Rate My Professor Caroline Falconi

Caroline Falconi serves as Senior Lecturer in Medical Imaging within the School of Health, Medical and Applied Sciences at CQUniversity, located at the Mackay Ooralea campus. She holds the position of Discipline Lead for Medical Imaging and has acted as Head of Course for Medical Imaging, contributing to the leadership and development of undergraduate programs in the field. Falconi coordinates multiple key units in the medical imaging curriculum, including Physics for Health Sciences (MEDI11002), Science and Instrumentation 1 (MEDI12002), Imaging Science 1 (MEDI11006), and Fundamentals of the Imaging Professions (MEDI11004). Her teaching responsibilities encompass clinical simulation labs, lab supervision, and assessment marking in the Bachelor of Medical Imaging and related programs. As a contact for academic casual positions in medical imaging, she plays a role in faculty recruitment and program support at CQUniversity.

Falconi's scholarly contributions focus on medical imaging education and sonography. She co-authored the 2012 publication 'Demographics of new undergraduate medical imaging and medical sonography degree students at CQUniversity Australia' alongside K. Spuur, C. Cowling, A. Bowman, and M. Maroney. This study surveyed students in the inaugural intake of the Bachelor of Medical Imaging and Bachelor of Medical Sonography/Graduate Diploma of Medical Sonography programs at CQUniversity Mackay to report demographic profiles. Earlier works include 'Diploma and degree: a unique collaborative approach to sonographer education' in 2005 with L. Marshall, which details the Mohawk College–McMaster University Medical Radiation Sciences diploma/degree collaboration. Additionally, she published 'Producing Quality Radiographic Images' in 1988. Her work on ResearchGate has garnered 3 citations. Falconi has participated in international radiology initiatives, including contributions to ISRRT workshops in 2011 with Dr. Law and presentations at the 19th ISRRT World Congress in 2016. She was listed as Head of Course in a 2023 submission by Medical Radiation Australia to the Australian government on relevant educational matters.