Nuclear Medicine Procedures, Clinical Training (7 cr)
Code: 7R00GE11-3001
General information
Enrolment period
31.05.2024 - 08.09.2025
Timing
09.09.2024 - 05.12.2025
Credits
7 op
RDI portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Radiography and Radiotherapy
Campus
TAMK Main Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Radiography and Radiotherapy
Teachers
- Röntgenhoitaja Virtuaalihenkilö
- Heli Hilander
- Marja Jaronen
Person in charge
Kirsi Mansikkamäki
Groups
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22RH
Objectives (course unit)
Student
-is, as a member of a team, able to plan, implement and evaluate the most common nuclear medicine procedures related to the holistic care of patients and bone density measurements in accordance with the quality requirements
-can implement appropriate radiation protection for patients, personnel and other people in the nuclear medicine department
-can act appreciatively and respectively towards patients, their relatives and co-workers
-improves his/her oral and written language skills in the field of nuclear medicine and develop his/her data acquisition skills using foreign language sources and media
-is interested in his/her own learning about nuclear medicine procedures
-is able to reflect his/her own learning and has a positive attitude towards feedback and is willing to continuously develop himself/herself
Content (course unit)
-clinical training in nuclear medicine procedures according to the students goals
Prerequisites (course unit)
-clinical training in nuclear medicine procedures requires accepted theoretical studies of the study module in question
-adequate knowledge and skills in computer tomography examinations
-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 independently and other x-ray examinations under guidance
-can guide the patient and can function as a member of the team in situations related to radiation protection (patient, support person, staff, escort and working environment)
-can operate radiological equipment safely and appropriately
-is able to create confidential interaction and care relations with the patients
-works according to radiation safety
-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 nuclear medicine procedures
-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 nuclear medicine procedures
-cannot operate professionally in the work community
Assessment scale
Pass/Fail