Overview
On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to discuss in detail, nervous system anatomy and physiology and relate this to fundamental clinical tests of neurological function. Sensory and motor nervous system integration will be illustrated via investigation of nerve reflexes and skills in using anatomical landmarks to locate major peripheral nerves. Students will study neuropharmacology and should be able to explain the mechanism of action of the major drug groups affecting neurological function.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1 or ALLH11004 Anatomy and Physiology for Health professionals.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2017
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Course evaluation responses
Weekly worksheet and rapid recall questions supported learning.
Continue provision of weekly study tools.
Provision of weekly study tools was continued in 2017.
Feedback from Course evaluation responses
Assessment requirements not clear.
Assessment requirements will be reviewed and discussed in detail.
Feedback from students and teaching staff regarding assessment requirements was reviewed. A new marking rubric was developed and assessment requirements were clearly discussed with students along with provision of exemplars.
- Discuss the physiology of excitable cells of the neuromuscular system.
- Explain the detailed structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous system.
- Report the distribution of peripheral motor and sensory nerves in the upper and lower limbs
- Discuss the structure and function of the autonomic nervous system
- Describe clinical diagnostic techniques for studying central and peripheral nervous system structure and function
- Demonstrate electrode placement for EEG using the International 10/20 measurement system
- Demonstrate electrophysiological recording and calibration processes
- Explain receptor activation and principles and major drug groups in neuropharmacology
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases
2nd edition (2010)
Authors: Blumenfeld
Sinauer Associates Inc. Publishers
Sunderland Sunderland , MA , USA
ISBN: 9780878936137
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
Note that this book comes packaged with a subscription access code for the Interactive e-book.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.saluja@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Neuroanatomy overview and basic definitions.
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2
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Brain and Environs.
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5
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Corticospinal tract and other motor pathways.
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6
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Somatosensory pathways. Spinal nerve roots. Major plexuses and peripheral nerves.
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7, 8, 9
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Cerebral Hemispheres and Vascular Supply
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10
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Brainstem and Cranial nerves
EEG, Epilepsy and Seizures
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12
Moodle resource
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Cerebellum and Basal Ganglia
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15, 16
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Limbic System and Higher order cerebral function
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18, 19
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ANS, Neuropharmacology
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Revision
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No formal lecture due to Residential School.
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1 Practical Assessment
The practical sessions for this course will run as follows:
Session 1 ROK campus Week 9,10 (CG93, CG95, CC30 and CB84 students only)
Session 2 MKY campus Week 8 (CB77 students only)
Session 3 SYD campus Week 10 (CB77 students only)
Session 4 CNS campus Week 10 (CG95, CC30 students only)
Session 5 TVL campus Week 10 (CG95, CC30 students only)
Session 6 BNE campus Week 11 (CB77 students only)
Note: You are required to sign up for one session only.
You must attend the practical session at the campus where you are enrolled to complete your program of study. Please nominate your campus via the student allocator system.
During the practical sessions, you will complete a set of practical tasks to set up, use and interpret data generated from neurophysiological measurement equipment. Practical tasks will include nervous system dissection, brain structure and reflexes, EEG, sensory and motor experiments and an OSCE. The OSCE will have a pass/fail grade. A laboratory workbook is to be completed as the practical tasks are conducted.
A post practical quiz, available on Moodle, must be completed within 1 week of completion of the practical sessions. This quiz will require you to reflect on workbook entries and practical sessions conducted.
Please note: The practical sessions for this course are being run as a 2 day block. For on-campus students this is referred to as a practical block/session and for Mixed Mode students it is referred to as a Residential school. In effect, for this course they are the same thing and occur on the same dates and provide an opportunity for on campus and Mixed Mode students to meet each other.
The post practical quiz, available on Moodle, must be submitted within one week of completing the practical session. Dates will be notified on Moodle.
Due to the multiple number of practical sessions running until week 12, marks for this assessment item will be given after week 12.
Attendance and Participation
A pass/fail grade will be awarded for attendance at and participation in the practical sessions.
Completion of post practical Quiz
The post practical quiz, available on Moodle, must be completed within 1 week of completion of the practical session. All questions are of equal weighting. One mark will be awarded for each correct response. Incorrect responses will incur no penalty.
- Describe clinical diagnostic techniques for studying central and peripheral nervous system structure and function
- Demonstrate electrode placement for EEG using the International 10/20 measurement system
- Demonstrate electrophysiological recording and calibration processes
- Problem Solving
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
2 Written Assessment
Summative written assessment will asses your knowledge of topics covered in weeks 1-8. At the commencement of week 2, a clinical case scenario presenting information regarding the physical and neurological condition of a patient will be posted on Moodle. You will be required to answer a set of questions based on this clinical case scenario. This assessment item is designed to assess your understanding of basic nervous system anatomy and physiology, understanding of the neurophysiology of the clinical condition and the application of key clinical concepts.
Week 9 Tuesday (9 May 2017) 9:00 am AEST
Week 12 Friday (2 June 2017)
Assessment criteria will be based on knowledge of theory, selected features and rationalisation, presentation and referencing.
If your assignment is submitted after the due date/time without an approved extension it will be penalised 5% per 24 hour period that it is late.
- Explain the detailed structure and function of the central and peripheral nervous system.
- Report the distribution of peripheral motor and sensory nerves in the upper and lower limbs
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Cross Cultural Competence
- Ethical practice
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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Any assessable work undertaken or submitted for review or assessment must be your own work. Assessable work is any type of work you do to meet the assessment requirements in the unit, including draft work submitted for review and feedback and final work to be assessed.
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What is a breach of academic integrity?
A breach of academic integrity includes but is not limited to plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, cheating, contract cheating, and academic misconduct. The Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure defines what these terms mean and gives examples.
Why is academic integrity important?
A breach of academic integrity may result in one or more penalties, including suspension or even expulsion from the University. It can also have negative implications for student visas and future enrolment at CQUniversity or elsewhere. Students who engage in contract cheating also risk being blackmailed by contract cheating services.
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