Overview
In this unit, you will build upon your anatomical knowledge by examining the gross, topographical and relational anatomy of the human body. Additionally, you will gain a foundational understanding of medical imaging modalities and how they are applied in clinical scenarios. You will then apply your knowledge on human anatomy by reviewing the spatial characteristics of and relationship between anatomical structures, body planes, external and internal landmarks to interpret medical images at a foundational level. This unit will cover basic pattern and image recognition skills to enable you to identify normal anatomical structures and common pathologies on medical images, including cross-sectional images, acquired in multiple planes.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: BMSC11007, BMSC11008 and BMSC12007
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 - 2024
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 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 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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- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and distinguish, the spatial orientation of, and relationship between, anatomical structures, body planes, external and internal landmarks
- Understand the basic processes of image production and risks associated with each of the major diagnostic imaging modalities and when they are clinically indicated for use in investigating common pathologies
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and articulate the appearance of normal anatomical structures and features on a range of imaging modalities
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and articulate the appearance of common pathologies on a range of imaging modalities
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - In-class Test(s) - 35% | ||||
| 2 - Oral Examination - 30% | ||||
| 3 - In-class Test(s) - 35% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 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 | ||||
Textbooks
There are no required textbooks.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
v.tennakoon@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Scientific and clinical principals of medical imaging modalities
Chapter
Peer reviewed article by Rawson and Pelletier, 2013
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Thorax 1
Chapter
Chapter 3 Greys anatomy, Chapter 4 Abrhams and McMinn’s and peer reviewed article uploaded by Boxt, 2005
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Thorax 2
Chapter
Chapter 3 Greys anatomy, Chapter 4 Abrhams and McMinn’s
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Abdomen 1
Chapter
Chapter 4 Greys anatomy, Chapter 5 Abrhams and McMinn’s
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Abdomen 2
Chapter
Chapter 4 Greys anatomy, Chapter 5 Abrhams and McMinn’s
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Pelvis 1
Chapter
Chapter 5 Greys anatomy, Chapters 5 and 6 Abrhams and McMinn’s
Events and Submissions/Topic
Spotter exam 1 - day/date to be confirmed during this week
Module/Topic
Pelvis 2
Chapter
Chapter 5 Greys anatomy, Chapters 5 and 6 Abrhams and McMinn’s
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Head
Chapter
Chapter 8 Greys anatomy, Chapter 1 Abrhams and McMinn’s
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Neck and spine
Chapter
Chapters 2 and 8 Greys anatomy, Chapters 1 and 2 Abrhams and McMinn’s
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Self directed revision and assessment
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Viva exam - day/date to be confirmed during this week
Module/Topic
Upper and lower limbs
Chapter
Chapters 6 and 7 Greys anatomy, Chapters 3 and 6 Abrhams and McMinn’s
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Self directed revision
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Spotter exam 2 - day/date to be confirmed during this week
The Unit coordinator will be updated closer to the start of Term 2 with content and an academic facilitating the tutorials in both campus locations. The placeholder Unit coordinator is Dr Andrew Fenning.
The following textbooks for this Unit should be sourced:
Prescribed
- Greys anatomy for students 4th edition Drake, Vogl and Mitchel Elsevier health sciences ISBN 9780323393041
- McMinn and Abrahams clinical atlas of human anatomy 8th edition Abrahams, Spratt, Loukas and van Shoor Elsevier health sciences ISBN 9780702073328
Supplementary
- Human sectional anatomy 4th edition Dixon, Bowden, Logan, Ellis Taylor and Francis ISBN (eBook) 9781315381527
All lectures are pre-recorded and uploaded to Moodle in advance. There will be a one-three hour face-to-face tutorial held most weeks in the anatomy laboratory which students are expected to attend. It is also expected that prior to attending the weekly tutorials, students would have watched the pre-recorded lecture content, have completed the prescribed readings and if necessary, revised any content from the foundational anatomy and physiology units to support their studies. There are three assessments for this unit, all of which are completed and submitted in person.
1 In-class Test(s)
This task will assess your knowledge and application of human anatomy, pathology and medical imaging in a practical setting. You will be required to individually work through a series of work stations. Each station will feature specimens (including models, bones and platinates) or images (including cadaveric images and those from diagnostic imaging modalities) and a series of related questions you will be required to answer. The questions are designed to assess your knowledge, critical application and interpretation of human anatomy, pathology and medical imaging. You will record you answers on an answer sheet, which will be provided upon entry to the examination area and it must be handed in immediately upon completion of the assessment task. There will be a predetermined period of time (approximately 90-120 seconds as a guide) you are allowed to spend at each station and a timer / buzzer will instruct you when to move onto the next station. There will be approximately 20 work stations you must complete with strategically placed rest stops along the circuit. You may use the rest stops to review your answers however you are unable to leave the rest stop or move around the assessment room. This is a closed book assessment, no textbooks or study notes will be permitted into the assessment room. All students are responsible for providing their own writing implements and are required to bring photo ID in order to be permitted into the assessment room.
