RAD2072

Radiographic professional skills 3 ( 4 points, SCA Band 2, 0.083 EFTSL)

Leader: Associate Professor Marilyn Baird

Offered:
Clayton Second semester 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: Patient assessment and patient management. Patients with special needs - geriatrics and paediatrics and accident and emergency. Patients with a communicable disease and the intubated patient. Patient care for contrast examinations of the gastrointestinal, urinary, hepatobiliary and cardiovascular systems. Catheterisation and its application in contrast examinations of the gastrointestinal, urinary, hepatobilirary and cardiovascular systems. The concept of surgical asepsis. Infection control in contrast imaging examinations. Venepuncture. Introduction to principles and practice of radiation therapy and nuclear medicine. Research methods.

Objectives: At the successful completion of this unit, students should have acquired: 1. an understanding of the professional challenges posed by patients with special needs; 2. knowledge concerning the provision of effective and safe care to patients with special needs and those undergoing contrast imaging examinations of the gastrointestinal, urinary, hepato-biliary and cardiovascular systems; 3. skills in the administration of drugs including venepuncture, the control of infection the administration of oxygen and barium, the maintenance of surgical asepsis and recognition of vital signs; 4. an understanding of catheterisation and its application in contrast examinations of the gastrointestinal, urinary, hepato-biliary and cardiovascular systems; 5. an appreciation of the role played by radiation therapists and nuclear medicine technologists in the diagnosis and treatment of disease; and 6. an understanding of research methods and their application to health science research.

Assessment: One written examination (2 hours): 55% + One objective structured professional skills examination (30 min): 20% + One investigative assignment: 25%