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On completion of this module, the successful student will be able to:
1. Understand basic principles of radiation protection and their role within this.
2. Understand the principles of recognising and interpreting radiographic image appearances
3. Differentiate between normal radiographic anatomy and features of commonly encountered pathologies of the skeletal system, chest and abdomen
4. Be able to define and recognise the image appearances of a range of disease processes on a number of specified modalities
5. Understand what modalities to request for patients for specific clinical indications and be able to critically evaluate these depending on patient presentation
6. Summarise the findings of radiographic image evaluation accurately and concisely
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Tutorial | 7 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 92 |
Placement/Work Experience | 3 |
Total | 126 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Continuous Assessment: Assignments based on case-based tutorials | Varies over the Trimester | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Examination: End of semester examination | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 70 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Group/class feedback, post-assessment, together with provisional component marks, will be provided for the continuous assessment. As much as possible of this will be available in advance of the end of module examination. Group/class feedback, post-assessment, will be provided on the end of module examination following the completion of the grading process. Individual student feedback, post release of the group/class feedback, will also be available.
Name | Role |
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Ms Andrea Cradock | Tutor |