Master of Medical Radiation Science

The specialisations of this 96 point Masters course, namely, Computerised Tomography, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Radiographic Image Interpretation and Nuclear Medicine and the generic Master of Medical Radiation Science course, are not all identically structured. Each specialisation, consists of some compulsory subjects, along with different groups of restricted electives (where a subject has to be chosen from a restricted selection). The generic Master of Medical Radiation Science course however, consists of groups of restricted electives with no individual compulsory subjects.

All students who meet the prescribed standard entry criteria (see Field 2.6, Part A and Field 12, Part B), are awarded a 16 point credit package on admission, in recognition of previous study and experience. Once enrolled, these students have to complete 80 subject points to obtain the Masters degree, or 48 subject points to exit with a Postgraduate Diploma.

For students who do not meet the prescribed standard entry criteria referred to above, but who fulfil other appropriate criteria (see Field 2.6, Part A and Field 12, Part B), a Masters degree can still be obtained in the Nuclear Medicine specialisation and the generic Medical Radiation Science course (only). This group of students however, will be given zero entry credit, and will have to complete 96 subject points to gain the Masters degree, or 64 points for the Postgraduate Diploma, in these two programs. Hence these students would do all subjects that students meeting standard entry criteria would do, plus an additional two 8 point elective subjects.

There are two groups from which elective subjects may be chosen. These are defined as "Group A" and "Group B", as follows. The session(s) of offering (Autumn/Spring) of each subject is indicated in brackets as shown:

Group A:

HLT510 Clinical Issues in Health (A & S)
HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making (A)
MRS544 Clinical Sectional Anatomy (A)
MRS551 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics and Instrumentation (S)
MRS561 Computerised Tomography Principles (S)
MRS571 Appendicular Skeleton Image Interpretation (A)
MRS572 Axial Skeleton Image Interpretation (S)
PHY541 Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation (A)
NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (16 points) (A & S)
NMT415 Computerised Tomography for Nuclear Medicine (A)

Group A subjects may be chosen as an elective, only if they are not already a compulsory subject in the specialisation being undertaken.
*These two elective subjects are restricted to students in the generic Master of Medical Radiation Science course, who possess a Nuclear Medicine background.

Group B:

HLT402 Learning in Health Contexts (A & S)
HLT403 Clinical Teaching Techniques (A & S)
HSM401 Perspectives on Health Care Systems (A & S)
HSM402 Human Resources Management (Health Services) (A & S)
HSM404 Management of Health and Aged Care Services (A & S)
HSM406 Resourcing Health and Aged Services (A & S)
PHL401 Critical Reasoning (A & S)
PHL402 Ethical Theory (A & S)
SSC502 Ethics, Law and Medical Systems (A)
BMS513 Laboratory Quality Control (A)
BMS321 Clinical Neuroscience (S)

The combination of electives that may be chosen from Groups A and B are defined for each specialisation. Group B subjects which may have been previously undertaken (e.g. as an elective in the Nuclear Medicine Bachelors degree program) will not be credited towards this program.

The structure of each Masters specialisation and the generic Master of Medical Radiation Science course is separately presented as follows:

1. Computerised Tomography specialisation.

Restricted Electives 1 (8 points)

HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A
or
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods

Compulsory Specialisation Subjects (32 points)

MRS544 Clinical Sectional Anatomy
MRS561 Computerised Tomography Principles
MRS564 Computerised Tomography Practice and Trends (16 points)

Restricted Electives 2 (16 points)

2 Elective subjects, at least one from Group A above

Project Subjects (24 points)

HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)

2. Magnetic Resonance Imaging specialisation.

Restricted Electives 1 (8 points)

HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A
or
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods

Compulsory Specialisation Subjects (32 points)

MRS544 Clinical Sectional Anatomy
MRS551 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics and Instrumentation
MRS554 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Practice and Trends (16 points)

Restricted Electives 2 (16 points)

2 Elective subjects, at least 1 from Group A above

Project Subjects (24 points)

HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)

3. Radiographic Image Interpretation specialisation.

Restricted Electives 1 (8 points)

HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A
or
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods

Compulsory Specialisation Subjects (40 points)

MRS571 Appendicular Skeleton Image Interpretation
MRS572 Axial Skeleton Image Interpretation
MRS574 Chest and Abdomen Image Interpretation (16 points)
HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making

Restricted Electives 2 (32 points)

Either:
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
and
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)
and
1 Elective subject from Group A or Group B above
or:
4 Elective subjects, with a minimum of 1 from Group A above

4. Nuclear Medicine specialisation.

Compulsory Specialisation Subjects (32 points)

BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods

NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (16 points)
NMT415 Computerised Tomography for Nuclear Medicine

Project Subjects (40 points)

HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
HLT509 Health Masters Dissertation (32 points)

Restricted Electives (8 points)

1 Elective subject from Group A or Group B above

*Note: students who have previously done NMT415 or its equivalent , must do 1 (8 point) elective subject in its place, from either Group A or B . No more than one (1) elective from any given subject code prefix may be undertaken.

