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MRSC2110

Diagnostic Radiography Professional Practice IIA

10 Units 2000 Level Course

Available in 2013

Callaghan Campus Semester 1

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

This course provides students with the opportunity to consolidate basic professional knowledge, skills, attitudes and experience, by participating in professional skill labs at university and by attending a professional placement at an accredited diagnostic radiography clinical centre. The labs and professional placement will increase confidence and competence in undertaking and participating in basic to more complex professional procedures. The labs must be passed to be allowed to attend professional placement, and pass the course. Clinical placement occurs during Semester 1 for five weeks.

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

Objectives Students who successfully complete this course should be able to:
1. continue to develop and use clinical skills in MRS procedures
2. further develop and demonstrate a professional attitude towards and ability to communicate with members of the public and other health care workers
3. further develop their clinical reasoning skills
4. practice within an existing ethical and legal framework
5. be able to evaluate and critique their professional role and performance during clinical practice
Content Musculoskeletal imaging (shoulder, pelvis and vertebral column)
Industrial Experience 0
Assumed Knowledge MRSC1110 Clinical Education I
MRSC1100 Mrs Professional Methods 1
Must be enrolled in or have successfully passed MRSC2100
Modes of Delivery Internal Mode
Teaching Methods Clinical
Laboratory
Assessment Items
Laboratory Exercises To comply with the various state and territory Radiation Safety Acts students must have successfully completed 100% of the Diagnostic Laboratories and passed the OSCE. Students not meeting these requirements and not having supporting Special Consideration documentation will be excluded from attending Clinical Education placement and will fail the course.
Other: (please specify) 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 Supervisor Reports
3. Clinical Competence/Skill Development
4. Clinical Contact
Other: (please specify) Essential Criteria:
In order to pass this course students must
a. Gain an average mark of 50% or above
AND
b. Gain a minimum mark of 40% in every individual assessment task.
Other: (please specify) You must pass this course to progress to MRSC2150 and MRSC2160.
Contact Hours Clinical: for 40 hour(s) per Week for 5 weeks
Laboratory: for 1.5 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Compulsory Components
Requisite by Enrolment This course is only available to students enrolled in the Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Diagnostic Radiography).
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. Must complete a Patient Confidentiality Form and NSW Health Immunisation form.
Compulsory Program Component Must have completed MRSC1100, MRSC1110, PHYS1250 and be concurrently enrolled in MRSC2100.
Timetables 2013 Course Timetables for MRSC2110