Clinical Experience

As we all know that education in universities for students are based on theory learning and also practical based learning. This is to make the students more knowledgeable and they get more clinical experience to lead them and teach them what they supposed to apply in their future working life. Clinical experience has always been a part of the education for medical imaging students. It provides students in medical imaging to be able of "doing" as well as "knowing" the principle in clinical practice (Jeffrey Pfeffer, 2000). Clinical practices are to stimulate students to use their critical thinking skills to solve problems. Theory learning is based on the concept of knowledge and also basic understanding of the subject to be applied in the clinical

Learning in practice placement requires an environment which is conducive to learning, and provides the appropriate support from skilled practitioners and educators. A clinical setting rich in learning experiences, but lacking a supportive environment, discourages the learners in seeking experience and results in the loss of learning and growth opportunities. On the other hand, a setting with limited experiences but rich in support may provide opportunities for students to examine new health needs and ways of addressing them. Thus, regardless of where clinical practice is taking place, the learning climate influences the medical imaging students’ achievement and satisfaction with the learning experience (Reilly & Oermann , Quinn,

However, most of the research done only focused on nursing students where else a research on medical imaging students are not concentrated and have not been touched on their research. Using the same principle as other researchers as they do research on the application of theory on clinical practices towards nursing students, therefore this thesis is to apply the same concept of research on medical imaging students in MAHSA University. According to “Evaluating the clinical teaching of medical imaging students at Curtin University of Technology”, Australia journal which was conducted in 2011, it was asked how clinical and laboratory sessions placement can be improved, respondents suggested that the number of laboratory sessions and time spent in theory classes should be added to gain more knowledge and understanding towards it and the structure laboratory sessions can be improved (Almohiy, Davidson R,