Medical Imaging Professional Practice 2 (12317.1)

This unit continues to develop students' clinical skills for safe diagnostic radiography practice. In this unit students undertake a supervised clinical practice placement and laboratory simulation activities. This clinical placement provides the opportunity for students to further build and apply safe clinical skills in a supervised environment as they further develop critical evaluation and reflective practice skills. Students are required to pass placement and related competency tasks to successfully complete this unit. This unit is co-taught with Medical Imaging Professional Practice 2 PG.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Plan, safely perform and evaluate routine and complex radiographic examinations, including a range of low-level trauma and paediatric examinations under direct supervision;
2. Apply ethical, professional, and culturally safe practices, adhering to radiation safety principles and legal standards;
3. Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills in diagnostic radiography and interprofessional healthcare, maintaining safe and respectful patient care; and
4. Apply knowledge and skills in diverse contexts, applying appropriate radiographic approaches to patient presentations, recognising and responding to patient deterioration and ensuring appropriate management.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
2. UC graduates are global citizens - behave ethically and sustainably in their professional and personal lives
2. UC graduates are global citizens - communicate effectively in diverse cultural and social settings
2. UC graduates are global citizens - understand issues in their profession from the perspective of other cultures
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - be self-aware
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development

Prerequisites

12312 Medical Imaging 1 AND 12313 Medical Imaging Professional Practice 1

Corequisites

Enrolment in HLB104 Bachelor of Medical Imaging AND
12314 Imaging Pathology AND 12315 Biology and Dosimetry in Medical Imaging AND 12316 Medical Imaging 2.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.