Schedule of Placement-Based Radiography Tutorials

All tutorials held during clinical placement periods are held by clinical tutors and follow the general guidelines for tutorials. Placement tutorials for radiography students normally last 2 hours and are held on a fortnightly basis. There is a separate schedule of tutorials held on campus. The schedule of topics discussed during placements is as follows:

Stage 1, During Practice Placement PAM1007

1. Induction and Review of Clinical Paperwork
2. Case-Based Reports and Competencies
3. Patient Identification and Consent
4. The Imaging Request and IR(ME)R 2000
5. Justification of Imaging Requests
6. Patient Care
7. Implications of Imaging
8. Overview (from justification to evaluation)

Stage 2, During Practice Placement PAM2006

1. Placement Paperwork; Image Evaluation
2. Implications of Imaging Outside the Diagnostic Imaging Department; Infection Control
3. Contrast Media
4. Exposures and 'Rules'
5. Skull Positioning Presentation
6. Paediatrics and Gillick Competencies
7. Insertion lines; Image Evaluation

Stage 3, During Practice Placement PAM3005

1. Placement Paperwork; Case-Based Reports
2. Justification
3. Infection Control — implications for imaging, incident reporting
4. Trauma Imaging (including ATLS)
5. Safety in Imaging
6. Preparation for Practice
7. Interview practice; QA audit
8. Prefixes, Suffixes and Image Evaluation