CQUniversity Unit Profile.

There will be six (6) online Moodle quizzes which will be released on Monday at 9am in weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. Each quiz is due for completion one week later on the following Monday at 9am in weeks 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and exam/review week respectively. Each quiz will test the knowledge obtained from the previous two weeks unit work. The quizzes will assess your understanding of the concepts delivered in this unit. Image viewing questions may be included. You will be required to be familiar with embryology and normal and pathological sonographic imaging of the fetal heart. Each quiz will be open for 60 minutes (allowing six (6) minutes per question) and only ONE attempt is allowed. Once started the quiz cannot be paused or restarted. As each quiz is online and open book, you will find it useful if you have produced your own notes and are familiar with the unit information.  

Each quiz will have six (6) multiple choice and four (4) short answer questions. The multiple choice questions will be worth 1 mark each, the short answer questions will be worth 2 marks each giving a total of 14 marks per quiz.

The pass is a cumulative mark of 50%. 

Answers will be either correct or incorrect.

Students must achieve a cumulative pass mark of 50% across the six quizzes to pass this component.

This assessment is to be undertaken as an individual. As with all other university assessments, 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. Inserting answers from other websites at the time of the online quizzes without referencing the source is considered plagiarism.

Routine assessment of the fetal heart is usually performed by following screening guidelines that have been published by professional bodies, for example the International Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ISUOG). Guidelines for fetal echocardiography assessment have also been published (see papers uploaded on the unit Moodle site). Referral for suspected abnormal fetal heart or recognition of an abnormal fetal heart from the screening views should result in the initiation of extended fetal echocardiography views which may include 2D (images and measurements), M-mode assessing rhythm, rate and dimensions, colour Doppler imaging (CDI), pulsed Doppler (PD) ultrasound imaging with measurements and 3D/4D ultrasound. These techniques are used to confirm a normal ultrasound examination or to help in obtaining a diagnosis of congenital heart disease and/or exclude any further pathology.

For this assessment item you will put together a presentation of an abnormal fetal heart ultrasound study using:

An abnormal fetal heart study from the first, second or third trimester you have scanned yourself, or have been involved in, or sourced (source referenced).

You will create a PowerPoint presentation demonstrating the clinical history, ultrasound images, discussion about the heart anomaly and a "take home message" that will list the full complement of imaging techniques needed to make a diagnosis. You will critique your images and detail extra ultrasound imaging that was or could have been done to help with the diagnosis. The presentation will be suitable for a multi-disciplinary team educational meeting. You will ensure that all identifying information is removed from the images and patient history.

There will be five sections to the presentation:

1. Title of presentation, your name, student number and unit details (1 slide)

2. Aim of work and patient history (2 slides)

3. Imaging (include 10-24 images +/- video clips) including critique of image quality and an explanation of technical factors used for assessment. You will label the images and structures within the images for educational purposes. It is expected you will demonstrate the anatomical ultrasound planes in 2D and CDI, and correct placement of PD and 2D and/or m-mode calipers for measurements (12 slides maximum, 2 images per slide maximum)

4. Management (this includes aetiology, echocardiography findings, differential diagnosis, patient management, other testing and follow-up). Use your knowledge of 2D screening views and extended views, segmental sequential analysis, m-mode, CDI, PD and possibly 3D/4D ultrasound to explain how to interrogate the fetal hearts and arrive at a diagnosis (6-7 slides)

5. By evaluating the fetal heart your conclusion (take home message) will report recommendations on the ultrasound views/techniques that should be used to reach a diagnosis for the chosen heart anomaly (1 slide)

6. References (2 slides) (smaller font size can be used if needed for the reference slides)

The presentation should be written in a style so the message is clearly conveyed, the information can be generalised and be relevant to other practitioners.

The presentation should have no more than 24 slides, use a minimum of 24 point font size (exception is reference slides) and should be suitable for a 25 minute presentation which could be uploaded for teaching purposes onto a website or presentation at a conference. The reference font size can be smaller to allow the references to fit into the presentation and fit onto two slides at the end of the presentation. Excess slides and/or unreadable font size will result in a 10% reduction in marks.

In the absence of an approved extension via the unit Moodle site there will be a 5% reduction in marks per day for late submissions.

• Layout of presentation which leads the reader through the development of knowledge
• Correct usage of spelling, scientific, medical and fetal echocardiography terminology
• Succinct and relevant description of patient history, aetiology, echocardiography findings, other testing, patient management and follow-up
• Accurate and complete description of the abnormal fetal heart and explanation of the techniques used
• Concluding slide explaining imaging needed to make a diagnosis
• Correct and complete referencing
• A detailed rubric is available on the unit Moodle site