Week 6- TBC Scheduled laboratory booking to be updated
Week 9 Friday (13 Sept 2024)
Your responses for the spotter exam are scored according to the following criteria:
- Correctness, relevance and completeness of the response to the question asked
- Correct spelling and use of anatomical and clinical terminology
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and distinguish, the spatial orientation of, and relationship between, anatomical structures, body planes, external and internal landmarks
- Understand the basic processes of image production and risks associated with each of the major diagnostic imaging modalities and when they are clinically indicated for use in investigating common pathologies
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and articulate the appearance of normal anatomical structures and features on a range of imaging modalities
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and articulate the appearance of common pathologies on a range of imaging modalities
2 Oral Examination
This task will assess your knowledge and application of human anatomy, pathology and medical imaging in a practical setting. You will be required to individually work through a series of stations. At each station an examiner will provide you with information and / or images (including cadaveric images and those from diagnostic imaging modalities). You are then required to verbally answer a series of questions relating to the information and / or images provided. The questions are designed to assess your knowledge, critical application and interpretation of human anatomy, pathology and medical imaging. As you verbally answer each question the examiner will assess your response and record a mark. The examiner is not able to answer any subsequent questions you may have or assist you in providing a response, all information required to complete each station will be provided in writing at the start of the station. It is up to you to read and interpret the information and instructions provided and deliver a response. There will be a predetermined period of time (approximately 12-15 minutes as a guide) you are allowed to spend at each station and a timer / buzzer will instruct you when to move onto the next station. There will be 2 stations you must work through. This is a closed book assessment, no textbooks or study notes will be permitted into the assessment room. Whilst no written responses will be accepted, students are permitted to bring writing implements (black or blue pen and highlighter) into the assessment room and write on the paper containing information, instructions and questions. Paper containing the information, instructions and questions will not be released to students and is required to be left with the examiner as you exit the station. Any information you write on this paper is not examinable and you will not gain / loose marks for writing on it. You will be required to bring photo ID in order to be permitted into the assessment rooms.
Week 10 - TBC Scheduled laboratory booking to be updated
Week 12 Friday (4 Oct 2024)
Your responses for the viva are scored according to the following criteria:
- Correctness, relevance and completeness of the response to the question asked
- Correct spelling and use of anatomical and clinical terminology
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and distinguish, the spatial orientation of, and relationship between, anatomical structures, body planes, external and internal landmarks
- Understand the basic processes of image production and risks associated with each of the major diagnostic imaging modalities and when they are clinically indicated for use in investigating common pathologies
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and articulate the appearance of normal anatomical structures and features on a range of imaging modalities
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and articulate the appearance of common pathologies on a range of imaging modalities
3 In-class Test(s)
This task will assess your knowledge and application of human anatomy, pathology and medical imaging in a practical setting. You will be required to individually work through a series of work stations. Each station will feature specimens (including models, bones and platinates) or images (including cadaveric images and those from diagnostic imaging modalities) and a series of related questions you will be required to answer. The questions are designed to assess your knowledge, critical application and interpretation of human anatomy, pathology and medical imaging. You will record you answers on an answer sheet, which will be provided upon entry to the examination area and it must be handed in immediately upon completion of the assessment task. There will be a predetermined period of time (approximately 90-120 seconds as a guide) you are allowed to spend at each station and a timer / buzzer will instruct you when to move onto the next station. There will be approximately 20 work stations you must complete with strategically placed rest stops along the circuit. You may use the rest stops to review your answers however you are unable to leave the rest stop or move around the assessment room. This is a closed book assessment, no textbooks or study notes will be permitted into the assessment room. All students are responsible for providing their own writing implements and are required to bring photo ID in order to be permitted into the assessment room.
Exam week - TBC Scheduled laboratory booking to be updated
Exam Week Monday (14 Oct 2024)
Certification of grades
Your responses for the spotter exam are scored according to the following criteria:
- Correctness, relevance and completeness of the response to the question asked
- Correct spelling and use of anatomical and clinical terminology
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and distinguish, the spatial orientation of, and relationship between, anatomical structures, body planes, external and internal landmarks
- Understand the basic processes of image production and risks associated with each of the major diagnostic imaging modalities and when they are clinically indicated for use in investigating common pathologies
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and articulate the appearance of normal anatomical structures and features on a range of imaging modalities
- Use clinical terminology to correctly identify and articulate the appearance of common pathologies on a range of imaging modalities
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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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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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