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In order to apply for registration as a medical imaging practitioner in Victoria a person must obtain a Statement of Accreditation from the Australian Institute of Radiography. Successful completion of the four-year Bachelor of Radiography and Medical Imaging will enable graduates to receive their Statement of Accreditation and apply to the Medical Radiation Technologists Board of Victoria for registration.
In 1999 it is expected that the first year intake will be thirty students. In addition to these places the faculty may offer a limited number of first-year places to suitably qualified overseas students on a full-fee paying basis as well as local students.
To be eligible for selection into the course an applicant must apply through the VTAC system and complete a Monash Radiography Application Form.
The
prerequisites for entry into radiography at Monash are:
(a) a grade average of C in English;
(b) a grade average of C in Physics
(c) a grade average of C in Specialist Mathematics or Mathematical Methods
1 All
applicants must complete a Monash Radiography Application Form which is to be
returned to the Faculty of Medicine by 30 November. The information on the
form will be used to supplement that already supplied to VTAC.
2 Selection will be made on the basis of the ENTER and will involve
a two-stage process with a middle band of approximately 20 per cent.
Applicants who have achieved a grade average of at least a C in Specialist Mathematics will be deemed to have an ENTER up to one percentage point higher. In addition, applicants who have achieved a grade average of at least a C in Biology or Chemistry will be deemed to have an ENTER up to one percentage point higher. An interview may be required during the selection period in the first half of January.
Students who have not achieved their entrance qualifications in Victoria must hold qualifications which in the faculty's opinion are equivalent to those held by local candidates. The qualifications must include the same prerequisite subjects as those for local candidates outlined above. Such applicants must demonstrate at least the same level of academic merit as that which is required for local applicants.
Applicants
presenting with either partially complete or completed tertiary qualifications
will be considered for entry to the radiography course. In considering such
applications the faculty selection committee will take account of an
applicant's entire academic record and motivation as evidenced by the responses
in the Monash Radiography Application Form. An interview may be required during
the first half of January 1999. Applications for later-year entry may be
considered. Applicants for later-year entry must clearly demonstrate to the
faculty selection committee that the content of their previous studies is at
least equivalent to the Monash radiography course components for which they are
seeking exemption.
If you wish to apply for the Monash radiography course, please note that the
Guide for prospective students which contains the appropriate
application form is published by the Victorian Tertiary Admissions Centre
(VTAC), 40 Park Street, South Melbourne, Vic. 3205. This guide is
available from VTAC in July or August and applications for courses close during
September. Non-school leaver applicants must also complete the Monash
Radiography Application Form obtainable from the faculty office during
September.
Monash University students applying solely for a transfer to the Monash
radiography course must complete the Monash Radiography Application Form. A
VTAC application is not necessary.
Faculty
board has determined that a limited number of places are available in the first
year of the radiography course for international students (overseas full-fee
paying students). These students come from overseas to study in Australia under
student visas and return overseas upon completion of their degree.
Selection of international students is determined on the basis of the
equivalency of each applicant's academic qualifications to those admitted in
the quota for Australian citizens. In particular the faculty selection
committee will give full regard to internationally recognised secondary
qualifications such as the General Certificate of Education (A levels) in
the United Kingdom and its equivalents. In addition to original documentary
evidence of such qualifications, applicants may be required to attend for an
interview which would assess their verbal command of the English language.
Prospective applicants should be aware that the fee charged for the course will
be set annually, taking into account inflation and other factors.
All subjects within the radiography course are interdisciplinary in that they have input from several departments. It may be difficult therefore to equate a subject in the radiography course to an equivalent subject elsewhere. Those radiography students who have previously undertaken tertiary studies in the field of radiography are invited to seek recognition of prior learning with each application to be judged upon its merits.
Students are advised that, while the faculty will endeavour to give every possible assistance and advice concerning subject choice, the onus is on the student to ensure that the subjects selected meet the course regulations and requirements. This is not the faculty's responsibility and the faculty does not take any responsibility for error in subject selection.
