Year three
Year 3
The third year of the MIRT programme consists of a semester-long internship and a minor that also lasts a semester.
Minor
Within the Dutch education system, it is mandatory for students to complete a minor. The minor offers a space of free choice in which students can deepen or broaden themselves. Students may enrol in a subject of their choice for this purpose. The subject may not overlap with the regular curriculum of the study programme. This can be a minor at Fontys, but also a minor at another university of applied sciences.
Internship 1
During the internship, the student will apply the knowledge and skills learned in the first two years in a practical setting for a longer period of time. The internship in year 3 takes place in a radiology department, a nuclear medicine department or a radiotherapy department. The student learns to perform medical examinations and/or treatments on patients in a healthcare setting.
Topics in the internship
For example performing:
- - X-ray examination
- - Ultrasound
- - CT scan
- - MRI scan
- - Digital subtraction angiography
- - SPECT-CT scan
- - PET-CT scan
- - Radiotherapy planning
- - Radiotherapy treatment
Radiation protection
MRI safety screening
Contrast agents
Prevention of falling
Communicating with patients
Dealing with a variety of emotions
Providing patients with instructions on the examination or treatment
Advising patients, attendants and colleagues
Ethics including values and norms
Applying a proactive approach
Working arrangements
Taking responsibility.
Consultation and coordination
Being reliable
Organisation chart
Roles including tasks responsibilities and authorities
MIRT chain care
Reflective skills
Receiving feedback
Providing feedback
Setting development goals
Learning outcomes
LOC 9.1 | The trainee healthcare professional prepares appropriate medical imaging examinations and/or radiotherapeutic treatments, performs these, assesses the capabilities, situation and circumstances of the patient and performs necessary care and nursing actions, during and after an examination and/or treatment.
LOC 9.2 | The trainee healthcare professional examines (potentially) dangerous situations from multiple practical situations with regard to the safety of patients, staff and the population, and
consults relevant laws and regulations to arrive at a substantive analysis.
Oversees patient and staff safety in the application of ionising radiation and electromagnetic fields.
LOC 9.3 | The trainee healthcare professional informs, advises, and instructs the patient and takes into account the patient's perception and/or characteristics before, during and after an examination and/or treatment.
LOC 9.4 | The trainee healthcare professional collaborates with patients, colleagues and other stakeholders in the implementation and (innovative) further development of the profession at mid-complex level.
LOC 9.5 | The trainee healthcare professional gains insight into the structure and expertise of the organisational unit, what partnerships exist concerning MIRT and how this might fit with the healthcare professional's own ambitions in the future.
LOC 9.6 | The trainee healthcare professional evaluates his own development and clarifies which knowledge and skills are already available and sets development goals.