Students who receive zero entry credit and who have to complete 96 subject points to obtain the Masters degree in this specialisation, will have to do two (8 point) elective subjects from Group A and/or Group B, in addition to the subjects listed above.

5. The generic Master of Medical Radiation Science course.

Restricted Electives 1 (8 points)

HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A
or
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods

Restricted Electives 2 (48 points)

6 Elective subjects, with a minimum of three (3) from Group A and one (1) from Group B above

Restricted Electives 3 (24 points)

Either:
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
and
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)
or:
3 Elective subjects, with a minimum of 2 from Group A

Students who receive zero entry credit and who have to complete 96 subject points to obtain the Masters degree in this specialisation, will have to do two (8 point) elective subjects from Group A and/or Group B, in addition to the subjects listed above.

Enrolment pattern

1. Computerised Tomography specialisation

Session 1 Intake:

Session 1

MRS544 Clinical Sectional Anatomy
and
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 2

MRS561 Computerised Tomography Principles
Elective* (from Group A or Group B)

Session 3

MRS564 Computerised Tomography Practice and Trends (16 points)
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal

Session 4

MRS564 Computerised Tomography Practice and Trends (continued)
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with an asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Computerised Tomography PostgradDipCT.

Session 5

HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)
Elective (from Group A)

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Computerised Tomography) MMedRadSc(CT).

Session 2 Intake:

Session 1

MRS561 Computerised Tomography Principles
and one of the following:
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 2

MRS544 Clinical Sectional Anatomy
MRS564 Computerised Tomography Practice and Trends (16 points)

Session 3

MRS564 Computerised Tomography Practice and Trends (continued)
and one of the following:
Elective* (for Postgrad Dip exit students only. Choose from Group A or Group B)
or
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with an asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Computerised Tomography PostgradDipCT.

Session 4

Elective (from Group A)
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)

Session 5

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Computerised Tomography) MMedRadSc(CT).

2. Magnetic Resonance Imaging specialisation

Session 1 Intake:

Session 1

MRS544 Clinical Sectional Anatomy
and one of the following:
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 2

MRS551 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics and Instrumentation
Elective* (from Group A or Group B )

Session 3

MRS554 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Practice and Trends (16 points)
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal

Session 4

MRS554 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Practice and Trends (continued)
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with an asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Magnetic Resonance Imaging PostgradDipMRI.

Session 5

HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)
Elective (from Group A)

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) MMedRadSc(MRI).

Session 2 Intake:

Session 1

MRS551 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Physics and Instrumentation
and one of the following:
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 2

MRS544 Clinical Sectional Anatomy
MRS554 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Practice and Trends (16 points)

Session 3

MRS554 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Practice and Trends (continued)
and one of the following:
Elective* (for Postgrad Dip exit students only. Choose from Group A or Group B)
or
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with an asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Magnetic Resonance Imaging PostgradDipMRI.

Session 4

Elective (from Group A)
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)

Session 5

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) MMedRadSc(MRI).

3. Radiographic Image Interpretation specialisation

Note that this specialisation includes a non-project Masters option.

Session 1 Intake:

Session 1

MRS574 Chest and Abdomen Image Interpretation (16 points)
and one of the following:
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 2

MRS574 Chest and Abdomen Image Interpretation (continued)
MRS572 Axial Skeleton Image Interpretation

Session 3

MRS571 Appendicular Skeleton Image Interpretation
and one of the following:
HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making
(Postgrad Dip exit students only to take this subjects at this stage)
or
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
or
Elective** (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A)

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with a single asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Radiographic Image Interpretation PostgradDipRadiogImageInt.

Session 4

Elective (for all Masters students. Choose from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)
or
Elective** (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A or Group B)

Session 5

HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)
or
Elective** (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A or B)

**Note that students doing the non-project Masters option in this specialisation will do four (4) elective subjects, with a minimum of one (1) from Group A. They will not do either HLT506 or HLT508.

