M2017 Bachelor of Radiation Sciences

The course develops through four themes of: personal and professional development; population, communities, health and illness; the scientific basis of health care; and applied practice.

Part A. Personal and professional development
These studies will develop an understanding of the roles, responsibilities and expectations of health professionals and the personal and professional attributes needed in the workplace. These include communication and interpersonal skills, teamwork, critical thinking, ethical and legal issues, and reflective practice. Research methodologies and the application of research to the field of health will also be studied.

Part B. Population, communities, health and illness
The focus of these studies is the social, environmental and behavioural contexts of health, disease and injury and broad societal issues such as health promotion, the application of epidemiology and statistics in the assessment of health risk in populations, public health, community diversity, population and global health. Students will also develop a sound understanding of evidence-based practice.

Part C. Scientific basis of health care practice
These studies provide the foundation scientific knowledge of human systems and technology that are required to become an expert in the field of radiation sciences. This will include physical, biomedical, mathematical and behavioural sciences.

Part D. Professional practice skills
This theme addresses the knowledge and skills for radiation therapy practice. The focus will be on the incorporation of the best available research evidence with the clinical reasoning skills of assessment, management, evaluation and health care across the lifespan and across a spectrum of environments and circumstances.

For students in the Informatics Specialisation:
Part D. Informatics
This theme provides core knowledge in information technology including basic programming skills, network design, managing databases and IT projects, maintaining system and user security as well as integrity of data and digital images.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

This course comprises 144 points, of which 90 points are common to all and 54 points are specialisation specific.

Common units (90 points)

You must complete:

BMA1011 Foundations of anatomy and physiology for health practice 1
BMA1012 Foundations of anatomy and physiology for health practice 2
HSC1100 Introduction to research and evidence
RAD1081  Foundations in medical radiation physics
RAD1022 Medical Radiation Science: Physical principles
RAD2001 Medical Imaging Science: Radiographic principles
RAD2002 Medical Imaging anatomy
RAD2003 Medical Imaging Science: Nuclear Medicine
RAD2004 Pathophysiology for Medical Radiation Science 1
RAD2005 Medical Radiation Science: Professional skills 1
RAD2006 Pathophysiology for Medical Radiation Science 2
RAD3002 Medical Imaging Science: Computed tomography & Digital Image processing
RAD3061 Medical Imaging Science (Ultrasound)
RAD4503 Physical foundations of magnetic resonance imaging
RTS2101 Fundamentals of cancer and its management

Radiation Sciences (54 Points)

You must complete:

RAD2007 Medical Radiation Science: Professional skills 2
RTS4101 Radiation therapy science 1
RTS4103 Radiation therapy science 3
FIT1052 Digital futures: IT shaping society
PBH2001 Foundations of epidemiology
HSC1400 The Australian Health Care System

Plus one of the following units:

• RTS4104 Radiation therapy principles and practice 1
• OCC3041 Skills for evidence based practice 2
• OCC3061 Health promotion in occupational therapy

Plus one of the following units:

• FIT3180 Data management for health informatics
• BMS1042 Public health and preventive medicine
• PBH3012 Translating research into practice

Plus one of the following units:

• RTS4105 Radiation therapy principles and practice 2
• FOR3001 Principles of forensic medicine and science
• AHC3001 Communication in health and disability

Radiation Sciences (Informatics) (54 Points)

You must complete:

FIT1043 Introduction to data science
FIT1047 Introduction to computer systems, networks and security
FIT1049 IT Professional Practice
FIT1051 Programming fundamentals in java
FIT2001 System development
FIT2002 Project Management
FIT2094 Databases
FIT3146 Maker Lab
FIT3179 Data visualisation