Overview
Students will be able to discuss important aspects in immunohaematology including blood storage, blood typing, cross matching and the immune response on successful completion of this unit. Students will gain this vital knowledge and develop skills in performing the tests required for emergency and planned blood transfusions via theoretical and practical sessions.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: BMSC12003 - Haematology, (BMED19005 - Immunology or BMSC13009 - Immunology) Co-requisite: BMSC12002 – Work Integrated Learning 1.
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 - 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.
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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
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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 Students
The recorded lectures are poor quality and are from 2014 with no changes, 2-3 hr lectures are too long. There was a great deal of content.
Redo the lectures with better format, and repeatedly include questions on important topics in the learning resources at the end of each week, instead of just the week the lecture is delivered.
Feedback from Judy Couper
There is a large amount of content for the unit so I think there needs to be a larger choice of questions on the exam paper, there was only one spare question for each part and the questions weren't clear, students interpreted the questions differently.
Add an extra two questions to Part A and Part B, and have the exam questions reviewed by a third party experienced in the field to avoid ambiguity.
Feedback from Industry expert
We need to add phenotyping into the practical component of the unit as it is an important part of transfusion
Include phenotyping into the practical manual
- Describe human blood products, their production, labelling, storage and medical use.
- Interpret blood grouping via antigen/antibody identification.
- Understand principles and concepts of blood type cross matching (immunohaematology and immunophenotyping).
- Perform and interpret blood cross matching by identifying the presence of antibodies.
- Explain the classification of adverse transfusion reactions and explain the consequences of using incompatible blood products.
- Consider special factors for consideration in urgent blood transfusion.
- Examine the production of autoantibodies and their role in erythrocyte destruction and tissue inflammation.
- Perform and interpret direct antiglobulin tests.
- Analyse and interpret antenatal and postnatal immunohaematology testing procedures and results.
- Justify blood bank automation and quality control of manual and automated blood cross matching.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 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 | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Practical Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Immunohematology: Principles and Practice
Edition: 3rd (2011)
Authors: Quinley E D
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Sydney Sydney , NSW , Australia
ISBN: ISBN-13: 978-0781782043
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
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.
a.taylor-robinson@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to transfusion science: range of blood products and overview of collection and processing. Basic genetics and immunology.
Chapter
Chapter 3 pp. 30-34, Chapters 4 & 5.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
ABO blood grouping; Rhesus blood grouping. Laboratory techniques for grouping.
Chapter
Chapters 9 & 10.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Pre-transfusion testing. Other blood groups.
Chapter
Chapters 6, 8 & 11.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Australian Red Cross Blood Services.
Chapter
Chapters 1, 2 & 3.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Quality assurance in blood banks and transplantation. Other blood groups, HLA and molecular techniques.
Chapter
Chapters 7, 12 & 18.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Independent study: an opportunity for self-directed learning and mid-unit revision.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Adverse effects and avoiding them. Haemolytic anaemias, blood product substitutes.
Chapter
Chapters 14 & 15.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Haemolytic disease of the newborn.
Chapter
Chapter 16.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Use of specific blood fractions, organ and tissue transplantation.
Chapter
Chapter 13.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Resolving transfusion problems. Case studies.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No formal classes due to other residential schools.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
No formal classes due to residential school Mon-Wed 25-27 September.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
During the residential school you will be assessed on your competence to perform safely different blood banking techniques and to interpret correctly collected data.
The practical assessment comprises 50% of the overall unit mark.
Practical Assessment Due: Week 11 Wednesday (27 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Revision.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
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Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
The end-of-unit exam comprises 50% of the overall unit mark.
1 Practical Assessment
For medical scientists working in transfusion science or hospital blood banks, it is essential that laboratory techniques are performed and interpreted correctly each and every time. Failure to do this has potentially fatal consequences. For this reason, demonstration of practical competence is heavily weighted at 50% of the total unit mark.
During the residential school you will complete:
(1) Laboratory workbook (25%): answer a set of questions in the laboratory workbook and interpret results as you perform each practical task;
(2) Practical examination (25%): you will undertake a practical examination in which you will be required to perform routine blood banking techniques in order to obtain valid results and to interpret the data correctly.
Week 11 Wednesday (27 Sept 2017) 5:00 pm AEST
Your practical examination will be completed in the last session of the residential school. Your laboratory workbook must be uploaded to the course moodle site before the due date.
Week 11 Thursday (28 Sept 2017)
The practical assessment will be performed and marked in-class.
- Residential school and laboratory workbook: Each section will have assigned marks depending on the complexity of the task to be performed. A total mark obtained for the workbook and associated tasks will then be converted to 25% of your final grade. The laboratory staff will provide active verbal feedback to you on the practical hands-on aspect of this assessment item. The laboratory workbook template will contain the weighted marks associated with the tasks and subsequent questions/reports to be completed.
- Practical examination: The practical examination conducted on the last session of the residential school is worth 25% of your final grade. The practical examination will assess your ability to perform blood banking techniques and accurately interpret results to arrive at a provisional diagnosis. Further information on the examination will be available on the moodle site.
- Interpret blood grouping via antigen/antibody identification.
- Understand principles and concepts of blood type cross matching (immunohaematology and immunophenotyping).
- Perform and interpret blood cross matching by identifying the presence of antibodies.
- Perform and interpret direct antiglobulin tests.
- Analyse and interpret antenatal and postnatal immunohaematology testing procedures and results.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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