Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 1:
Knowledge and understanding of human and basic sciences underpinning Clinical Technology is applied.
Techniques, processes, systems or technologies in original, creative and innovative ways are applied and transferred which are appropriate to specialised and complex contexts within the health care environment and in order to improve clinical practice, where possible.
Application of specialist knowledge and theory in critically reflexive, creative and novel ways to address complex practical and theoretical problems within the Healthcare environment is demonstrated.
Management, education and research skills during independent practice are applied.
Professional carriage, behaviour and attitudes in all academic and clinical settings are demonstrated.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 2:
Optimal expertise, competence and critical knowledge in fundamental and core modules is applied.
Intellectual and clinical independence ability while ensuring safety of self and others in all sectors of the community is demonstrated.
Specialist knowledge and theory in critically reflexive, creative and novel ways to address complex practical and theoretical problems within the Health Care environment is applied.
Management, education and research skills during independent practice are applied.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 3:
Research skills through conducting of research in Clinical Technology in a specialist field and in a multidisciplinary health care environment are demonstrated.
Knowledge of and engagement in an area at the forefront of the field is demonstrated.
Conceptualising new research initiatives is conducted, and new knowledge or practice in Clinical Technology is created.
Research leadership and management of research and research development is demonstrated in an ethical and accountable manner in Health Sciences.
Associated Assessment Criteria for Exit Level Outcome 4
The position of Clinical Technology within the South African Health care system is understood.
The self, time and resources are managed efficiently in order to ensure professional and efficient service delivery is demonstrated.
Operational and clinical supervision within a Clinical Technology unit is provided.
Skills in administrative management and a capacity for quality assurance and auditing control in a Clinical Technology unit are demonstrated.
Integrated Assessment:
The assessment includes both formative and summative assessment. Formative assessment is continuous and focuses on ensuring adequate levels of competencies in critical knowledge, behaviours and skills. The clinical assessment of competencies allows for an integrated approach not only to learning but also assessment. Assessment in the multidisciplinary training center allows also an integrated approach to patient care which will be assessed as such.
Integrated assessment takes the form of an appropriate variety of assessment methods for example: written and oral examinations, problem-solving assignments, projects, presentations, case studies, portfolios, log books, clinical reports, assessment of clinical competence through simulation in the Skills Laboratory, as well as clinical assessment in the training unit, and the successful completion of a mini-dissertation.
The qualification will be awarded to a student who has provided evidence to the satisfaction of the assessors that the qualification, as detailed in the stated outcomes, has been achieved, either through education and training in a single provider’s learning programme or though experience that complies with the stated specific outcomes i.e. RPL is applied.
Clinical Competence:
Clinical competence is ensured by close supervision by clinical staff during the period of training, which is introduced in the first year, and gradually intensified by the fourth year of study. Students need to complete a clinical work record based on integrated work experience with a specified minimum amount of cases to be recorded.
Clinical assessments are performed on patients to determine clinical competence in routine procedures in Critical Care, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Perfusion, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonology or Reproductive Biology. In order to achieve clinical competency in this qualification, it is the requirement of the HPCSA that the all students complete a minimum of 3840 clinical hours at an accredited training facility and are mentored by a registered practitioner. On completion all students must successfully complete a competency-based test (CBT) in order to register with the HPCSA as a Clinical Technology Scientist in Critical Care, Cardiology, Cardiovascular Perfusion, Nephrology, Neurology, Pulmonology or Reproductive Biology.
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