Course Title: Medical Imaging 3A

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Medical Imaging 3A

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

RADI1217

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 1 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 1 2024

Course Coordinator: Karim Yacoub

Course Coordinator Phone: -

Course Coordinator Email: karim.yacoub@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora West Campus


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Successful completion of:

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.


Course Description

Medical Imaging requires a detailed knowledge of anatomy, patient positioning, the equipment used, radiation safety and quality assurance, oncology/technique and patient care. This course is the third in a series of Medical Imaging courses and builds on the fundamental theories of Medical Imaging 1 and 2 to concentrate on application of knowledge to practice. You will need to gain practical skills in order to become a competent medical imaging technologist and this course provides them with the underpinning theory and practice. This course is designed to further develop and apply the principles of patient positioning, exposure factors and image critique for various anatomical sites. At this level you are expected to engage with the literature base in order to support your work.

 

Work Integrated Learning:

Students enrolled in this course will be required to undertake placement as part of the assessment for the course. A number of requirements must be met by students to ensure eligibility for placement.

Students are responsible for any expenses associated to attending professional placement. These costs may include, but are not limited to the following: uniform, police check application, first aid training, travel, accommodation and vaccinations.

If you have a long term medical condition and/or disability you should contact the Program Coordinator or Equitable Learning Services for further advice.

Students must also be aware of their legal obligations under the AHPRA legislation. At any time prior to or during your placement if there are concerns raised related to your fitness to practice the Course/WIL coordinator can request that you gain full medical clearance to continue your placement.

Further details on each of these are available on MyRMIT.

Placement Agreements:

Placement agreements between RMIT and the placement organisation are in place. Any information required by students contained in the agreement is available on MyRMIT or InPlace.

National Police check:

Students are required to apply for a National Police Record Check in each year that a placement is to be undertaken. In some cases, students may be required to obtain an additional police check during the year where an organisation stipulates a shorter time period for the issue of the police check.

Where a student has a disclosable outcome recorded on their police check certificate, the Course/WIL Coordinator or Med Rad WIL Coordinator will make contact with the relevant placement organisation to confirm eligibility to attend the placement. It is important to note that a disclosable outcome may prevent a student from accessing suitable, or any, professional placement(s) and may therefore be delayed or prevented from satisfactorily progressing through the program.

Students are required to advise the School in a timely manner of any change to their criminal record during the academic year. In the case of a change, students are required to apply for a new National Police Record Check if placements for that year are still to occur.

Working with Children Check:

A current Working with Children Card (WWCC) must be held by the student. Students are required by law to list RMIT as an organisation with who you will be undertaking child related volunteer work. Where a student receives a negative notice for their WWCC, the Placement Coordinator or WIL Coordinator will make contact with the relevant placement organisation to confirm eligibility to attend the placement. A negative notice means you cannot engage in child-related work under any circumstance. It is important to note that a negative notice may prevent a student from accessing suitable, or any, professional placement(s) and may therefore be delayed or prevented from satisfactorily progressing through the program.

Immunisation Declaration form:

Students are required to submit the School’s Immunisation Declaration Form as evidence of vaccinations and immunity. This form must be completed and signed off by a medical practitioner.

Hand Hygiene:

Students are required to provide evidence of completion of a hand hygiene course.

First Aid Certificate:

Students are required to provide evidence of completion of a first aid course. This is valid for three years.

CPR Certificate:

Students are required to provide evidence of completion of a CPR course. This is required to be updated annually.

Manual Handling:

Students are required to provide evidence of completion of a Manual Handling course.

Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) monitor:

Students are required to wear a current OSL at all times during laboratories and in clinical placement. OSLs are provided by the School. Students whose OSL is returned late or lost will incur a fine.

Uniform:

Students are required to purchase and wear the uniform for Medical Radiations. The uniform must be worn at all times whilst in the Skills Lab and on placement.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

This course contributes to the following Program Learning Outcomes for BP321 Bachelor of Applied Science (Medical Radiations) (aligned to the Accreditation Standards of the Medical Radiations Practice Board of Australia):

Standard 1

  • Use clinical information management systems appropriately (1.b)
  • Understand and apply the different methods of imaging and treatment (1.c)
  • Assess the patient’s/client’s capacity to receive care (1.e)
  • Implement techniques for patient/client stabilisation and reproducibility of procedures and outcomes (1.f)
  • Deliver patient/client care (1.g)
  • Apply knowledge of safe and effective use of medicines (1.h)

Standard 1A

  • Perform projection radiography examinations in a range of settings (1A.a)

Standard 2

  • Provide each patient/client with dignity and care (2.b)
  • Take responsibility and accountability for professional decisions (2.c)

Standard 3

  • Communicate clearly, sensitively and effectively with the patient/client and their family or carers (3.a)
  • Collaborate with other health practitioners (3.b)

Standard 5

  • Implement quality assurance processes imaging or treating patients/clients (5.c)


On successful completion of this course you should be able to:

  1. Perform diagnostic radiographic examinations in both simulated and clinical environments with justification of selected patient positioning techniques and technical factors, and complete all tasks within the ePDJ to a satisfactory level
  2. Describe and explain radiation dosimetry and dose management, radiographic examinations of skulls, sinus, facial and dental, and the importance of infection control, including medical abbreviations and right examination/right patient/right side.
  3. Demonstrate more advanced knowledge of radiographic techniques and explain technological principles and physics concepts as they relate to medical imaging.
  4. Demonstrate professional behaviours and interpersonal communications skills as required in clinical practice to the standard of a student medical radiations practitioner.
  5. Demonstrate and discuss appropriate knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for patient-centred care, including psychosocial aspects, and empowering patients for shared decision making. 
  6. Critically reflect on your role within a team, including your strengths, developmental needs, and key learning experiences. Develop logical action plans for future personal and professional development.
  7. Demonstrate required knowledge of general medicines and their actions within medical radiation practice, with specific reference to management of anaphylaxis.   


Overview of Learning Activities

You will learn through a range of activities that will include participation in skills labs, problem-based learning activities, self-directed study, development of a reflective learning journal and participation in a clinical placement in an approved clinical department. This course is supported by Canvas, which is RMIT's online Learning Management System (LMS).

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

This course contains hurdle requirements. All hurdle requirements for this course are indicated clearly in the assessment regime that follows, against the relevant assessment task(s) and all have been approved by the College Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Learning & Teaching).

A hurdle requirement is necessary in order to demonstrate to AHPRA that students are competent and being sufficiently assessed against practice-focussd professional standards throughout the course of their program.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1:  Physics/Methods Assessment  
Weighting 30% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3 & 4 

Assessment Task 2: Skills Assessment 
Weighting 40% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 

Assessment Task 3: Clinical Placement Performance (Hurdle Requirement)
Weighting 0% Pass/Fail 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 

Assessment Task 4: Professional Development Journal (Hurdle Requirement)
Weighting 30% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 & 7 

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.