Practice 6 and Sustainable and Responsible Working LifeLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

Student is able
- to plan, implement and evaluate clinical radiography procedures in clinical environments (plain radiography, computer tomography, MRI, imaging quided interventions, nuclear medicine and radiation therapy
--reason/justify his/her action by evidence based
- to act in national radiography networks

Sustainable and Responsible Working Life, 2 ECTS
A student who has completed the Sustainable and Responsible Working Life module is able to:
- Analyze the practices of professionals in their field from the perspective of sustainability and responsibility, considering the different dimensions of sustainable development and the specific characteristics of the field,
- Critically question the prevailing practices in their professional field regarding the guidance, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of sustainability and responsibility, providing well-founded arguments,
- Propose improvements to promote sustainability and responsibility in the practices of the organization under review.

Content

Individual Competence:
- Preparing for training, creating personal introductions, and setting goals
- Assessing one’s own learning and competence
- Justifying one’s actions
- Solving problems related to imaging or radiotherapy events

Imaging or Radiotherapy Competence:
- Planning an imaging or treatment procedure based on the referral or treatment plan
- Safely using imaging or treatment equipment and tools
- Positioning imaging or treatment devices
- Selecting imaging parameters or programs
- Identifying anatomical details of the patient
- Positioning the patient in imaging or treatment positions
- Producing and handling patient information
- Assessing the adequacy of patient information
- Documenting and recording the imaging or radiotherapy procedure
- Naming anatomical details from images or treatment plans
- Using information systems specific to the working environment

Patient Care and Guidance Competence:
- Assessing and supporting the patient’s functional, biophysical, cognitive, social, and economic resources
- Supporting patient rights and privacy
- Guiding the patient interactively in Finnish and Swedish
- Performing and justifying pre- and post-treatment procedures for the patient
- Implementing safe medication practices characteristic of the working environment
- Treating emergency patients
- Ensuring continuity of care and documenting patient care data
- Evaluating the patient’s care needs

Safety Competence:
- Safeguarding the use of patient data
- Ensuring patient safety based on specific methods
- Ensuring personal and others’ safety based on specific methods
- Working aseptically and ergonomically
- Identifying and reporting adverse events

Quality Competence:
- Participating in regular quality measurements of equipment
- Assessing the efficiency of imaging or radiotherapy procedures
- Evaluating patient or client satisfaction
- Describing the cost structure of operations
- Familiarizing oneself with the quality manual specific to the work environment
- Describing the clinical radiography service process

Community Competence:
- Collaborating within one’s professional group and with other professional groups
- Describing the characteristics of the work environment
- Using terminology specific to the field
- Recognizing ethical dilemmas
- Complying with various guidelines specific to the work environment

Networking Competence:
- Collaborating, communicating, and networking with professionals and/or other actors in the field
- Using foreign-language terminology specific to the field