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ECHO13008 Advanced Cardiac Assessment Skills
Advanced Cardiac Assessment Skills
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General Information

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

Career Level: Undergraduate
Unit Level: Level 3
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

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 - 2025

Online

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).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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Previous Student Feedback

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 SUTE Data

Feedback

Students raised concerns about the marking criteria for some online quiz questions, where multiple responses were required for a single mark allocation.

Recommendation

The online quiz marking criteria will be reviewed to ensure consistent practice, and that the mark allocation reflects question response requirements and complexity.

Feedback from SUTE Data

Feedback

Students reported frustration with the group work assessment task, with most of their resentment focused on the cross-campus collaboration requirements.

Recommendation

The rationale for including group work and cross-campus collaboration will be thoroughly explained and discussed in the next unit offering. This will help students understand the importance of the task and its relevance to their professional careers.

Feedback from SUTE Data

Feedback

Students reported the time duration allocated for the online quiz as being too short.

Recommendation

The length of time allocated for completion of the online quiz will be reviewed.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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