Overview
Demonstration of safe practice across the three domains: CT/sim, planning and treatment. Quality assurance, problem solving, patient care, communication skills, reflective practice and coping strategies.
About this paper
| Paper title | Radiation Therapy Practice III |
|---|---|
| Subject | Radiation Therapy |
| EFTS | 0.5 |
| Points | 60 points |
| Teaching period(s) | 1st Non standard period (6 January 2025 - 27 June 2025)
(On campus)
2nd Non standard period (16 June 2025 - 28 November 2025) (On campus) |
| Domestic Tuition Fees ( NZD ) | $4,792.00 |
| International Tuition Fees | Tuition Fees for international students are elsewhere on this website. |
- Pre or Corequisite
- RADT 312, RADT 313, RADT 314, RADT 315
- Limited to
- BRT
- Notes
- Candidates require a clinical placement to have been arranged before enrolling in this paper.
- Contact
- rtenquiries.uow@otago.ac.nz
- More information link
- View more information on the Department of Radiation Therapy's website
- Teaching staff
- Melissa Pitchford
- Textbooks
- Textbooks are not required for this paper.
- Graduate Attributes Emphasised
- Global perspective, Interdisciplinary perspective, Lifelong learning, Scholarship, Communication, Critical thinking, Cultural understanding, Ethics, Environmental literacy, Information literacy, Research, Self-motivation, Teamwork.
View more information about Otago's graduate attributes. - Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the paper will be able to do the following across three domains - CT/sim, planning and treatment:
- Demonstrate reliable, efficient and safe practice in the work place
- Demonstrate optimal patient care: assessment, advice and manage patient needs
- Demonstrate well developed communication skills
- Demonstrate the understanding of quality
- Demonstrate the ability to identify error and problem solve in the clinical setting
- Demonstrate reflective practice and utilise coping strategies in the context of illness, grief, death and dying