Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

307719 (v.2) Clinical Medical Imaging Science 641


Area: Department of Medical Imaging Science
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Laboratory: 1 x 4 Hours Weekly
Clinical Practice: 1 x 10 Weeks Quarterly
Syllabus: Patient care. Positioning theory for the chest, abdomen, upper extremity and shoulder girdle. Positioning theory for lower extremity and thoracic cage. Laboratory component - development of imaging skills, application of geometric principles and axial relationships in relation to radiography of the chest, abdomen, extremities, shoulder and pelvic girdles, thoracic cage and spine. Handling of instrumentation for general contrast procedures, mobile and theatre radiography. Clinical component - clinical experience in radiography of the chest, abdomen, upper and lower extremities, the shoulder and pelvic girdles, bony thorax and spine.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 061501 Radiography
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

Availability

Year Location Period Internal Partially Online Internal Area External Central External Fully Online
2008 Bentley Campus Semester 1 Y        

Area External refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.

Central External refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area

Partially Online Internal refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

Fully Online refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External

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