Overview
In this unit you will compare and contrast the methodology and outcomes of several advanced echocardiographic and cardiac catheterisation procedures and alternative cardiac testing modalities including MRI, CT and Nuclear medicine. You will apply this knowledge to a variety of common cardiovascular pathologies frequently first assessed with echocardiography, within the setting of best practice and patient safety. You will evaluate a variety of cardiac assessment data, formulating differential diagnoses and management strategies.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisite ECHO12004 Cardiac Assessment Skills 1 OR ECHO12007 Cardiac Rhythm Assessment AND ECHO12003 Principles of Cardiac Assessment OR ECHO12008 Doppler Echocardiography AND ECHO12005 Cardiac Clinical Unit 2AND Co-requisite: ECHO13006 Adult Echocardiography
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 1 - 2022
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 Unit evaluation
The content presented in this unit is interesting and beneficial in the progression of our career.
The content within this unit will continue to be revised to maintain clinical relevance for the students. The relevance of the content to clinical practice and professional development within echocardiography will be more clearly emphasized to the students.
Feedback from Unit evaluation
Students found the lecture slides overwhelming they felt too much content was included on them.
The lecture slides will be reviewed and rewritten where appropriate so that students are not overwhelmed by the content that is being provided to them.
- Discuss the clinical assessment and management strategy for a variety of cardiac conditions, with consideration of pathophysiological processes, best practice guidelines and patient safety
- Compare and contrast the methodology and outcomes of various cardiac assessment modalities, identifying discordant data
- Analyse case-based cardiac assessment data to formulate differential diagnoses
- Demonstrate professional communication skills.
Linked to the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Register Standards for Cardiac Sonography:
Foundation Units of Competence
- Unit 1: Deliver safe, patient centred service
- Unit 2: Practice within professional and ethical frameworks
- Unit 3: Locate, analyse and synthesise information to support evidence based practice
- Unit 4: Contribute to workplace health and safety and quality assurance
- Unit 5: Communicate effectively
Critical Practice Unit of Competence
- Unit 8: Cardiac
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | ||||
| 2 - Group Work - 60% | ||||
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
ASE's Comprehensive Echocardiography
Edition: Second (2016)
Authors: Roberto M. Lang, Goldestein, Kronzon, Khandheria, Mor-avi
Elsevier
Philadelphia Philadelphia , PA , USA
ISBN: 9780323327343
Binding: Other
A Sonographer's Guide to the Assessment of Heart Disease 1st
Edition: First (2014)
Authors: Bonita Anderson
MGA Graphics
Brisbane Brisbane , QLD , Australia
ISBN: 9780992322205
Binding: Other
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Vancouver
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.singarayar@cqu.edu.au
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Stress Echocardiography and Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Ischaemic Heart Disease
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See eReading list via Moodle
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Stress Echocardiography Applications in Non-Ischaemic Heart Disease
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Strain
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Transoesophageal Echocardiography
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3D Echocardiography
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Groups to review group work for submission
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Online Quiz 3
Online Quiz 3 will open from 8:00am (AEST) on Friday 20th May (week 10) and will close at 8:00pm (AEST) Monday 23rd of May. This quiz will assess the topics covered during weeks 7 to 9 (inclusive).
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Unit Coordinator and Contact Details
The Unit Coordinator for ECHO13008 is Sudeepthi Singarayar. The preferred method for contacting Sudeepthi is via the Learning Community Q&A Forum located on the Moodle site for content-related questions. If the query is of a personal nature, please email s.singarayar@cqu.edu.au, or phone (02) 9324 5036. Sudeepthi's workdays are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and she is based at the Sydney Campus.
Unit Tutorials
Tutorials for this unit will be delivered online using ZOOM (the links required for accessing the tutorials are provided on the Moodle site under the Virtual Classes tile). The tutorials will focus on clarification of theoretical concepts and assessment requirements. Clinical case studies will also be shown, demonstrating the practical application of the theoretical content.
