MRSC2270

Radiation Therapy Professional Practice IIB

Faculty of Health School of Health Sciences

10 Units 2000 Level Course

Available in 2013

Callaghan Campus	Semester 2

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

This course provides students with the opportunity to further 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 professional procedures of increasing difficulty or complexity. 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 should be able to:
1. demonstrate competence in the design and quality assurance checking of mid level complexity treatment plans, and implementation of plans
2. evaluate plans against ICRU criteria and ensure that they meet recognised and accepted criteria (ICRU 50/62)
3. apply and participate in mid level complexity radiation therapy treatment, planning and simulation procedures at a level suitable to their current clinical experience
4. demonstrate effective communication with members of the public and other health care workers, such as information gathering, active listening and empathy
5. practice within an ethical and legal framework
6. demonstrate clinical reasoning / management
7. apply the skills and knowledge necessary to employ an evidenced based approach to decision making in healthcare practice
8. reflect upon, and evaluate and critique his or her role within and during the clinical period

Content

1. Conventional and Conformal Radiation Therapy in simulation, treatment and planning
2. Radiation Therapy of the Pelvis
3. Radiation Therapy of the Breast
4. ICRU Report 50 and Report 62 - Prescribing, Reporting and Recording External Beam Therapy
5. 2D and 3D planning dosing techniques and plan evaluation including visual assessment, statistical assessment, dose volume histogram assessment, biological models of dosing
6. Patient assessment with regard to quality of life, living with illness, and treatment toxicity criteria
7. QA and auditing in Radiation Therapy

Industrial Experience

Assumed Knowledge

MRSC2200 Radiation Therapy Methods IIA
MRSC2220 Radiation Therapy Professional Practice IIA

Modes of Delivery

Flexible Delivery / Student Centred Learning
Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Case Study
Clinical
Laboratory
Practicum

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.
Other: (please specify)	Essential Criteria - Attendance at lecture which prepares students for the lab and attendance and participation at labs must be assessed as satisfactory (pre-placement competence) - Students must meet the attendance requirements for professional placement(professional practice) - 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 section 1-4 of the report. - An 'S' (satisfactory level of achievement) in each item listed in section 5, "Professionalism".
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

Clinical: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 2 weeks
Clinical: for 200 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
Laboratory: for 4 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Lecture: for 1 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 (Radiation Therapy)4
Compulsory Course Component	OHS-First Aid Certificate
Compulsory Course Component	OHS-Criminal Record Check
Compulsory Course Component	OHS-Prohibited Employment Declaration
Compulsory Program Component	Prior successful completion of MRSC2200, & MRSC2220, and concurrent enrolment in MRSC2250. National Police Check. Working with Children and Young People Declaration. Patient Confidentiality Form. Current NSW Health Immunization record. WorkCover approved First Aid Certificate.

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