Orientation to Radiographer's profession (5 cr)
Code: 7R00GK20-3005
General information
Enrolment period
06.01.2025 - 31.01.2025
Timing
06.01.2025 - 19.12.2025
Credits
5 op
Mode of delivery
Contact teaching
Unit
Radiography and Radiotherapy
Campus
- TAMK Main Campus
- TAMK Seinäjoki
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Radiography and Radiotherapy
Teachers
- Tiina Säilä
- Pirita Markkula
- Jussi Savolainen
- Tapio Yrjölä
- Terhi Tapaninen
- Päivi Lukin
- VirtuaaliRASA Seinäjoki
Person in charge
Tiina Säilä
Groups
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25RHSJ
Objectives (course unit)
In this course you will be oriented to studying at TAMK and will get to know the profession of a radiographer and versatile tasks in different operating environments.
After completion of the course, student:
• knows the general regulations of Tampere University of Applied Sciences and is familiar with their study environment
• knows how to use ICT
• can communicate understandably in interaction situations and write structurally and convincingly
• knows how the radiographer's profession has developed
• knows what the radiographer's profession contains in different environments
• knows the significance of guiding in different radiological examinations and care situations
• evaluates and developes his/her skills and learning methods
Content (course unit)
• regulations and mode of actions at TAMK
• writing formal text
• instructions for report writing
• communication in diverse working life situations
• the radiographer's profession before, now and in the future
• radiographer as an expert of the medical use of radiation: introductory period in imaging and/or radiotherapy
• guiding in radiological examinations or care situations of health care
• working life skills
Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)
Pass:
• knows the different dimensions of work in the field of radiography
• can search for information as instructioned
• can write formal text related to the own field
Fail:
• does not know the different dimensions of work in the field of radiography
• cannot search for information as instructioned
• cannot write formal text related to the own field
Assessment scale
Pass/Fail