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Radiographic Image Interpretation) MMedRadSc(RadiogImageInt).
Session 2 Intake:

Session 1

MRS572 Axial Skeleton Image Interpretation
and one of the following:
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 2

MRS571 Appendicular Skeleton Image Interpretation
MRS574 Chest and Abdomen Image Interpretation (16 points)

Session 3

MRS574 Chest and Abdomen Image Interpretation (continued)
and one of the following:
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
or
Elective** (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A or Group B)

Session 4

HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)
or
Elective** (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from group A)

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with a single asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Radiographic Image Interpretation PostgradDipRadiogImageInt.

Session 5

Elective (for all Masters students. Choose from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)
or
Elective** (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A or Group B)

**Note that students doing the non-project Masters option in this specialisation will do four (4) elective subjects, with a minimum of one (1) from Group A. They will not do either HLT506 or HLT508.

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Radiographic Image Interpretation) MMedRadSc(RadiogImageInt).

4. Nuclear Medicine specialisation

Note this specialisation has two different entry levels. The "standard" entry level ( with 16 point entry credit) and "minimum" entry level (with zero entry credit) have different enrolment patterns for any given session intake.

A. Standard Entry Level enrolment patterns.

Session 1 Intake:

Session 1

NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (16 points)
Elective (from Group A or Group B)

Session 2

NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (continued)
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods

Session 3

HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
NMT415 Computerised Tomography for Nuclear Medicine

Session 4

HLT509 Health Masters Dissertation (32 points)

Session 5

HLT509 Health Masters Dissertation (continued)

*Note that students who have completed the subject NMT415 or its equivalent in a previous course will (a) need Course Coordinator approval for exemption from it, and (b) undertake an 8 point elective subject in lieu of NMT415. Where two elective subjects are done, they may be chosen from either Group A, Group B, or from both, but may not have the same code prefix.

Note also that there is no Postgraduate Diploma exit in this specialisation.

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Nuclear Medicine) MMedRadSc(NucMed).

Session 2 Intake:

Session 1

BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
Elective (from Group A or Group B)

Session 2

NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (16 points)
NMT415 Computerised Tomography for Nuclear Medicine

Session 3

NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (continued)
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal

Session 4

HLT509 Health Masters Dissertation (32 points)

Session 5

HLT509 Health Masters Dissertation (continued)

*Note that students who have completed the subject NMT415 or its equivalent in a previous course will (a) need Course Coordinator approval for exemption from it, and (b) undertake an 8 point elective subject in lieu of NMT415. Where two elective subjects are done, they may be chosen from either Group A, Group B, or from both, but may not have the same code prefix.

Note also that there is no Postgraduate Diploma exit in this specialisation.

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Nuclear Medicine) MMedRadSc(NucMed).

B. Minimum Entry Level enrolment patterns.

Session 1 Intake:

Session 1

NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (16 points)
Elective (from Group A or Group B)

Session 2

NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (continued)
Elective (from Group A or Group B)

Session 3

NMT415 Computerised Tomography for Nuclear Medicine
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods

Session 4

HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
Elective (from Group A or Group B)

Session 5

HLT509 Health Masters Dissertation (32 points)

Session 6

HLT509 Health Masters Dissertation (continued)

*Note that students who have completed the subject NMT415 or its equivalent in a previous course will (a) need Course Coordinator approval to obtain exemption from it, and (b) undertake an 8 point elective subject in lieu of NMT415. The elective subjects may be chosen from either Group A, Group B or from both, but may not have the same code prefix.

Note that there is no Postgraduate Diploma exit in this specialisation.

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Nuclear Medicine) MMedRadSc(NucMed).

Session 2 Intake:

Session 1

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
Elective (from Group A or Group B)

Session 2

NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (16 points)
Elective (from Group A or Group B)

Session 3

NMT500 Advanced Practice in Nuclear Medicine Science (continued)
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods

Session 4

NMT415 Computerised Tomography for Nuclear Medicine
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal

Session 5

HLT509 Health Masters Dissertation (32 points)

Session 6

HLT509 Health Masters Dissertation (continued)

*Note that students who have completed the subject NMT415 or its equivalent in a previous course will (a) need Course Coordinator approval to obtain exemption from it, and (b) undertake an 8 point elective subject in lieu of NMT415. The elective subjects may be chosen from either Group A, Group B or both, but may not have the same code prefix.

Note that there is no Postgraduate Diploma exit in this specialisation.

Students who successfully complete this specialisation will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science (Nuclear Medicine) MMedRadSc(NucMed).

5. The generic Master of Medical Radiation Science course

This course includes a non-project Masters option which may be chosen in place of the Masters with a research project.

