RADTX 411 - Clinical Practice V

8 CR

Provides 24 hours per week of supervised clinical instruction, progressing through a competency-based educational sequence. Students will apply principles of self-advocacy by creating personal clinical goals and using critical feedback to improve learning. Concept Integration activities will be assigned as weekly group discussions. Students will participate in Interprofessional Education (IPE) activities assigned by course instructor.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into Radiation Therapy, BAS

Course Outcomes

Cognitive Domain: As part of providing treatment, students will demonstrate their understanding by prioritizing routine tasks such as noting when images need to be taken, identifying changes in field parameters and by adapting to changes in daily schedules. Students will maintain accurate verification and records of daily treatment.
Psychomotor Domain: Students will demonstrate competence by taking the lead with routine operations and for basic procedures.
Interpersonal Domain: Students will communicate any schedule or technical changes in treatment to the team in a positive and productive manner. Students will interact professionally with members of the radiation therapy team and related departments and maintain high ethical standards, including communicating patient related problems to the appropriate personnel, building rapport with patients, and clearly explaining side effect management.

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