Course Title: Medical Imaging Supervised Clinical Practice

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Medical Imaging Supervised Clinical Practice

Credit Points: 36.00


Course Coordinator: Katherine Metzger

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 3399

Course Coordinator Email: katherine.callahan@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: Bundoora West

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.


Course Description

Experience in clinical departments is vital to developing clinical competence. This WIL course is designed to further develop your clinical, reflective practice and interpersonal skills as you move towards autonomous learning.

After completion of this course, you should be able to perform a wide range of clinical procedures as an independent medical imaging technologist within your scope of practice, and organise your clinical learning in relation to your future personal and professional development. This course consolidates your academic and clinical learning.

Work Integrated Learning:

Students enrolled in this course will be required to undertake placement as part of the assessment for this course.  A number of requirements must be met by students to ensure eligibility for placement.  Further details on each of these are available in Part B of the Course Guide and on Canvas.

• National Police check
• Working with Children Check
• Immunisation Declaration Form
• Hand Hygiene certificate
• First Aid Certificate
• CPR Certificate
• Manual Handing certificate
• Cultural Safety certificate

There is no flexibility with these requirements.  It is your responsibility to ensure these requirements are completed.  Any student who has not provided this information will not be able to attend placement and will receive a fail grade for the placement course.

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 Manager or the Equitable Learning Services team for further advice. Students with an Equitable Learning Plan must notify the Medial Radiations clinical coordinator (MRCC) BEFORE placements are released, and students need to be able to meet the inherent requirements of the program.

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 Canvas.

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 Canvas or InPlace. All WIL placements for Medical Radiations will be arranged by RMIT.

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 Clinical 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 Clinical Coordinator or Med Rad 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.

Cultural Safety Certificate:
Students are required to complete an online module outlined by RMIT regarding cultural safety and provide evidence of completion

Manual Handling:
Students are required to provide evidence of completion of a practical (people) 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

  • Apply knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology to practice (1.a)
  • Use clinical information management systems appropriately (1.b)
  • Understand and apply the different methods of imaging and treatment (1.c)
  • Confirm the procedure according to clinical indicators (1.d)
  • Implement techniques for patient/client stabilisation and reproducibility of procedures and outcomes (1.f)

Standard 1A

  • Perform fluoroscopy and angiography examinations in a range of settings (1A.b)^
  • Perform computed tomography (CT) imaging (1A.c)^

Standard 2

  • Practise in an ethical and professional manner, consistent with relevant legislation and regulatory requirements (2.a)
  • Take responsibility and accountability for professional decisions (2.c)
  • Advocate on behalf of the patient/client when appropriate (2.d)
  • Seek opportunities to progress the profession (2.e)

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 4

  • Resolve challenges through application of critical thinking and reflective practice (4.a)
  • Identify ongoing professional learning needs and opportunities (4.b)

Standard 5

  • Perform and provide safe radiation practice (5.a)
  • Protect and enhance patient/client safety (5.b)
  • Maintain safety of the workplace and associated environments (5.d)

 

^ Due to factors outside of RMIT’s control that impact placement availability from time to time, one or more of the required imaging modalities and techniques (MRI, CT, fluoroscopy, angiography and ultrasound) required to meet the MRPBA professional capabilities, and normally completed as part of the capstone courses (RADI1215 Medical Imaging Supervised Clinical Practice & RADI1214 Transitioning to Medical Imaging Clinical Practice), may be undertaken in earlier clinical placements. Evidence of any competencies completed during earlier placements will need to be submitted as part of the assessment for these capstone courses to satisfy program completion requirements.


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

  1. Perform a wide range of routine procedures with minimal supervision and assist with specialised techniques.
  2. Analyse and critically evaluate a wide range of images produced with minimal supervision and assist with specialised studies.
  3. Analyse and critically evaluate safety requirements and considerations within a clinical setting and optimisation of patient care.
  4. Consistently demonstrate high standards of professional behaviour and high-level interpersonal and patient care skills
  5. Critically reflect on a wide range of key learning experiences, as well as your personal and professional development throughout the program.


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

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).

Assessment Tasks

You are required to demonstrate clinical skills and patient safety congruent to the level of a beginning medical radiations practitioner. If you are deemed unsatisfactory during the placement block, remedial action using an at-risk learning contract will be undertaken before being allowed to continue the placement.

If you demonstrate a satisfactory level and safe practice you will continue into your final clinical placement block.

Assessment Task 1: WIL Placement  Reports (HURDLE Requirement- Summative report) 
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-4 

During this placement students will receive reports completed by the assigned industry professional at the clinical placement site. The reports will indicate student progress and ability to meet the required standards of practice. The reports include: three formative reports in weeks 3, 6, 9, and a final summative report to be completed at the end of the 12 week placement block. 

For any ‘Below expected Standards’ in the summative report, you will complete an Action Plan, based on these domains of practice.  

Assessment Task 2:  Reflections
Weighting 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 5 

You will be required to complete 2 reflections during this clinical placement block due at the end of weeks 6 and 12. These are designed to allow you to demonstrate the capability to reflect on your clinical practice, an essential requirement of the ongoing CPD required for a medical radiations practitioner. 

Assessment Task 3:VIVA Voce 
Weighting 50% 
This assessment task supports CLOs 2, 3 & 5 

You will demonstrate to a panel of academics and clinical educators your progression and building of prior knowledge and understanding of clinical practice, technical requirements, patient safety, and reflective practice consistent to a level of a capable medical radiations practitioner. 

Assessment Task 4: Goal setting for capability development
Weighting 20%
This assessment task supports CLO 5 

This task requires you to develop an action plan specifically focused on the areas of practice that either you or the clinical supervisor have identified as areas for development. 

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.