309791 (v.1) Clinical Medical Imaging Science 447

Area:

Department of Medical Imaging Science

Credits:

50.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

** 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 2 Hours Weekly

Clinical Practice:

1 x 18 Hours Once-only

Prerequisite(s):

309790 (v.1) Clinical Medical Imaging Science 346 or any previous version
AND
309797 (v.1) Medical Imaging Science 346 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Laboratory Component - refinement of the radiography of the chest, abdomen, extremities, spine, thoracic cage, skull, facial bones and sinuses. Development of supplementary and alternate projections with a range of patient difficulties. Development of skills in the performance of computed tomography procedures of the skull, chest and abdomen. Clinical Component - radiography. Clinical experience first contact development of the radiography of the skull and face. Further clinical experience in radiographyof the regions developed in previous clinical units. And 1 of the following. Ultrasound - clinical experience in a range of commonly performed procedures in O&G and upper abdomen. Nuclear Medicine - clinical experience in a range of commonly performed scans, including bone, lung, heart, kidney, liver, inflammation and infection. Computed Tomography - clinical experience in a range of commonly performed procedures within the head, spine, chest and abdomen. Magnetic Resonance - clinical experience in a range of commonly performed procedures within the head, spine, abdomen and soft tissue regions. Students will reach Graduate Practitioner level on successful completion of this unit.

** 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

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

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
2006	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