X-ray Image Interpretation

Expand your clinical expertise and x-ray analysis skills with our new graduate qualification that builds on your previous knowledge and professional experience.

It’s ideally suited for rural and remote general practitioners and radiographers, nurse practitioners, ED radiographers and general radiographers, paramedics, physiotherapists and podiatrists.Extend your X-Ray Image Interpretation abilities through a methodological approach to image analysis in an emergency or trauma setting.Build upon your clinical expertise and learn how to interpret radiographic images involving trauma, injury or disease in adult and paediatric patients.

Complementing your existing knowledge, you’ll be able to make informed, evidence-based findings following trauma to the musculoskeletal system, chest and abdomen.

You can also complete an elective unit relevant to your clinical practice.You’ll develop important clinical judgement and decision-making skills to shape your future practice.

Boost your confidence in emergency image interpretation and help deliver better outcomes for patients.

The Graduate Certificate of X-Ray Image Interpretation is a 24 credit point course, consisting of four units:

• Foundations of x-ray image interpretation [core]
• Musculo-skeletal x-ray interpretation 1
• Musculo-skeletal x-ray interpretation 2
• Chest and abdomen x-ray interpretation

You can also choose from a range of electives focused on pathology, CT and MRI image analysis.

Qualifications

A Bachelor degree in a health discipline leading to registration or accreditation by a recognised professional body as either a general practitioner, radiographer, physiotherapist, podiatrist, chiropractor, paramedic practitioner or a nurse with an advanced qualification leading to registration and or recognition as a nurse practitioner.

International students located in Australia wishing to study this course must hold professional registration to practice in Australia and have the appropriate visa to allow full-time or part-time study. All other international students are only able to study this course in their country of residence. Students located outside Australia must also hold professional registration to practice in their country of residence.

English requirements

Applicants must also meet the English language requirements.

University entrance requirements

Minimum entrance requirements for admission to Monash University Australia.

Learning outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8 and Monash Graduate Attributes.

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that you will be able to:

1.

Apply a systematic and logical approach to the evaluation of x-ray images demonstrating the bones, soft tissues and joints of the musculoskeletal system including the spine, chest and abdomen

2.

Recognise normal anatomical structures and normal variants on x-ray images and apply this knowledge to x-ray projections of the musculoskeletal system including the spine, chest and abdomen

3.

Relate mechanisms of injury and the clinical signs or symptoms of injury and common pathologies with their x-ray appearances

4.

Identify and describe signs of injury and arthritic disease specific to the region concerned on a range of x-ray images

5.

Communicate using appropriate terminology the presence or otherwise of abnormal x-ray appearances of the region concerned to other members of the health care team in acute situations

6.

Contextualise x-ray image interpretation to the broader health care system