FMH018 Principles of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

To obtain a Pass you must gain a minimum of 50% for the written assignment The DPPR PG rubric will be used to provide feedback on the academic achievement of the assignment, the marking criteria directly links with the assignment guidelines. the rubric criteria are not equally weighted but provide an indication of the level of achievement for each criterion. The assessment guidelines will refer to the rubric criteria which can also be found at the end of this document.

 

Data Protection
•    You must not include any identifiable information in the reflective accounts or essay including staff or patient’s names, specific dates, hospital names, dates of birth.
•    Inclusion of any identifiable data will result in a ‘Fail’ and possibly instigate disciplinary proceedings.

 

Assignment Title
Critically evaluate the role of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis and management of a chosen pathology (Prostate Cancer). Include the following in your writing:

•    a clear introduction and conclusion;
•    a critical understanding of the principles involved in MR image acquisition;
•    a critical understanding of associated hardware and software;
•    a critical evaluation of the patient journey and associated service provision;
•    an evaluation of appropriate guidelines;
•    sensitivity and specificity of MRI in the diagnosis of your chosen pathology.

 

Demonstrate an understanding of MRI practice and the patient pathway associated with the chosen pathology demonstrate a  practice include high quality sources and comprehension of the literature as well as demonstrating the awareness of the strength and limitations of the selected evidence whilst linking theory to practice demonstrate an ability to sythesise ideas and concepts central to professional practice in MRI and the patient pathway in relation to the chosen medical condition;

Additional considerations:
•    a narrow focus should be identified to assure adequate depth of discussion;
•    extensive and balanced literature sources should be included to inform the discussion;
•    anonymised images can be included in the body of the text or as appendices.
The essay should be fully referenced as per QMU guidelines with a word limit of 3000 +/- 10%. If you are outside of this word limit then your mark will be capped at 50%. 

•    Appendices not included in the word count
•    Referencing in text included in the word count
•    Reference list not included in the word count

All modular learning outcomes are relevant to the written assignment.

 

Guidelines for the Presentation
•    Presented on single sides of A4 paper
•    Font style Arial, font size 11
•    Double spaced except for the Abstract, References and Appendices which should be single spaced
•    All text left aligned (non-justified)
•    Margins: left 4 cm; right 2.5 cm; top and bottom 2.5 cm each
•    Quotations of three lines or more to be indented and single spaced
•    Harvard referenced according to the current QMU Write and Cite guidelines
•    Titles to be positioned below figures and above tables
•    Numbers below 10 to be written in full unless followed by measurement units
•    Page numbers in the footer, centered and sequential
•    Bold or underlined headings and sub-headings may be used at your own discretion
•    QMU matriculation number only in the header.