MRS Residency 1 (6cp) (11818.2)

This unit commences students' medical radiation science clinical residency and their detailed development of skills that underpin the professional and safe practice of diagnostic radiography. These residencies provide the opportunity for students to refine their clinical skills and develop automatous beginning practitioner skills in a supervised environment. Students will further refine their critical evaluation and reflective practice skills. Students are required to pass each placement and related competency tasks to successfully complete this unit.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Plan, safely perform and evaluate routine and complex radiographic examinations to develop professional capabilities, under direct supervision;
2. Comply with ethical, professional and culturally safe practices, adhering to radiation safety principles and legal standards in clinical setting;
3. Demonstrate advanced interpersonal and communication skills in diagnostic radiography and interprofessional healthcare, ensuring safe and respectful patient care; and
4. Apply knowledge and skills in diverse contexts, utilising appropriate radiographic approaches for varying patient presentations, recognising and responding to patient deterioration and ensuring appropriate management.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - display initiative and drive, and use their organisation skills to plan and manage their workload
2. UC graduates are global citizens - think globally about issues in their profession
2. UC graduates are global citizens - adopt an informed and balanced approach across professional and international boundaries
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways

Prerequisites

Must have completed 72 credit points from 319JA including 10013 Computed Tomography, 11475 Research in Medical Radiation Science, 11814 Radiographic Imaging Interpretation 1, 11815 Specialised Planar Radiographic Imaging, 11816 MRI and Ultrasound and 11817 MRS Practicum 3.

Corequisites

Enrolment in 319JA Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Medical Imaging).

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.