UnitLevel 5Postgraduate

RTP5106 Practice of adaptive radiation therapy

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

RTP5106 Practice of adaptive radiation therapy is a level 5, 12-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, offered in 2023 in Full year at Clayton. It needs RTP5104 and RTP5105.

Credit points
12
Offered in 2023
Full year
Clayton
Assessment
No exam
5 tasks

The 2027 handbook has no page for RTP5106. This is its 2023 entry, the latest one.

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Requisites

After RTP5106

No unit lists RTP5106 as a prerequisite in the 2023 handbook.

Overview

This elective unit in the Master of Advanced Radiation Therapy Practice is designed to meet your needs as a Radiation Therapist seeking to advance your knowledge and skills in the clinical application of adaptive radiation therapy.

The development of advanced professional skills will enable you to lead the design, implementation and evaluation of adaptive radiation therapy programs, in line with contemporary legal and ethical health care principles. 

Using a blended learning approach, advanced knowledge and skills in context with ART will be developed and applied to the clinical practice environment. You will study theory related to professional practice and service delivery. A clinical practice framework for work-integrated learning will scaffold the development of advanced clinical skills related to ART planning, dosimetry, treatment delivery, clinical governance, patient care and safety. You will use your current workplace to develop and be assessed on a range of advanced clinical skills relating to ART, in addition to a three week (or equivalent) compulsory clinical placement at a Monash University approved clinical centre of excellence.

Offerings in 2023

Teaching periodCampusMode
Full yearClaytonBlock off

Assessment

  • Image recognition, dosimetry & verification quizzes (3,000 words)Competency hurdle
    20%
  • Critical analysis of adaptive radiation therapy practice (3,000 words)Competency hurdle
    50%
  • Clinical portfolio (PGO)Competency hurdle
    -
  • Clinical skills competency assessment (PGO)Competency hurdle
    -
  • Oral viva voce testing clinical decision making (20 mins)Competency hurdle
    30%

Learning outcomes

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

  1. 1

    Appraise clinical leadership theory and apply relevant principles to the development of your role and that of your team in the context of Adaptive Radiation Therapy;

  2. 2

    Critique the importance of reflection in the context of advanced practice and demonstrate application of reflective practice to your clinical experiences;

  3. 3

    Explore ethical and medico-legal perspectives associated with advanced Adaptive Radiation Therapy       practice, analysing how these relate to clinical service delivery;

  4. 4

    Critique the principles of clinical governance and apply these in the context of advanced Adaptive Radiation Therapy  practice;

  5. 5

    Critically analyse and reflect on the interrelationship between service delivery and patient outcomes in the context of Adaptive Radiation Therapy;

  6. 6

    Critique the role of evidence-based practice in its application to advanced Adaptive Radiation Therapy practice;

  7. 7

    Analyse the impact of change implementation in the context of advanced Adaptive Radiation Therapy practice, and apply change implementation principles in your practice;

  8. 8

    Demonstrate a range of advanced clinical skills associated with Adaptive Radiation Therapy practice;

  9. 9

    Discriminate between the capabilities of standard and advanced radiation therapy practice in the context of Adaptive Radiation Therapy.

Workload and teaching

  • Tutorials5 hours

Clinical practice A: Compulsory work-integrated learning: 4 hours a week for 32 weeks (128 hours) of clinical and portfolio work-integrated learning activities in the practitioner’s current workplace

Clinical practice B: Compulsory clinical placement: 3 weeks (105 hours) at a Monash ART centre of excellence during semester 2 or summer semester

Semester 1

Weeks 1-6: 6 hours a week interacting with Moodle online learning activities and synchronous support sessions and completing assessment tasks (36 hours)

Weeks 7-12: 2 hours a week interacting with Moodle online learning activities and synchronous support sessions and completing assessment tasks (12 hours)

Semester 2 

Weeks 1-12: 2 hours a week interacting with Moodle online learning activities, synchronous support sessions and completing assessment tasks (60 hours)

Contacts

Unit Coordinators
Associate Professor Caroline Wright
Angelina Piccolo
Chief Examiners
Associate Professor Caroline Wright

Common questions

What are the prerequisites for RTP5106?

You need RTP5104 and RTP5105 before you enrol.

When is RTP5106 offered?

In 2023, RTP5106 runs in Full year at Clayton.

Does RTP5106 have an exam?

No. RTP5106 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.

More details

Credit points
12
Level
5
Study level
Postgraduate
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational unit
Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences
Type
Coursework
EFTSL
0.250
Student contribution
SCA Band 2
Study abroad
Not available
Handbook years
2023