MRSC3220

Radiation Therapy Professional Practice IIIA

Faculty of Health School of Health Sciences

10 Units 3000 Level Course

Available in 2013

Callaghan Campus	Semester 1

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

This course allows students to refine their basic to advanced professional skills, by participating in skill labs at university and by attending a professional placement at an accredited 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 will be able to:
1. demonstrate competence in the design and quality assurance checking of mid level to high 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 mid level to high 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. be able to 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, according to the level of experience

Content

1. Radiation Therapy of the Thorax
2. Radiation Therapy of the Abdomen
3. Radiation Therapy of the Head & Neck
4. Radiation Therapy of the Brain
5. 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

MRSC2250 Radiation Therapy Methods IIB
MRSC2270 Radiation Therapy Professional Placement IIB

Modes of Delivery

Internal Mode

Teaching Methods

Case Study
Clinical
Laboratory

Assessment Items

Laboratory Exercises	Planning and Treatment professional skill lab exercises. This assessment involves planning and submitting 5 treatment cases throughout the semester. This assessment item must be passed to be allowed to attend Professional Placement, and to pass the course.
Other: (please specify)	Essential Criteria: Satisfactory participation at lectures to prepare students for the laboratory and the lab session must be assessed as satisfactory. In order to pass the course, a student must obtain the followind grades in the FInal Summative Assessment: - A minimum of '3' (satisfactory level of achievement) in each item listed in sections 1-4 of the report. - An 'S' (satisfactory level of achievement) in each item listed in section 5, "Professionalism". Students must pass this course to progress to MRSC3250 and MRSC3270.
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: Objectives 4,5,6,7,8,9 1. Written Reports 2. Clinical Skills/Competence Evaluation 3. Clinical Supervisor Reports 4. Clinical Contact

Contact Hours

Clinical: for 200 hour(s) per Term for Full Term
Laboratory: for 4 hour(s) per Week for Full Term
Clinical: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 2 weeks
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)
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 MRSC2250, & MRSC2270, and concurrent enrolment in MRSC3200. 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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