The following Associated Assessment Criteria assesses the Exit Level Outcome in an integrated manner:
Use problem-solving techniques, which draw on her or his multi-faceted knowledge, to arrive at a diagnosis for a patient.
Communicate efficiently and effectively with the patient and other health care workers as a team.
Show sustained competence in skills necessary for the interpretation of Radiological investigations.
Demonstrate competence and responsibility in the use of instruments and equipment necessary for this practice.
Conduct all research with due regard for the moral, legal and ethical accountability and requirements of the profession.
Practice Evidence-Based Medicine by critically evaluating published literature in the field and applies it in practice relevant to Diagnostic Radiology and Imaging.
Guide junior learners who are studying or working in the same branch of specialisation: Diagnostic Radiology.
Show respect for patients and colleagues that encompasses, without prejudice, diversity of background and opportunity, language, culture and way of life.
Refer patients to practitioners who are more appropriately qualified than he or she is to treat a certain condition.
Demonstrate an awareness, through actions or in writing, of the moral, legal and ethical responsibilities involved in individual patient care and the provision of care to populations.
Consider both the impact of health care on the environment as well as on health.
Strive to improve patient care, to reduce inequalities in health care delivery, to optimise the use of health care resources in our society and uses his or her professional capabilities to contribute to the community as well as to individual patient welfare by the practice of Diagnostic Radiology.
Teach, through clinical practice at the specialist level relevant to Diagnostic Radiology, the application of knowledge from the basic to the advanced level to other professionals.
Communicate this knowledge by teaching undergraduates and supervising interns and more junior colleagues in the speciality: Diagnostic Radiology.
Use appropriate strategies for learning that will prepare him or her for continued professional development throughout life, both as a specialist doctor and as a responsible social accountable citizen.
Acknowledge responsibility for continuing professional development (CPD) to keep up to date with new developments and to maintain accreditation and meet statutory CPD requirements.
Identify personal limitations and develops the capacity of self-audit and participates in the peer review process, showing a willingness to seek help when necessary.
Integrated Assessment:
Assessment is in form of:
Physics:
Formative tests.
Option of CMSA Part 1 Physics Radiology examination.
Anatomy:
Monthly tests.
Option of CMSA Part 1 Anatomy examination.
Radio-diagnostics major:
Weekly Tutorials (group or individual).
Multi-disciplinary meetings.
Clinical department presentations.
Work-based assessments for the recording of observed competences in procedural and reporting techniques by the use of Logbooks. The assessment of the learners for the level of training and competencies with a prescribed number of outcomes for various procedures at different levels of training.
Monitored rotations organised in core modalities throughout the 4-year training period.
Mock examinations prior to final examinations.
Exit examination: Part 2 CMSA Radiology examination (FC RAD (D)):
The final assessment will consist of a written, oral, practical and clinical parts conducted by the College of Medicine South Africa (CMSA) (as stipulated by the HPCSA 2011) as the National Exit Examination. |
