Study Guide

Objective

After completing the course, the student is able to:
develop the optimisation process of patient doses and image quality in clinical radiography.

Content

- Principles of justification and optimisation of examinations/treatments by their indications, procedures and image quality
- International, national and organisation specific best practices
- Evaluating and developing factors associated to image quality and patient dose- Developing expertise in dose optimization.

Materials

See Metropolia Moodle course Advanced Master's studies in Clinical Radiography

Teaching methods

Virtual lectures, discussions and seminars; learning task.

Exam schedules

Not exam

Completion alternatives

Not

Student workload

Learnig task
Evidence-Based Radiography requires a systematic method for practice. Your task is to choose
one modality at your department and analyze way of acting / procedures
- Recognize and identify a need for information or improvement
o Describe the equipment in chosen modality at your department.
- Formulate a question
o How justification applies in chosen modality in your department and how committed
the staff is in following common rules? What is the basis of procedures in use and
how knowledge and skills are updated?
o How principles of dose optimization are realized at your department?
- Carry out narrative literature review for research-based evidence
- Make justifiable plan to optimize the procedure based on literature review
o justification, dose and image quality, optimization or workflow
o Carry it out (collect data: e.g. make phantom studies, PCXMC-calculations,
analyse workflow, analyse image quality etc.)
- Analyse the data and write results
- Assess the evidence based on judgements, values, resources, organizational culture and
preferences
o Compare practices of your department to national and international
recommendations.
o On what level is your department compared those levels?
- Evaluate the results; implement them into clinical practice, if possible. Remember in
implementation, it is important work in multidisciplinary collaboration.


Prior to the first meeting student will discuss at his/her department what would be the target of the development task he/she are going to do

Content scheduling

Contents
- Principles of justification and optimisation of examinations/treatments by their indications, procedures and image quality
- International, national and organisation specific best practices
- Evaluating and developing factors associated to image quality and patient dose
- Developing expertice in dose optimisation
- Radiation physics and radiation biology

Spring 2021
Virtual lectures, discussions and seminars:
12.1. 2021 at 4:15-6 pm (klo 16.15-18) HUOM! Muuttunut päivä
25.1. 2021 at 4:15-6 pm (klo 16.15-18)
15.2.2021 at 4:15-6 pm (klo 16.15-18)
22.3.2021 at 4:15-6 pm (klo 16.15-18)
12.4.2021 at 4:15-6 pm (klo 16.15-18)
seminars:
10.5.2021 at 4:15-6 pm (alkaen klo 16.15 kesto klo 18-19) esityksen pituus 15 min + keskustelu 10 min
11.5.2021 at 4:15-6 pm (alkaen klo 16.15 kesto klo 18-19) esityksen pituus 15 min + keskustelu 10 min

Evaluation scale

H-5

Assessment methods and criteria

The grade is based on the learning task

Assessment criteria, fail (0)

Knowledge:
Does not know the principles of optimizing the dose and image quality in clinical
radiography.
Does not know concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography.

Skills:
Does not use the principles of optimizing the dose and image quality in clinical radiography.
Does not use concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography.

Competence:
Does not manage optimizing work in clinical radiography in simple context.
Does not masters the most general evaluation methods in clinical radiography.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Knowledge:
Knows the principles of optimizing the dose and image quality in clinical
radiography.
Knows concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography.

Skills:
Uses the principles of optimizing the dose and image quality in clinical radiography.
Uses concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography.

Competence:
Manages optimizing work in clinical radiography in simple context.
Masters the most general evaluation methods in clinical radiography.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Knowledge:
Applies the principles of optimizing the dose and image quality in clinical radiography.
Applies concepts of optimizing the dose and image quality in clinical radiography.

Skills:
Develops the principles of optimizing the dose and image quality in clinical radiography.
Develops concepts of optimizing the dose and image quality in clinical radiography.

Competence:
Manages optimizing work in clinical radiography.
Masters evaluation dose and image quality methods in clinical radiography.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Knowledge:
Analyzes the principles of optimizing the dose and image quality in clinical radiography.
Synthetizes concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography.

Skills:
Innovates the dose optimizing and image quality methods in clinical radiography.
Develops concepts and principles of safety culture in clinical radiography.

Competence:
Manages optimizing work in complex clinical radiography.
Manages development of safety culture in clinical radiography in complex environment.