Bachelor degree
42 months
Application deadlines: December 1
Full-time, Distance & online learning
Intakes: February 11
International tuition: A$35,800
Domestic tuition: A$10,958
Program overview
gain a high level of ethical and interpersonal skills for interacting with patients from diverse backgrounds and cultures
learn to effectively function as part of a healthcare team
acquire and apply clinical reasoning, treatment and evaluation skills to basic and life sciences
develop skills to undertake all routine diagnostic radiographic procedures
learn to operate diagnostic radiographic instrumentation to optimise image quality and minimise radiation dose or other potential patient hazards
develop skills in designing, implementation and management of quality assurance programs for medical imaging applications
acquire professional attitudes and attributes as a reflective practitioner.
Study options
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This program can be done
On campus
Completely online
Requirements
Admission Requirements
Normal UC requirements for admission to an undergraduate course. Applicants may be required to participate in an interview process. The normal UC requirements for admission to undergraduate degrees are based on an entrance rank. A rank can be achieved by the following means:
Year 12 ATAR
other Australian Qualification
work Experience
overseas Qualification
Additional Admission Requirements
Police clearance checks
Immunisation
Current First Aid certificate
Assumed Knowledge
Assumed knowledge for entry is to HSC equivalent of Biology, Physics and Mathematics.
Inherent Requirements:
Clinical practice and/or clinical laboratories during the medical imaging course require students to:
- be involved in encounters where students must physically interact with patients and/or other students coming from a range of ethnic, age, gender and disability backgrounds;
- be physically capable to independently lift and move patients and equipment and to wear lead gowns (heavy) for extended periods of time;
- be involved in patient encounters where patients may be severely injured or be at the end stage of terminal illnesses;
- work in environments which may be highly stressful;
- have vision able to visualise detail within medical images;
- due to government requirements, wear clothing during clinical placements that does not cover the elbows and forearms;
- attend clinical workplaces, for extended periods of time, in interstate, metropolitan, regional and rural areas.
English Language Requirements: There are non-standard English language requirements for this course. To be eligible you must have an academic IELTS of 7.0 overall, or equivalent, with no band score below 7.0.
Career opportunities
A Bachelor of Medical Radiation Science (Medical Imaging) is a globally recognised and respected qualification that will enable to pursue a career in any of the following positions.
general radiographer
mammographer
angiographer
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) radiographer
computed tomography (CT) radiographer
clinical educator
clinical researcher
research manager
vendor application specialist
sonographer*
Campus location
Bruce
,
Australia