Tutorials are designed to complement the theories and principles presented in lectures. Tutorials provide an opportunity for discussion and interaction with other students and with your tutor. It is important students make the most of these interactive sessions and participate fully in order to broaden knowledge and experience with the course material.
Note: Tutorials are recorded for educational purposes. Recordings of Zoom tutorials may be uploaded and appear on YouTube, Moodle and Microsoft Teams. If you have any concerns about being recorded please turn off your webcam or audio, or both, during the session. Your participation will signify your consent to the recording and publication for educational purposes.
Unit Study Commitment
As per Australian educational standards, there is an expectation of 150 hours of engagement required to complete learning and assessment tasks associated with this 6 credit point unit. (i.e. 12.5 hours per week). Weekly revision material will be provided. Attempting all provided revision material will help you prepare for your online test. No new lecture material will be presented from week 9 of the term. The final weeks will be used to prepare your group and individual assessments.
1 Online Quiz(zes)
- Will open from 8:00 am (AEST) on Friday 1st April (week 4) and will close at 8:00 pm (AEST) Monday 4th April. This quiz will assess the topics covered during weeks 1 to 3 (inclusive).
- Will open from 8:00 am (AEST) on Friday 29th of April (week 7) and will close at 8:00 pm (AEST) Tuesday 3rd of May. This quiz will assess the topics covered during weeks 4 to 6 (inclusive).
Online Quiz 3 (14% of the assessment weighting)
- Will open from 8:00 am (AEST) on Friday 20th May (week 10) and will close at 8:00 pm (AEST) Monday 23rd May. This quiz will assess the topics covered during weeks 7 to 9 (inclusive).
Students will have 30 minutes to complete each quiz once started. This time frame includes a perusal time.
Students are advised:
- To have a calculator available once started.
- Once the quiz is started, the online quiz cannot be paused or restarted.
- Only one attempt is permitted.
- The online quiz will automatically close and submit completed student answers once the allocated time has elapsed.
- The duration of this quiz 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 answers and image interpretation format.
- The number of marks allocated for each question will be indicated within the online quiz. Question marks are allocated based on the accuracy, depth and breadth of required responses.
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Other
Online Quiz 1 will open from 8:00am (AEST) on Friday 1st April (week 4) and will close at 8:00pm (AEST) Monday 4th April. This quiz will assess the topics covered during weeks 1 to 3 (inclusive). The Online Quiz 2 will open from 8:00am (AEST) on Friday 29th of April (week 7) and will close at 8:00pm (AEST) Tuesday 3rd of May. This quiz will assess the topics covered during weeks 4 to 6 (inclusive). Online Quiz 3 will open from 8:00am (AEST) on Friday 20th May (week 10) and will close at 8:00pm (AEST) Monday 23rd of May. This quiz will assess the topics covered during weeks 7 to 9 (inclusive).
Results will be available within two weeks of the due date. The online test questions pool in its entirety will not be released to students.
You will be required to answer a variety of online questions. Question responses will be assessed according to the student's:
- 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.
- Discuss the clinical assessment and management strategy for a variety of cardiac conditions, with consideration of pathophysiological processes, best practice guidelines and patient safety
- Compare and contrast the methodology and outcomes of various cardiac assessment modalities, identifying discordant data
- Analyse case-based cardiac assessment data to formulate differential diagnoses
- Demonstrate professional communication skills.
2 Group Work
Week 11 Friday (27 May 2022) 8:00 pm AEST
Marks will be released at certification of grades.
The following assessment criteria cues should be considered by students when completing each task component.
Part A: Individual Component
- 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 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?
- Discuss the clinical assessment and management strategy for a variety of cardiac conditions, with consideration of pathophysiological processes, best practice guidelines and patient safety
- Compare and contrast the methodology and outcomes of various cardiac assessment modalities, identifying discordant data
- Analyse case-based cardiac assessment data to formulate differential diagnoses
- Demonstrate professional communication skills.
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?
