| CODE | RAD4140 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Radiographers’ Role in Education and Research | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 04 - Years 4, 5 in Modular UG or PG Cert Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Radiography | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit is focused on radiographer roles in education and research. Half of the content pertaining to this study-unit will focus on the important role radiographers have in educating patients, the general public, as well as health professionals and students. During the study-unit, students will be guided, and supported in creating, designing and delivering a teaching session and/or educational resource about a radiography-related subject area. The remaining content will explore the role radiographers have in conducting research and disseminating research findings to a wider audience. Specifically, this study-unit will include the following series of lectures: - The role of the radiographer as an educator; - Teaching and Learning in Higher Education; - Teaching and learning for employability; - Models and methods for Teaching and Learning; - Devising a teaching plan, drawing up and preparing a teaching session; - Supporting and assessing student learning; - The role of the radiographer as a researcher; - Reasons to publish radiography research; - Different methods of disseminating research results; - Tips for oral and poster presentations; - Writing a research abstract and a research article; - Abiding to publisher, journal or conference guidelines; - The reviewer's perspective and tips for publishing success. Study-Unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is to widen students' perspective about the important roles radiographers have in educating others as well as in conducting research and disseminating research findings. The learning outcomes arising from this study-unit encourage students to develop the knowledge, skills and competences required to effectively fulfill these important roles roles. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss and evaluate the role radiographers' have in educating others; - Evaluate and discuss the effectiveness of different methods of teaching and learning in relation to different target audiences; - Explain how to plan, devise and deliver a teaching session to others; - Identify and describe different methods to disseminate research findings, such as: oral presentations, poster presentations and article publications; - Summarise important considerations when preparing a research manuscript for publication. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Create, design and deliver a teaching session and/or resource about a radiography-related subject area so as to educate others (eg. patient's, general public, health care workers and/or fellow students) about a radiography-related topic; - Apply publisher, journal and/or conference guidelines to disseminate results; - Write an abstract and cover letter; - Write a research paper for publication. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - Bastable SB, Sopczyk D and Gramet P (2019) Health Professional as Educator: Principles of Teaching and Learning. Jones and Barthlett Learning. - Seeram E, Davidson R, England A and McEntee M (2022). Research for Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences. Springer International Publishing. - Radiography Journal (Elsevier). Guide for Authors (free online resource). Supplementary Readings: - Adelheid N (2010) Displaying your findings: a practical guide for creating figures, posters and presentations. Washington DC: American Psychological Association. - Bhandari M, Sancheti PK (2017) Clinical Research Made Easy: A guide to Publishing in Medical Literature. Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers. - Browner W (2012) Publishing and presenting clinical research (2nd Edition) Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwers Health / Lippincott Williams and Wilkins. - Byrne DW (2017) Publishing your Medical Research. Wolters Kluwer Publishers. Various research articles, text books and other articles related to the radiography profession, radiation legislation, role extension and development and related fields. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paul Bezzina Karen Borg Grima Jose Guilherme Couto Susan Mercieca Deborah Mizzi Francis Zarb |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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