Students
who require academic advice or guidance concerning the subjects studied should
initially contact the relevant teaching staff or the subject coordinator. In
addition, students may consult with the head of the Unit of Radiography and
Medical Imaging.
Students experiencing general problems which are affecting their academic
performance may seek advice from the faculty office. The assistant dean,
faculty manager and the administrative officers are available to provide
assistance. The University Counselling Service should be consulted for problems
of a general nature. In special circumstances a student may wish to make an
appointment to see the dean.
Students enrol in person at the faculty office prior to the commencement of the first year of the course. In later years the faculty office automatically processes re-enrolment into the appropriate year of the medical course. The university administration mails out re-enrolment information and requires forms to be returned and payments to be made before the re-enrolment process is completed.
Under
special circumstances students may seek leave of absence or deferment once and
for up to one year during the radiography course.
All applications for deferment must be made in writing to the dean or the head
of the Unit of Radiography and Medical Imaging who are the only people who may
grant a deferment, and decisions will normally be made following an
interview.
In considering applications, account will be taken of any medical, financial,
social, emotional or psychological problems that could potentially be remedied
by deferment. The deferment must therefore be used to assist the student to
satisfactorily progress through the radiography course. A student returning
from a leave of absence is required to return to the appropriate year level and
semester of the course which will allow them to progress within the course
structure as outlined.
Deferments are not granted automatically. However, students seeking deferral
for one calendar year between school and the commencement of first year will be
treated sympathetically. Application for the deferment of first year must be
made in writing following receipt of an offer of a place in the radiography
course and must be lodged by the date of enrolment specified at the time of
offer.
Students
are referred to the Student resource guide for information on the
university's codes of practice for teaching and learning as set out in its
education policy. It also contains other essential information on university
policies and procedures.
All Monash University students have a responsibility to make every effort to
maintain satisfactory progress in their courses.
Academic staff have the responsibilities of preparing and presenting material
at an appropriate standard with the resources available; assessing students'
work fairly, objectively and consistently across the candidature for the subject.
The
assessment procedures for each subject in all years of the course are described
more fully in the appropriate manuals made available to students prior to the
commencement of studies each year.
The board of examiners for each year level considers all results from
examination and other assessment procedures at the end of each semester and/or
year.
The board of examiners may, at its discretion, grant repeat or supplementary
examinations to students who have not satisfactorily completed all required
assessment procedures.
At the end of first semester in all years of the course, the board of examiners
may grant a repeat examination in any subject where a student has an
unsatisfactory performance. The results of the repeat examination are
considered at the second semester board of examiners when supplementary
examinations may be granted.
Repeat examinations are generally held during the second semester and
supplementary examinations are generally held in December or January.
The faculty informs students of the assessment procedures at the commencement
of each semester/year. Students who are required to complete repeat or
supplementary examinations are notified on the posted publication of results or
individually by letter from the faculty office.
The Faculty of Medicine uses the grades fail, pass, credit, distinction and
high distinction and reports marks for some components of the course.
A
student whose work during the academic year or whose performance in an
examination or other assessment has been affected by illness or other serious
cause may apply in writing on a 'special consideration form' to the faculty
office for special consideration by the examiners or board of examiners
concerned.
The application must be accompanied by appropriate evidence and must be made
not later than forty-eight hours after the last examination scheduled for the
candidate. The faculty manager, where satisfied that the student was unable to
make application by the required date, may accept a late application.
The board of examiners may allow a student to sit for a special examination or
deferred examination where:
1 the student has been prevented by illness or other serious cause
from presenting for all or part of an examination; or
2 the student's work during the academic year or performance in the
examination has been gravely affected by illness or other serious cause.
Further details are available from the faculty office.
In the case of a student's unsatisfactory progress, the board of examiners may recommend:
Where a student has been recommended for exclusion, a faculty exclusions committee will review the case and determine whether the student should be excluded or be allowed to repeat the year. The faculty office will in writing inform the student of the procedures to be followed including documentation required and the student's opportunity to present their case before the committee. An excluded student may appeal to the university's Appeals Committee.
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