Overview
This unit is a continuation of Diagnostic Imaging 1, and covers pathological processes as represented on diagnostic imaging studies, not covered in Diagnostic Imaging 1.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Corequisite: CHIR20006 Clinical Practice 3 Pre-requisite CHIR20005 Diagnostic Imaging 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 3 - 2020
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 Postgraduate 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 Have Your Say evaluation
Students were generally pleased with the relevant unit content and formative activities.
Continue to develop and reinforce applicable, relevant unit content and formative activities.
Feedback from Have Your Say evaluation
Some students felt like the amount of content in this unit prevented them from fully internalizing the material.
All of the content in this unit is clinically applicable and required pre-clinical knowledge. The unit coordinator could provide time management advice to assist students with dedicating enough time to cover the weekly material.
Feedback from Have Your Say evaluation
Some students felt like the final exam and OSCE were less challenging than they expected, given the amount of content covered in the unit.
The unit coordinator will endeavor to create a more challenging experience for the next offering of this unit.
- Identify the radiographic signs of disease.
- Differentiate normal from abnormal radiographic structures of the body.
- Develop and utilise a search strategy to locate and describe disease processes.
- Create a differential diagnosis list and decide which entity is most likely based on radiographic and clinical information.
- Select appropriate management for a variety of abnormalities.
- Write complete and concise radiology reports.
The Learning Outcomes are in the context of the AQF and specifically address Units 6, 7, 8, 9, of the CCEA Competencies, in particular elements 6.1, 6.2, 6.5, 6.6, 7.2, 9.2, 9.3 with an emphasis on elements 6.4, 7.1, 8.3, and 9.10.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||||
| 4 - Research | ||||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||||
| 8 - 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 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | ||||||||
| 2 - Practical Assessment - 40% | ||||||||
| 3 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | ||||||||
Textbooks
Yochum and Rowe’s Essentials of Skeletal Radiology
Edition: 3rd (2005)
Authors: Terry R. Yochum and Lindsay J. Rowe
Lippincott, Williams and Wilkins
ISBN: 9780781739467
Binding: Hardcover
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
No referencing style set.
k.grace@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to bone lesions and radiologic predictor variables
Chapter
All page numbers from Yochum & Rowe's Essentials of Skeletal Radiology, Third Edition
Chap. 7, pp. 679-718
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Osseous and Cartilagenous Tumours
Chapter
Osteoma pp. 1244-1248
Bone island/enostoma pp. 1249-1254
Osteoid Osteoma/osteoblastoma pp. 1254-1267
Osteosarcoma pp. 1184-1194
Enchondroma pp. 1267-1279
Osteochondroma pp. 1226-1237
Chondrosarcoma pp. 1194-1200
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Fibrous and Miscellaneous Tumours
Chapter
Fibroxanthoma pp. 1285-1290
Fibrosarcoma pp. 1205-1208
Giant cell tumor pp. 1220-1226
Aneurysmal bone cyst pp. 1295-1299
Ewing's sarcoma pp. 1200-1205
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Metastasis and Miscellaneous Tumours
Chapter
Metastatic bone tumours pp. 1137-1168
Multiple myeloma pp. 1168-1183
Hemangioma pp. 1237-1244
Chordoma pp. 1208-1213
Paget's disease pp.1302-1331
Fibrous dysplasia pp. pp. 1332-1346
Events and Submissions/Topic
Case report #1 due Friday 4 Dec 2020 @ 9 am
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Trauma Introduction
Chapter
pp. 793-805 & 929-939
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Trauma Upper Extremity
Chapter
Shoulder girdle, elbow and forearm, wrist and hand pp. 889-921
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Trauma Lower Extremity
Chapter
Hip, knee, ankle, foot pp. 858-885
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Trauma Spine
Chapter
pp. 811-858
Events and Submissions/Topic
Case Report #2 Due Friday 15 Jan 2020 @ 9 am
Viva Cases to be disbursed
Case Report Due: Week 8 Friday (15 Jan 2021) 9:00 am AEST
Module/Topic
Chest Part 1
Chapter
Weekly teaching materials posted to Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chest Part 2
Chapter
Weekly teaching materials posted to Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Abdomen
Chapter
Weekly teaching materials posted to Moodle
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Review
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practical Assessment
Practical Assessment Due: Week 12 Friday (12 Feb 2021) 12:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Written Assessment
Radiological reports are an important component of clinical management. It is crucial that chiropractors are able to construct adequate reports on films obtained in their clinics and comprehend terminology contained in reports on images obtained from outside institutions. The student will construct TWO (2) detailed radiology reports on separate case images. Instructions for locating the case images will be provided on the Moodle page.
Please note the following details:
- The report itself should not be more than 600 words.
- A template on which the report will be developed is posted on the Moodle site the student will adhere to this template.
- The images do not have to be embedded within the report.
- The two reports will be due at different times. The first report will be due at the end of week 4. The second and final report will be due at the end of week 8.
