Overview
This unit builds on the pathology related units in the course, as well as Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis 1 and 2. It will focus on non-musculoskeletal patient presentations, starting from the point of first contact with the patient, through history taking and physical examination, and finally to the formulation of a diagnosis. Through this process, you will also continue to develop your knowledge of common pathologies of each body system. By the end of the unit, your problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills will have improved. Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis 3 will be taught in close association with CHIR13004 (Integrated Diagnosis and Management), where the skills learnt will be applied to real case scenarios.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: CHIR13006 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis 2 and CHIR13010 Systems and Pathology
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).
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 Self-reflection
Need to visit each campus during the term to liaise with students.
Request permission to visit each campus
Feedback from Student feedback
More time is required to practice clinical skills.
Increase time available for practicing physical examination techniques. This will be achieved by increasing the contact hours.
Feedback from Self-reflection
Improve consistency in tutorials across campuses
I will conduct weekly tutorial classes via Zoom. In addition to this, a 2 hour practical class will be held each week by continuing staff members on each campus.
- Integrate your knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pathology to the clinical assessment of disease states.
- Explain the pathophysiological basis for a range of symptoms and signs.
- Demonstrate competent history taking skills and physical examination procedures.
- Develop a differential diagnosis based on history and examination findings.
- Apply the respective examination protocols to pathological disease states.
- Apply self-reflection and critical thinking skills.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 25% | ||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 35% | ||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 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 - 25% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 35% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Macleod's Clinical Examination
Edition: 13 (2013)
Authors: Douglas, Nicol and Robertson
Churchill Livingstone
China
ISBN: 978-0702047282
Binding: Paperback
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.
r.beirman@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
History Taking
An Introduction to Physical Examination
An Introduction to Investigations
General Principles of Diagnosis
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Vital Signs
An introduction to Medical Investigations
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Read pp 107-108 and 112-114 (Macleod).
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Disorders of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems 1: Clinical assessment of the Cardiovascular System
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Disorders of the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems 3: Diagnosis
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Disorders of the Digestive System 1: Clinical assessment
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Disorders of the Digestive System 2: Diagnosis
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Read relevant section on investigations in Chapters 9-10 (Macleod).
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The practical test will be conducted in your scheduled class.
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Please note that this unit is not being taught in association with CHIR13004. That unit no longer exists, and its content has been integrated into other parts of the course.In addition to this, CHIR13006 is no longer a prerequisite for this unit.
1 Written Assessment
In this assignment, you will be presented with a number of clinical scenarios. The questions in each case will require you to demonstrate:
1. your understanding of the significance of the symptoms and signs
2. your ability to formulate a differential diagnosis
3. your understanding of the relationship between the clinical manifestations and the medical investigations which may be required, and
4. your ability in interpreting the investigations performed.
The cases and their questions can be found on Moodle.
Week 10 Friday (22 Sept 2017) 9:00 am AEST
Week 12 Wednesday (4 Oct 2017)
Each case scenario will be assessed by considering each of the following:
1. Have you completed each task with sufficient detail?
2. Is the answer accurate?
3. Does your answer indicate that you understand the content?
4. Is your spelling and grammar correct?
- Integrate your knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry and pathology to the clinical assessment of disease states.
- Explain the pathophysiological basis for a range of symptoms and signs.
- Develop a differential diagnosis based on history and examination findings.
- Apply self-reflection and critical thinking skills.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
2 Practical Assessment
This examination will assess your competency in performing the following tasks:
1. Observation of the patient for a specified condition (a list of conditions will be provided on Moodle)
2. Assessment of vital signs
3. Examination of cardiovascular, respiratory, digestive, endocrine, lymphatic, haematopoietic and integumentary systems, in order to:
a. assess the patient for a specific condition (a list of conditions will be provided)
b. demonstrate your skills in palpation, percussion and auscultation
The test will be conducted during your designated practical class in week 12.
Following the written examination
Are you able to:
1. Competently assess a person's pulse, blood pressure, respiratory rate and body temperature?
2. Competently percuss, palpate and auscultate?
3. Select the appropriate examination routine required to facilitate the recognition of specific disorders or disease states?
- Demonstrate competent history taking skills and physical examination procedures.
- Apply the respective examination protocols to pathological disease states.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Ethical practice
Examination
Dictionary - non-electronic, concise, direct translation only (dictionary must not contain any notes or comments).
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?
