MRSC1220

Radiation Therapy Professional Practice 1B

10 Units 1000 Level Course

Available in 2014

Callaghan Campus Semester 2

Previously offered in 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007

This course provides students with the opportunity to begin to develop professional knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience, by participating in professional skill labs at university and by attending a professional placement at an accredited radiation therapy clinical centre. The labs and professional placement will increase confidence and competence in undertaking and participating in basic professional procedures. The labs must be passed to be allowed to attend professional placement, and pass the course.

This course is a Compulsory Program Component and must be passed in order to progress in the Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Radiation Therapy).

Objectives Students who successfully complete this course will be able to:
1. demonstrate skills in the design and quality assurance checking of basic level treatment plans, and implementation of plans into treatment
2. evaluate plans against ICRU criteria and ensure that they meet recognised and accepted criteria (ICRU 50/62)
3. apply and participate in basic level radiation therapy treatment, planning and simulation procedures
4. demonstrate a professional attitude towards members of the public and other health care workers
5. demonstrate effective communication to members of the public and other health care workers, such as information gathering, active listening and empathy
6. practice within an ethical and legal framework
7. develop clinical reasoning / management skills
8. apply the skills and knowledge necessary to employ an evidenced based approach to decision making in healthcare practice
9. reflect upon, and evaluate and critique his or her role within and during the clinical period
10. observe and identify the role and function of medical radiation practitioners and health care team members in the delivery of health care
11. demonstrate an understanding of the importance of occupational health and safety issues relevant to their profession
12. demonstrate an ability to perform a physical and pain assessment including written clinical history documentation
13. identify the signs and symptoms of medical emergencies that may occur in medical imaging or radiation therapy departments and demonstrate actions that may be taken to manage these.
Content 1. An introduction to radiation therapy professional practice
2. An introduction to radiation therapy simulation, planning and treatment
3. An introduction to radiation oncology departments and other service departments
4. Basic professional skills in planning and treatment
5. Conventional and conformal radiation therapy approaches
6. Effective communication, ethical practice
7. Patient care including occupational health & safety, infection control, aseptic techniques. physical and pain assessment, recording clinical history and responding to medical emergencies.
Industrial Experience 0
Assumed Knowledge HUBS1105, HUBS1401, PHYS1200, HLSC1000
Modes of Delivery Internal Mode
Teaching Methods Case Study
Clinical
Laboratory
Assessment Items
Laboratory Exercises Planning and Treatment professional skill lab exercises.
This assessment item must be passed to be allowed to attend Professional Placement, and to pass the course.
Essential Criteria - Participation at labs and lab preparation sessions must be assessed as satisfactory (pre-placement competence) - Students must meet the attendance requirements for professional placement(professional practice)
Other: (please specify) Professional Placement Essential Criteria:
- In order to pass the course, a student must obtain the following grades in the Final Summative Assessment:
- A minimum of '3' (satisfactory level of achievement) in each item listed in the "Professional Ethical Practice" section of the report.
- A minimum of '3' (satisfactory level of achievement) in the following items listed in the "Care and Clinical Management" component of the report
- 4.1
- 4.2
- 4.3 (treatment only)
Reports Professional Placement Workbook
Completion of all parts of the Professional Placement Workbook. The Workbook outlines the work to be completed during the Professional Placement and includes:

1. Written Reports
2. Clinical Skills/Competence Evaluation
3. Clinical Supervisor Reports
4. Clinical Contact
Contact Hours Laboratory: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 10 weeks
Clinical: for 200 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
Clinical: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 2 weeks
Compulsory Components
Requisite by Enrolment This course is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Radiation Therapy).
Compulsory Course Component OHS-First Aid Certificate
Compulsory Course Component OHS-Criminal Record Check
Compulsory Course Component OHS-Prohibited Employment Declaration
Compulsory Course Component OHS-Safety Induction or Risk Assessment.
Compulsory Program Component Must have completed HUBS1105, HLSC1000 and be concurrently enrolled in MRSC1200. National Police Check. Patient Confidentiality Form. Current NSW Health Immunization record. WorkCover approved First Aid Certificate.
Timetables 2014 Course Timetables for MRSC1220