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Inherent Requirements for consideration by students wishing to study Medical Radiations

The information below is suggested for potential students to consider prior to entering a medical radiations (nuclear medicine, radiation therapy or radiologic imaging) program. It is also suggested that potential students undertake a workplace visit to ensure that they understand and are suited to the demands / requirements of the profession.

Clinical practice and / or clinical laboratories during the medical radiation programs require students to:

• be involved in encounters where students must physically interact with patients and / or other students coming from a range of ethnic, age, gender and disability backgrounds.
• be involved in patient encounters where patients may be severely injured or be at the end stage of terminal illnesses.
• work in environments which may be highly stressful.
• be physically capable to independently lift and move patients and equipment.
• have vision able to visualise detail within medical images.

Uniforms

All students are required to purchase the RMIT Medical Radiations student uniform and wear this whilst on clinical placement. The RMIT Medical Radiations shirt must be worn with black trousers and flat enclosed black work shoes to satisfy Occupational Health and Safety and Infection Control requirements.

Clinical placement

Attending clinical placement in a number of different departments including large and small, metropolitan, regional and interstate sites provides students with a wide and varied range of clinical experiences. As part of their clinical courses, students across all streams can expect that they will have to undertake clinical placements at regional or interstate sites in each year of the program. All arrangements for, and costs associated with travel, living and accommodation expenses are the responsibility of the student. Students are also required to fulfill a number of pre-clinical placement requirements prior to commencing clinical placement, including a Working with Children Check and a Criminal Record Check.

This information is to be considered in addition to formal application requirements, which include:

• Ensuring you meet the selection and entrance requirements (prerequisites etc).
• The completion of a supplementary information form (PDF 101KB 4p).