Week 8 Friday (15 Jan 2021) 9:00 am AEST
Week 10 Friday (29 Jan 2021)
The rubric that will be used to assess the reports can be found below.
| Criteria | Proficient | Competent | Not yet competent | Unsatisfactory | |
| Grammar and language | 3 points All sections were written in complete sentences without any grammatical or spelling errors. | 2 points A single section contained grammatical or spelling errors. | 1 point Two sections contained grammatical or spelling errors | 0 points More than two sections contained spelling errors | |
| Study description | 3 points All views correctly identified. | 2 points One view incorrectly identified or omitted. | 1 point Two views incorrectly identified or omitted. | 0 points More than two views incorrectly identified or omitted. | |
| Organization | 3 points Correct formatting and organization utilizing an ABCS or similar format. | 2 points A single error formatting of the report has occurred or a single missing section. | 1 point Two formatting errors or two missing sections or 1 formatting error and 1 missing section. | 0 points More than two formatting errors or missing sections. | |
| Pertinent negatives | 3 points At least one is used for each section of the ABCS findings. | 2 points Omission of a pertinent negative from one section. | 1 point Two pertinent negatives missing. | 0 points More than two omissions. | |
| Findings | 3 points Findings are clear and accurate with no errors. | 2 points A single omission or an incorrect finding has been offered. | 1 point Two omissions or incorrect findings offered. | 0 points More than two errors. | |
| Impressions | 3 points All findings have an appropriate diagnosis or differential diagnosis. | 2 points A single omission or an incorrect impression has been offered. | 1 point Two omissions or incorrect impressions offered. | 0 points More than two errors. | |
| Recommendations | 3 points Are appropriate and include labs, contraindications, and further imaging or referrals, if necessary. Or, omitted if no recommendation necessary. | 2.5 points Confused with treatment plan. | 2 points Offered an unnecessary recommendation or omitted a recommendation which may lead to harmful intervention. | 1 point Offered two unnecessary recommendations or omitted two recommendations. | 0 points More than two errors. |
- Differentiate normal from abnormal radiographic structures of the body.
- Develop and utilise a search strategy to locate and describe disease processes.
- Create a differential diagnosis list and decide which entity is most likely based on radiographic and clinical information.
- Select appropriate management for a variety of abnormalities.
- Write complete and concise radiology reports.
- Knowledge
- Research
- Self-management
2 Practical Assessment
Part 1 - OSCE Examination:
20 stations. 2 minutes per station.
Students will review an image set with or without an accompanying history from which they will be required to answer a number of short answer questions. The question bank will include content from the radiology lectures as well as relevant normal radiographic anatomy.
This portion of the assessment will be completed in Week 12 and the time will remain flexible to ensure this assessment does not clash with other lectures/ assessments in Week 12
Part 2 - Viva:
The student will be provided with a set of true diagnostic images reflecting that which may present to a chiropractor. These will be provided to the student in week 8.
A. The student will write a diagnostic imaging report on the image set . This will be complete prior to step B using the standard template for report writing.
B. The student will attend a 15 minute 'one-on-one, in person/online' assessment session and provide a verbal presentation of the report and image set to the lecturer. This assessment will be completed throughout Weeks 9-12. Times will be made available and posted for selection at Week 8.
Marking rubric for this component will be provided on Moodle
These assessments will be held online
Week 12 Friday (12 Feb 2021) 12:00 pm AEST
The actual time scheduled for this assessment will be flexible and an agreed time prior to week 12 to ensure this assessment does not clash with other lectures/assessments in week 12.
Exam Week Friday (19 Feb 2021)
Results will be included in the University release of grades with final examinations and unit grades.
In order to achieve a passing grade or higher, students will be required to demonstrate their competencies in the following areas:
1. Identification of pathologies covered in the course;
2. Apply appropriate terminology to describe the radiographic appearance and diagnosis of pathologies;
3. Demonstrate an understanding of the pathogenesis of the disorders which gives rise to their radiographic appearance;
4. Demonstrate an understanding of the contraindications to manual therapies;
5. Demonstrate an understanding of appropriate referral pathways including GP, Specialist, Advanced Imaging, Pathology.
6. Effectively communicate key radiographic findings and their relationships to clinical information in a simulated clinical environment
7. Student must pass both Part 1 and Part 2 to achieve a pass of this assessment
- Identify the radiographic signs of disease.
- Differentiate normal from abnormal radiographic structures of the body.
- Develop and utilise a search strategy to locate and describe disease processes.
- Create a differential diagnosis list and decide which entity is most likely based on radiographic and clinical information.
- Knowledge
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
3 Online Quiz(zes)
This assessment is to be online. Students will have the option of online or on-campus computer lab invigilation.
In the event of any changes during the term to impact this, we will strive to give you at least 30 days notice. The test will be comprised of a range of question formats, including multi choice, matching, short and long answer explanations.
This is a closed-book assessment and no notes, texts or additional electronic devices are allowed during this assessment task. You will have a 10 minute perusal time prior to the allotted writing time. The test will last for two (2) hours. You will submit your test electronically.
This test must be written at the timetabled date and time. If you arrive late, you may enter the test room up to 15 minutes after the start of the test, however, you will still be required to submit your test at the standard test end time. You will not be allowed entry more than 15 minutes after the test starts. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity for you to complete this assessment at a later time, and you will receive a mark of zero for the assessment.
1
Other
Exam Week Monday (15 Feb 2021) 11:45 pm AEST
Exam Week Monday (15 Feb 2021)
In order to achieve a passing grade or higher, students will be required to demonstrate their competencies in the following areas:
1. Identify key principles and findings of pathology that may present on diagnotic imaging studies relevant to Chiropractic practice and their relationship to clinical information.
2. Demonstrate and effectively communicate an understanding of the pathogenesis of disorders that may present on diagnostic imaging studies relevant to Chiropractic practice.
3. Effectively communicate an understanding of referral pathways related to key findings on diagostic imaging studies and associated clinical information.
4. Demonstrate the ability to appropriately order and interpret imaging relevant to Chiropractic practice.
5. Demonstrate the application of ALARA principles or other guidelines for the use of diagnostic imaging modalities.
- Create a differential diagnosis list and decide which entity is most likely based on radiographic and clinical information.
- Select appropriate management for a variety of abnormalities.
- Knowledge
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
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?
