Schedule of Campus-Based Radiography Tutorials
All tutorials within the Department follow the general guidelines for tutorials.
Tutorials for radiography students are held on a fortnightly basis. There is a separate
schedule of placement tutorials. The schedule of topics discussed on campus is as follows:
Stage 1, Weeks T1:01-10
- Induction [1/2]
- General induction, introduction to tutor and other tutees
- Handbook induction (including support services, sources of advice,
contact information, submission of work, etc.)
- Aim of tutorials, tutorial ground rules, etc.
- Induction [2/2]
- Study Skills
- Importance and contribution of non-assessed work
- Academic good practice as a means of avoiding academic misconduct, plagiarism, etc.
- Academic good practice: Harvard referencing and the role of peer review
- Assessment and Feedback
- Introduction to critical self-appraisal and CPD
- Critical self appraisal and reflective practice
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- CPD and the radiographer
- Developing CPD skills throughout this programme
- Beginning a CPD portfolio
- Critical self-appraisal and Personal Development Planning (PDP)
- Aims and value of the PDP process
Stage 1, Weeks T2:01-08
- Personal Development Planning (week T2:01)
- Preparation for Clinical Placement [1/2]
- Preparation for Clinical Practice [2/2]
- Departmental structure
- Points of contact / communication channels
- Aims and objectives for clinical placement
- Being a facilitator of one's own learning
- Managing the transition from 'student at university' to 'student within a working clinical environment'
Stage 2, Weeks T1:01-11
- Clinical Placement Experiences and Review of Feedback and Academic Good Practice
- Clinical placement experiences
- Interprofessional working and impact on patient care
- Review of engaging with feedback to enhance learning
- Review of academic good practice (academic misconduct, plagiarism, etc.)
- Facial Bones (and Skull) Radiography [1/2]
- Revision of facial bone (and skull) anatomy
- Terminology
- Projections and Technique
- Common clinical indications
- NICE guidelines
- Facial Bones (and Skull) Radiography [2/2] (Practical: X-ray room)
- Facial bone radiography
- Other projections (including skull radiography)
- Preparation for Clinical Practice
- Expectations for second placement
- Adapting to different departments / practices
- Review of critical self-appraisal (reflective practice)
- Personal Development Planning (week T1:10)
Stage 2, Weeks T2:01-05
- Clinical Placement Experience
- Identification of strengths and areas for further improvements
- Examples / discussion of how transition from stage 1 to stage 2 placement site was managed
- Examples of interprofesional team-working and impact on patient care
- Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
- Critical self-appraisal (reflective practice)
- Evidence-based practice
- Maintaining a CPD portfolio
Stage 2, Weeks T3:06-07
- Preparation for Clinical Practice
- Expectations for third placement
- Building on previous experiences - positively anticipating change
- Electives
Stage 3, Weeks T2:01-10
- Preparing for Practice [1/4], Review of Feedback and Academic Good Practice
- Preparing for Practice [2/4]
- The first post, preceptorship, accountability
- Working with students as a newly qualified radiographer
- SCoR and HPC guidelines relating to CPD
- Personal Development Planning (week T2:01)
- Preparing for Practice [3/4]
- Transition from student to practitioner
- Identifying strengths and areas for further improvement
- Preparing for Practice [4/4]