Overview
On completion of this unit students should be able to relate cardiorespiratory physiology and pathophysiology to advanced clinical tests of cardiovascular and respiratory function including haemodynamic, electrophysiological and angiographic cardiovascular measurement. Students will gain vital knowledge of various pulmonary function tests including static lung volumes, pulmonary gas exchange, airway resistance, compliance, maximal pressures and blood gas measurements.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite BMSC12006 Cardiorespiratory Physiology and Measurement
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 2 - 2018
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).
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 Student evaluation
Opportunity for more interaction with the lecturer.
Provide more tutorial sessions.
Feedback from Student evaluation
Assignment was very helpful in understanding ECG.
Continue providing assessment task on ECG.
- Describe the underlying physiology requiring clinical cardiorespiratory measurements.
- Explain the various types of cardiorespiratory measurement according to best practice guidelines.
- Rationalise the implementation of a particular cardiorespiratory measurement.
- Interpret the results from cardiorespiratory measurement.
- Consider the pharmacological implications for cardiorespiratory measurement.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 60% | |||||
| 2 - Examination - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 - Written Assessment - 60% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Ruppel's manual of pulmonary function testing
10th Edition (2013)
Authors: Carl D Mottram
Elsevier
St Louis St Louis , Missouri , USA
ISBN: 9780323085052
Binding: Hardcover
The cardiac catherization handbook
5th Edition (2011)
Authors: Morton L Kern
Mosby/Elsevier Saunders
St Louis St Louis , Missouri , USA
ISBN: 9780323079020
Binding: Hardcover
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.
r.vella@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Indications for Pulmonary Function Testing
Chapter
Mottoram (Chapter 1)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Spirometry and Diffusing Tests
Chapter
Mottoram (Chapters 2 and 3)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Lung Volumes and Gas Distribution Tests
Ventilation and Ventilatory Control Tests
Chapter
Mottoram (Chapters 4 and 5)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Blood Gases
Paediatric Pulmonary Function Tests
Chapter
Mottoram (Chapters 6 and 8)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing
Bronchoprovocation Testing
Chapter
Mottoram (Chapters 7, 9 and 10)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Pulmonary Function Testing Equipment and Quality Assurance
Chapter
Mottoram (Chapters 11 and 12)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Electrocardiogram part 1
Chapter
Kern (Chapter 3, Section II)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Electrocardiogram part 2
Chapter
Kern (Chapter 3, Section II)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Electrocardiogram part 3
Chapter
Kern (Chapter 3, Section II)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Moodle resource
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Clinical testing - Non-invasive tests, Echocardiography
Chapter
Moodle resources
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Clinical testing - Electrophysiology and cardiac pacing, Cardiac catheterisation, and Coronary angioplasty and stenting
Chapter
Kern (Chapter 3,4, 6, and 10)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
As per Australian educational standards, you are expected to commit 150 hours of engagement to your study of this unit. This is broken down as:
2 - 3 hours per week attending the face to face workshop (or watching the recordings) and revising the content through study notes.*
3 - 4 hours per week completing the weekly revision tasks on the unit's Moodle site and in the textbooks.
3 - 4 hours per week preparing your assessments or studying for your exams.
*Please note the face to face workshop is a mixed lecture / tutorial style class and the weekly format will vary depending on the content delivered. Some weeks will be a traditional lecture, whilst others can retain the lecture component and introduce tutorial questions to support the content you are learning.
In the event you need to contact the unit coordinator or ask questions about the unit please do so via the moodle Q&A forum. If the query is of a personal nature please use the email outlined in the "Teaching contacts" section of this unit profile.
1 Written Assessment
This unit builds upon key concepts presented during foundation and intermediate anatomy and physiology units already completed during your degree (BMSC11001, BMSC11002, BMSC12006). In meeting this objective you will learn about testing procedures which can be performed to assess the functionality of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems. Having an understanding of these testing procedures, the data they generate and the physiological implications of the results is of paramount importance, not only for your career as a medical scientist but also because they are integral diagnostic procedures routinely used in clinical settings. This assessment task will assist you in understanding how pathological conditions of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems impact upon normal physiology and how they present in routine clinical tests.
More specifically, you will be given case studies and associated data. You will be required to interpret the given information, identify the pathological condition that is presented and answer a series of questions which relate to each case study. In providing a response you may refer to textbook, journal articles and profession body websites.
Further information regarding the assessment item will be available on the unit Moodle page.
Week 10 Monday (17 Sept 2018) 5:00 pm AEST
Week 12 Wednesday (3 Oct 2018)
Performance in this task will be measured using the criteria of accuracy and a question-specific rubric, which will be made available via the Moodle site.
- Describe the underlying physiology requiring clinical cardiorespiratory measurements.
- Explain the various types of cardiorespiratory measurement according to best practice guidelines.
- Rationalise the implementation of a particular cardiorespiratory measurement.
- Interpret the results from cardiorespiratory measurement.
- Consider the pharmacological implications for cardiorespiratory measurement.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Ethical practice
Examination
No calculators permitted
As a CQUniversity student you are expected to act honestly in all aspects of your academic work.
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.
When you use the ideas, words or data of others in your assessment, you must thoroughly and clearly acknowledge the source of this information by using the correct referencing style for your unit. Using others’ work without proper acknowledgement may be considered a form of intellectual dishonesty.
Participating honestly, respectfully, responsibly, and fairly in your university study ensures the CQUniversity qualification you earn will be valued as a true indication of your individual academic achievement and will continue to receive the respect and recognition it deserves.
As a student, you are responsible for reading and following CQUniversity’s policies, including the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure. This policy sets out CQUniversity’s expectations of you to act with integrity, examples of academic integrity breaches to avoid, the processes used to address alleged breaches of academic integrity, and potential penalties.
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.
Where can I get assistance?
For academic advice and guidance, the Academic Learning Centre (ALC) can support you in becoming confident in completing assessments with integrity and of high standard.
What can you do to act with integrity?
