RAD5109 · Musculoskeletal x-ray image interpretation 2

Overview

You will build upon your clinical expertise and professional experience in this unit. Your existing knowledge about appearances on radiographic images in the field of emergency image interpretation of the pelvic girdle, lower limbs and thoracic and lumbar spine will be complemented in this unit You will be required to apply a systematic methodology to interpret radiographic images involving trauma, sport injuries, and common pathologies affecting adult and paediatric patients. You will learn how to use evidence-based information to communicate your findings of both normal and abnormal radiographic appearances of the pelvic girdle, lower limbs and thoracic and lumbar spine. This will enable you to increase your capability in decision making and clinical judgement which can be communicated in acute care settings. You will learn to contextualise the practice of radiographic image interpretation in the broader context of the health care system and patient management.

Areas of study: Medical ultrasound

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook lists an examination for this unit.

Assessment in this unit includes hurdle assessment tasks. Failure of any hurdle assessment task may result in failure of the unit.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. Apply the mechanisms of injury and/or clinical signs or symptoms of injury with the abnormal radiographic appearances of the pelvic girdle, lower limbs, thoracic and lumbar spine.
2. Apply a systematic and logical approach to the radiographic evaluation of the bones, joints and soft tissues in certain anatomical regions.
3. Interpret radiographs involving trauma, sport injuries, and common non-trauma pathologies of the pelvic girdle, lower limbs, thoracic and lumbar spine of adult and paediatric patients to distinguish between normal and abnormal radiographic appearances.
4. Apply clinical decision rules and knowledge of the measurement of accuracy and error in the interpretation of radiographic images.
5. Compose descriptions of radiographic appearances on radiographs involving trauma and non-trauma pathologies affecting adult and paediatric patients involving the pelvic girdle, lower limbs, thoracic and lumbar spine.
6. Display appropriate interprofessional communication terminology to alert other members of the health care team to abnormal and normal radiographic appearances.

Workload

Off-campus: 6 hours per week of direct engagement in the learning materials and 6 hours of self-directed study for 12 weeks.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.