CSH076 Advanced Quality Assurance
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| Unit code: | CSH076 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | CSB078 and CSH074 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,104 |
| International unit fee | $4,488 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | CSH076 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | CSB078 and CSH074 |
| Coordinator: | Crispen Chamunyonga | crispen.chamunyonga@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This capstone unit will integrate the knowledge and skills acquired from previous units to incorporate advanced quality assurance concepts in radiation therapy. You will investigate opportunities for data analysis and apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to address risk management for radiation therapy incidents. This unit aims to consolidate the planning and treatment units by incorporating Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA).
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critically analyse the role of the radiation therapist in enhancing quality and safety in practice (MRPBA Domains 5.2a, 5.2c, 5.2e)
- Apply critical thinking and problem solving skills to address risk management and quality improvement (MRPBA Domains 1.2b, 1.2c, 1.2e, 5.3b, 5.3c, 5.3d, 5.4a, 5.4c)
- Explain the process of QC and QA for radiation therapy equipment and technologies (MRPBA Domains 1.3b, 1.3c, 5.2e, 5.3a, 5.4a, 5.4c)
- Apply advanced QC and QA processes for imaging, planning and treatment (MRPBA Domains 1.3b, 1.3c, 5.3a, 5.3b, 5.3c, 5.3d, 5.4a, 5.4c, 5.4f)
Content
QA and safety related roles and responsibilities
Risk management and quality improvement
QA equipment, protocols/procedures and action levels/tolerances
Quality management, audits and regulation
QA for imaging (e.g. CT and MRI), treatment planning and treatment delivery technologies and processes
QA for specialised radiation therapy technologies
Implementation of new QA processes
Relates to learning outcomes
These learning outcomes address elements of the domains for the professional capabilities for medical radiation practice for the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia (MRPBA).
Each learning outcome is mapped to the relevant professional capability as demonstrated below.
Learning Approaches
This unit will be run in an intensive mode due to the extended clinical placement activities during your final year of study.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback is provided throughout the semester, where work is reviewed and assessed. Feedback will aim to provide students with suggestions for further development of academic skills as well as suggestions for further study where appropriate.
Assessment
Overview
Assessment tasks will require you to provide evidence of your advanced knowledge, skills and application of QC and QA in professional practice in a variety of formats, which are aligned with the learning outcomes of the unit and course.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Poster Presentation
Implementation plan for a procedure or equipment.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Examination (written)
Written theory examination.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Additional resources are located on the Canvas site for this unit.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Chang, D., Lasley, F., Das, I., Mendonca, M., & Dynlacht, J. (2014). Basic Radiotherapy Physics and Biology. Springer International Publishing.
Cherry, P. & Duxbury, A. M. (2019) Practical Radiotherapy : Physics and Equipment. 3rd ed. Newark: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Dieterich, S., Ford, E., Pavord, D., & Zeng, J. (2015). Practical Radiation Oncology Physics: A Companion to Gunderson and Tepper's Clinical Radiation Oncology (pp. 1-367).
Khan, F., & Gibbons, J. (2014). Khan's the physics of radiation therapy (Fifth edition.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer.
Pawlicki, T., Dunscombe, P., Mundt, A. J., & Scalliet, P. (2010). Quality and safety in radiotherapy (1st ed.). GB: CRC Press.
Reference book(s)
A range of literature from journals including:
1. International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics
2 Journal of Radiotherapy in Practice
3. Medical Dosimetry
4. Journal of Medical Radiation Sciences (JMRS)
International Commission on Radiation Units and Measurements (2010). Prescribing, Recording and Reporting Photon-Beam Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (ICRU Report 83)
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Standards/Competencies
This unit is designed to support your development of the following standards\competencies.
MRPBA Professional Capabilities 2020
Domain 1: Medical radiation practitioner
Domain 5: Radiation safety and risk manager
Relates to: ULO1
Relates to: ULO1
Relates to: ULO1, ULO3
Relates to: ULO3, ULO4
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, ULO4
Relates to: ULO4
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.CS49 Bachelor of Radiation Therapy
- Principles and applications of radiation therapy
Relates to: Examination (written) - Treatment Delivery
Relates to: Poster Presentation - Critical thinking (analyse, interpret, evaluate)
Relates to: Poster Presentation, Examination (written) - Problem solving as independent health practitioners
Relates to: Examination (written) - Research skills and methods
Relates to: Poster Presentation - Professional communication to disseminate research findings
Relates to: Poster Presentation - QA procedures and risk management
Relates to: Poster Presentation, Examination (written) - Radiation safety and quality
Relates to: Examination (written) - Legal and professional responsibilities
Relates to: Poster Presentation
CS50 Bachelor of Radiation Therapy (Honours)
- Principles and application of radiation therapy
Relates to: Examination (written) - Treatment Delivery
Relates to: Poster Presentation - Critical thinking (analyse, interpret, evaluate, synthesise)
Relates to: Poster Presentation, Examination (written) - Problem solving as independent health practitioners
Relates to: Examination (written) - Research appraisal and critique skills
Relates to: Poster Presentation - Professional communicaiton to disseminate research findings
Relates to: Poster Presentation - QA procedures and risk management
Relates to: Poster Presentation, Examination (written) - Radiation safety and quality
Relates to: Examination (written) - Legal and professional responsibilities
Relates to: Poster Presentation