Course Overview
This course is designed to provide a bridge between classroom theory, the CAMRT Competency Profile and clinical practice through group discussions and presentations in order to provide the students with the opportunity to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Students will research selected case studies that examine issues and concerns related to the solution of real problems in medical radiography, and apply their knowledge of anatomy and physiology, radiographic procedures, patient care, medical ethics, image critique, pathology, radiation physics, radiobiology, radiation protection, equipment, technical settings, and other topics during guided discussions with fellow students. Course readings, writing assignments, seminar discussions and exam questions will be used to develop and evaluate analytical thinking skills, effective communication skills and determine plausible solutions to common clinical problems.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
4.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
The goals of the course are to assist the student in integrating the content from all the program courses as well as applying research skills while focusing on specific radiographic case studies. The discussions are also intended to develop or improve critical and analytical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills in the clinical setting.
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Apply factual knowledge to the resolution of problems in medical radiography related to realistic clinical scenarios.
- Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to provide creative and alternative solutions to given patient situations.
- Analyze recommended action when resolving issues in medical radiography.
- Implement team skills in literature research and discussions.
- Generate experiments to support radiographic theory.
- Analyze researched information for validity and application implications.
- Develop multi-format communication skills to clearly share ideas and knowledge with fellow classmates.
- Correlate course topics to the CAMRT Competency Profile for Radiological Technology.
Effective as of Winter 2009
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