Course Title: Radiation Therapy 4A

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Radiation Therapy 4A

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

RADI1220

Bundoora Campus

Undergraduate

173H School of Health and Biomed

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2020,
Sem 2 2021,
Sem 2 2022,
Sem 2 2023

Course Coordinator: Truong Vu

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925

Course Coordinator Email: truong.vu@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Required Prior Study

You should have satisfactorily completed following course/s before you commence this course.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.

Required Concurrent Study

You should undertake following course/s at the same time as this course as it contains areas of knowledge and skills which are implemented together in practice.

Alternatively, you may be able to demonstrate the required skills and knowledge before you start this course.

Contact your course coordinator if you think you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.


Course Description

This course builds on the Radiation Therapy 3A and Radiation Therapy Practice 1 courses. This course is designed to enhance your core radiation therapy practice knowledge and expertise. At this level you are expected to integrate literature into your work. After completing this course, you will have a broad knowledge of contemporary radiation therapy practice and engage with the literature base in order to support your work.


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 1C

  • Use equipment and perform techniques to ensure reproducibility of the patient’s position for radiation therapy  (1C.a)
  • Perform localisation and pre-treatment imaging (1C.b)
  • Perform treatment planning (1C.c)

Standard 2

  • Provide each patient/client with dignity and care (2.b)

Standard 5

  • Perform and provide safe radiation practice (5.a)
  • Maintain safety of the workplace and associated environments (5.d)


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

  1. Describe and explain the principles and practices of radiation therapy patient care to a progressing level.
  2. Outline the technological principles, physics concepts and instrumentation that supports radiation therapy practice.
  3. Apply the radiation therapy dosimetry concepts that underpin radiation therapy patient planning.
  4. Detail the side effects and psychosocial issues of treatment for different treatment sites and appropriate management.  
  5. Demonstrate practical knowledge of image guided radiation therapy and evaluate its impact on treatment decisions and patient outcomes.
  6. Select appropriate methods of enquiry to gather and effectively utilise peer reviewed literature to support a logical argument.


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities such as lectorials, tutorials, practicals, laboratories, seminars, project work, class discussion, individual and group activities. Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

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

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: IGRT assessment
Weighting 25%
This assessment task supports CLOs 5 & 6

Assessment Task 2: Radiation Oncology Group Presentation
Weighting 25%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-6

Assessment Task 3: Dosimetry Assessment
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 3

Assessment Task 4: Online Quiz
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-5

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.