The course also has two different entry levels. The "standard" entry level (with 16 point entry credit) and "minimum" entry level (with zero entry credit) have different enrolment patterns for any given session intake.

A. Standard Entry Level enrolment patterns.

Session 1 Intake:

Session 1

Elective* (from Group A)
Elective* (from Group A)

Session 2

Elective* (from Group B)
and one of the following:
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 3

Elective* (from Group A)
and one of the following:
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
or
Elective* (for Postgrad Dip exit and non-project Masters students only. Choose from Group A or B)

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with an asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Medical Radiation Science PostgradDipMedRadSc.

Session 4

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)
or
Elective (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A)

Session 5

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)
or
Elective (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A)

Note that students pursuing the Masters with the research project subjects (HLT506 and HLT508 will do six (6) elective subjects, with a minimum of three (3) from Group A. Students doing the non-project Masters option will do nine (9) elective subjects, with a minimum of five (5) from Group A.

Students who successfully complete this course will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science MMedRadSc.

Session 2 Intake

Session 1

Elective* (from Group B)
and one of the following:
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 2

Elective* (from Group A)
Elective* (from Group A)

Session 3

Elective* (from Group A)
and one of the following:
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
or
Elective* (for Postgrad Dip exit and non-project Masters students only. Choose from Group B)

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with an asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Medical Radiation Science PostgradDipMedRadSc.

Session 4

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)
or
Elective (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A)

Session 5

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)
or
Elective (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A)

Note that students pursuing the Masters with the research project subjects (HLT506 and HLT508 will do six (6) elective subjects, with a minimum of three (3) from Group A. Students doing the non-project Masters option will do nine (9) elective subjects, with a minimum of five (5) from Group A.

Students who successfully complete this course will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science MMedRadSc.

B. Minimum Entry Level enrolment patterns.

Session 1 Intake:

Session 1

Elective* (from Group A)
Elective* (from Group A)

Session 2

Elective* (from Group B)
Elective* (from Group B)

Session 3

Elective* (from Group A)
and one of the following:
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 4

Elective* (from Group A)
and one of the following:
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
or
Elective* (for Postgrad Dip exit and non-project Masters students only. Choose from Group B)

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with an asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Medical Radiation Science PostgradDipMedRadSc.

Session 5

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)
or
Elective (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A)

Session 6

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)
or
Elective (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A or Group B)

Note that students pursuing the Masters with the research project subjects (HLT506 and HLT508 will do eight (8) elective subjects, with a minimum of four (4) from Group A. Students doing the non-project Masters option will do eleven (11) elective subjects, with a minimum of five (5) from Group A.

Students who successfully complete this course will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science MMedRadSc.

Session 2 Intake:

Session 1

Elective* (from Group B)
Elective* (from Group B)

Session 2

Elective* (from Group A)
Elective* (from Group A)

Session 3

Elective* (from Group A)
and one of the following:
BMS500 Biomedical Research Methods
or
HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A

Session 4

Elective* (from Group A)
and one of the following:
HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
or
Elective* (for Postgrad Dip exit and non-project Masters students only. Choose from Group B)

Successful completion of the above subjects marked with an asterisk * will allow exit at this point from the program, for students wishing to graduate with the award Postgraduate Diploma of Medical Radiation Science PostgradDipMedRadSc.

Session 5

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points)
or
Elective (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A or Group B)

Session 6

Elective (from Group A or Group B)
and one of the following:
HLT508 Health Masters Project (continued)
or
Elective (for non-project Masters option only. Choose from Group A)

Note that students pursuing the Masters with the research project subjects (HLT506 and HLT508 will do eight (8) elective subjects, with a minimum of four (4) from Group A. Students doing the non-project Masters option will do eleven (11) elective subjects, with a minimum of five (5) from Group A.

Students who successfully complete this course will graduate with the award Master of Medical Radiation Science MMedRadSc

Articulation

The Postgraduate Diploma course is an exit point only course in the Masters degree. This applies to the generic Master of Medical Radiation Science course and to all the course specialisations except Nuclear Medicine. Hence, the following are articulated sets:

• Master of Medical Radiation Science (incorporating the Postgraduate Diploma of Medical Radiation Science),
• Master of Medical Radiation Science (Computerised Tomography) (incorporating the Postgraduate Diploma of Computerised Tomography),
• Master of Medical Radiation Science (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) (incorporating the Postgraduate Diploma of Magnetic Resonance Imaging),
• Master of Medical Radiation Science (Radiographic Image Interpretation) (incorporating the Postgraduate Diploma of Radiographic Image Interpretation).

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