making skills as you take on more independence in performance, operating within your scope of practice. You will perform in accordance with the code of conduct for regulated health professionals in Australia. You will further develop your clinical foundation knowledge of techniques, patient care requirements and safety considerations of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: MEDI13005 Medical Imaging Clinical Experience 2. This unit must have been completed within the past six months. Should this time limit be exceeded, the student must undergo a period of on-campus skills revision as determined by the Head of Course and successfully complete skills assessments to demonstrate currency of professional skills. Co-requisite: MEDI14001 Transition to Independent Practice
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).
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 observations and student emails
A substantial portion of students demonstrated Vancouver referencing style confusion and inconsistencies in their written reflection task.
Consider providing an additional resource as a targeted tips page in Moodle under the assessment task section to guide students about common mistakes encountered around citations and reference listing issues. This supports the existing MyCQU Referencing page however highlights examples of correct usage contextually.
Feedback from Unit coordinator observations
The targeted Wellness Check short survey was valuable in providing a platform for liaison, student support, and insights into student perspectives during their clinical placement.
Continue administering the targeted Wellness Check short survey in future iterations.