Study Guide

Objectives (course unit)

Students
-can, as members of the team, plan, implement and evaluate the most common x-ray examinations related to the patient's care
-can carry out appropriate radiation safety of the patient, health-care personnel and other persons
-can act appreciatively and respectfully towards patients and their family members as well as fellow workers
-strengthen their oral and written language skills according to the demands of the radiographer's profession
-develop their data acquisition skills using foreign references and different medias
-follow privacy protection procedures in their work
-are interested in their own learning about diagnostic radiography
-are able to reflect their own learning and continuously develop themselves

Content (course unit)

-clinical training in an imaging unit according to the students goals

Prerequisites (course unit)

-clinical training in different modalities requires accepted theoretical studies of the study module in question
-the basic trainings according to the personal curriculum must be done

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass:
-acts according to the radiographer's ethical instructions
-shows initiative and is cooperative
-can guide the patient and can do the most general imaging examinations in accordance with the referral under guidance
-can guide the patient and can function as a member of the team in situations related to radiation protection (patient, staff, escort and working environment)
-can operate radiological equipment safely and appropriately
-is able to create confidential interaction and care relations with the patients
-is able to do realistic self-assessment, receives feedback and instructions

Fail:
-does not follow agreed working hours
-withdraws repeatedly from learning situations
-does not get through directed of the most general x-ray examinations
-endangers patient safety repeatedly
-does not follow privacy protection procedures
-does not observe an aseptic way of action
-there are factors which endanger safety in the use of radiological equipment
-there are repeatedly shortcomings in situations which are related to radiation protection
-does not show interest in the studies related to diagnostic radiography

Assessment scale

Pass/Fail