Course Title: Project
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Project
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
Course Coordinator: Ms Giulia Mccorkell
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 5401
Course Coordinator Email: giulia.mccorkell2@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 201.08.026
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
None.
Course Description
Research skills and knowledge of evidence-based practice are essential, and utilising relevant research evidence is part of the professional capabilities in Medical Radiations. Building on your first-year course Research in Health Sciences, as well as your skills in reviewing relevant and recent literature, this course is designed to provide you with the opportunity to design a research project relevant to your clinical practice experience. This project will further develop your research skills and help build your confidence with measurable data and analysis. The project topic will be negotiated with your course coordinator and clinical educator.
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 2
- Practise in an ethical and professional manner, consistent with relevant legislation and regulatory requirements (2.a)
- Seek opportunities to progress the profession (2.e)
Standard 3
- Collaborate with other health practitioners (3.b)
Standard 4
- Resolve challenges through application of critical thinking and reflective practice (4.a)
On successful completion of this course you should be able to:
- Develop a research question, relevant to medical radiations, and build a project with measurable outcomes. The project needs to be completed during your Supervised Clinical Practice placement block.
- Evaluate relevant literature to support your processes and understanding of your medical radiations project.
- Plan and identify key steps to implement for the successful completion of your project, including the analysis to be performed.
- Apply ethical and professional principles relevant to medical radiations, to your research methods, data collection and collaboration with health practitioners.
- Critically analyse and interpret your data and present all results in an appropriate format.
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: Online Quiz
Weighting 25%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 - 4
Assessment Task 2: Written Assignment: Project Plan
Weighting 25%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1 - 4
Assessment Task 3: Project Presentation
Weighting 50%
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.