Feedback from employers rates the ability to work in a team as a desirable employee attribute. This is an attribute highly regarded within health professions that work predominantly in teams to promote good practice and reduce medical errors.

In this task, you will work in a group to achieve this assessment task outcome. This task is designed to give you experience in preparing and delivering an in-house lecture to fellow colleagues in your future career as a clinical cardiac sonographer.  The target audience for this presentation will be fellow students and the unit coordinator.

To replicate the team environment encountered by cardiac sonographers in the workplace, the unit coordinator will randomly assign students to a group for this assessment task.

Each group will be assigned a topic for evaluation in which they will need to research the routine echocardiography findings and provide other imaging modalities that can be used to assess the disease.

Each team member will individually research the topic. You will then collaborate as a team to create a PowerPoint and a 15 minute recording to present findings.

The topics that the group could be assigned include:

• Amyloidosis

• Cardiovascular toxicity in cancer patients

• Fabry’s disease

The weighting for this assessment is distributed across three assessment components:

Part A: Individual component (20% of the assessment weighting)

You will be required to research the provided topic area and write a 500 (+/- 10%) word essay.

The essay should include:

• A definition of the disease allocated

• Echocardiography findings of the disease

• Define one other multi-modality imaging technique that can be used to diagnose the disease and the findings of this modality in regards to the disease.

This can then be used to aid in the development of your group presentation. A minimum of 5 references should be included. References do not form part of individual word counts.

Students will receive an individual mark for this task component.

Part B: PowerPoint and Recorded Presentation – Group Work (15% of the assessment weighting)

It is expected that you will share the work of this assessment task part B equally between group members so that an even spread of input between group members is achieved.  If any issues arise within the group, members of the group should contact the unit coordinator as soon as possible so that a resolution can be achieved.

All oral presentations are to be submitted using Zoom video conferencing recording – in this way no groups can be advantaged nor disadvantaged by their IT skills.

Recorded Presentation

• The presentation must be no longer than 15 minutes in length (+/-1 minute).

• Define the disease allocated

• Discuss the diagnostic evaluation of the disease and how to differentiate between the disease and other diseases with similar echocardiographic findings

• Echocardiography findings of the disease

• Define other multi-modality imaging that can be used to diagnose the disease. Include at least two to three multi-modality imaging techniques. No more than three multi-modality imaging techniques

All team members will receive the same mark for this task component.

The PowerPoint slides should:

• Contain appropriate key information, diagrams, cardiac images, and referencing as required

• Contain captions and tables that are clear and succinct

• Not use abbreviations or acronyms without initial explanation in presentation

• Not be overloaded with written content or visual graphics, simplistic styling is recommended

Part C: Self and Peer Assessment (SPA) tool (5% of the assessment weighting)

To assess each member's contribution to the group work, you will need to complete a self and peer assessment activity. Each person within the group will score themselves and other team members for their degree of contribution to the group work activity.

All students will be required to individually complete a SPA tool. Students will be emailed a SPA Tool access link via email. SPA submission details are confidential and are not made available to other members of the group.

• Have you prioritised relevant information for inclusion?
• Is the information included accurate and evidence-based with relevant references?
• Does the information provided indicate that you understand the topic and the multi-modality technique that you have chosen?
• Have you used images that are relevant?
• Is your spelling and grammar exemplary?
• Have you adhered to the correct referencing style?

The Group work mark rubric can be found on the unit's Moodle site

Part B: PowerPoint and recorded presentation

• Are your PowerPoint slides well collated with no breaches of academic integrity? Do not copy and paste information from other sources
• Is the information included accurate and evidence-based with relevant references?
• Have you prioritised relevant information for inclusion?
• Does your content indicate that you understand the topic?
• Have you used images and graphics which are relevant and of satisfactory quality?
• Have you clearly taken into account your specific audience?
• Do all speakers show confidence with voice and body language, to provide an engaging presentation, which is clearly audible?
• Is your spelling and grammar exemplary?
• Have you adhered to the correct referencing style and provided adequate acknowledgment to sources?
• Do all speakers speak clearly?

The online test will assess your understanding of the content presented within this unit. Questions may be drawn from lectures, additional resources provided (e.g.prescribed readings) or tutorial presentations.

• Perusal time and online test duration will be 130 minutes in total.
• It is recommended that you have a calculator available when sitting the online test.
• Once started, the online test cannot be paused or restarted. Only one attempt is permitted.
• The online test will automatically close and submit completed student answers once the allocated time has elapsed.
• The duration of this test is tailored to promote recall of fact, rather than research of answers unknown.
• You will be required to answer a variety of online questions. Questions may include multiple-choice, short answer, essay style or image interpretation format.

The number of marks allocated for each question will be indicated within the online test. Question marks are allocated based on the accuracy, depth and breadth of required responses.

Students are reminded that IT support from the University Information and Technology Division (TASAC) is only available during AEST business hours. It is recommended that the online test is completed during business hours.

Students are advised to refer to the 'Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework) document for additional university guidelines regarding assessments.

This assessment is to be undertaken as an individual. As with all other university examination, colluding with other students on non-group work tasks is considered academic misconduct, and may lead to action being taken by the Deputy Dean of Learning and Teaching HMAS.

Please note that the online test must be completed before the due date listed below. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after this date, and there will be no opportunity to apply a late penalty of five percent per day. Students will receive a mark of zero (or fail) for this assessment if you have not completed it by the scheduled date and time and do not have an extension.

• use of appropriate terminology and descriptors as well as grammar and spelling.
• ability to appropriately interpret presented sonographic images and cardiac assessment data.
• ability to succinctly respond with accurate answers.