The end of term examination has now been changed to an alternate form of assessment. Please see your Moodle site for details of the assessment.
The Residential School and practical assessment for this unit have been replaced with an alternative delivery strategy. Please see your Moodle site for further details.
Overview
Accurate assessment of cardiac function requires you to assemble a comprehensive knowledge of the anatomy, physiology, and ultrasonic appearance of the heart, lungs and surrounding structures. By studying concepts of general pathology, cardiac structure and function, thoracic anatomy and physiology in this unit, you will gain the necessary knowledge to underpin your studies in the Graduate Diploma of Cardiac Ultrasound. This unit will build on introductory knowledge, through the discussion of signs and symptoms of cardiac disease, cardiac auscultation, and the application and interpretation of other diagnostic procedures such as an electrocardiogram (ECG). Through attendance at an intensive on-campus scanning workshop, you will be provided with theoretical knowledge and practical skills regarding echocardiographic image acquisition and scanning techniques for the adult heart, including the application of M-mode, spectral and colour Doppler.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: Enrolment in CL74 Graduate Diploma of Cardiac Ultrasound
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 - 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.
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- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
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- Describe the anatomy, physiology and spatial relationship of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
- Discuss concepts of general pathology, signs and symptoms of cardiac disease, including the application of cardiac auscultation
- Identify anatomical structures on medical images of the cardiovascular system
- Perform echocardiographic window acquisition demonstrating appropriate scanning techniques
- Apply professional behaviour, teamwork and communication skills consistent with safe and ethical practice
- Identify basic cardiac rhythm anomalies using electrocardiographic data.
Linked to the Australian Sonographers Accreditation Registry (ASAR) Accreditation 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
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Unit 8: Cardiac
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | ||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | ||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 0% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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| 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 - First Nations Knowledges | ||||||
| 9 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 40% | |||||||||
| 2 - Examination - 60% | |||||||||
| 3 - Practical Assessment - 0% | |||||||||
Textbooks
A Sonographer’s Guide to the Assessment of Heart Disease
- Edition: 1st (2016)
- Authors: Bonita Anderson
- Echotext
- Brisbane Brisbane , QLD , Australia
- ISBN: 978-0-9923222-0-5
- Binding: Hardcover
Echocardiography: The Normal Examination and Echocardiographic Measurements
- Edition: 3rd (2017)
- Authors: Bonita Anderson
- Echotext
- Brisbane Brisbane , QLD , Australia
- ISBN: 978-0-9923222-1-2
- Binding: Hardcover
12-lead ECG : The Art of Interpretation
- Edition: 2nd (2015)
- Authors: Tomas B. Garcia
- Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Inc
- US
- ISBN: 9780763773519
- Binding: Paperback
Hardback Robbins Basic Pathology
- 10th Edition (2018)
- Authors: Vinay Kumar, Abul Abbas, Jon Aster
- Elsevier Saunders
- Philadelphia Philadelphia , PA , US
- ISBN: 978-0323353175
- Binding: Paperback
Pathophysiology of Heart Disease A Collaborative Project of Medical Students and Faculty
- Edition: 6th (2018)
- Authors: Leonard S.Lily
- Wolters Kluwer
- Hagerstown Hagerstown , Maryland , Washington
- ISBN: 9781451192759
- Binding: eBook
Additional Textbook Information
Prescribed Echocardiography textbooks will be utilised across multiple units within the Graduate Diploma of Cardiac Ultrasound program. Copies can be purchased from the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
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.
p.boucaut@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 09 Mar 2020Module/Topic
Anatomical terminology, body planes, gross cardiac and respiratory anatomy
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Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 2
Begin Date: 16 Mar 2020Module/Topic
Cardiac valvular anatomy and innervation
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Week 3
Begin Date: 23 Mar 2020Module/Topic
Anatomy of the circulatory systems and regulation of coronary flow
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Week 4
Begin Date: 30 Mar 2020Module/Topic
Echocardiography, display optimisation and anatomical variants
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Week 5
Begin Date: 06 Apr 2020Module/Topic
Residential school
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Compulsory Residential School Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 8th of April.
The Practical Assessment will be conducted during the residential school on Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 8th of April.
Practical Assessment Re-sits will scheduled during the afternoon of day 2 of the residential school (Wednesday the 8th of April).
Break week
Begin Date: 13 Apr 2020Module/Topic
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Week 6
Begin Date: 20 Apr 2020Module/Topic
Cardiac conduction system, ECG recording and obvious anomalies
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Online Quiz 1 will open at 8:00 am (AEST) on Thursday 23rd April (Week 6) and will close at 8:00 pm (AEST) Friday 24th April.
This quiz will assess the topics covered during weeks 1 to 4.
Week 7
Begin Date: 27 Apr 2020Module/Topic
Phases of the cardiac cycle, intracardiac pressures and waveforms seen at catheterisation
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Week 8
Begin Date: 04 May 2020Module/Topic
Frank Starling Law, CO and auscultation
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Online Quiz 2 will open at 8:00 am (AEST) on Thursday 7th May (Week 8) and will close at 8:00 pm (AEST) Friday 8th May.
This quiz will assess the topics covered during Weeks 5 to 7.
Week 9
Begin Date: 11 May 2020Module/Topic
Cell injury, adaptation and death, inflammatory processes
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Week 10
Begin Date: 18 May 2020Module/Topic
Atherosclerosis, hemostasis, hemodynamic disorders and their consequences
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Week 11
Begin Date: 25 May 2020Module/Topic
Signs and symptoms of cardiac disease, shock and disorders of immunity
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Week 12
Begin Date: 01 Jun 2020Module/Topic
Revision and examination preparation
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Exam Block
Begin Date: 08 Jun 2020Module/Topic
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Individual examination schedules can be accessed via your personal MyCentre student account.
Exam Block
Begin Date: 15 Jun 2020Module/Topic
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Unit Coordinator and Contact details
Your coordinator for ECHO28007 Cardiac Anatomy and Pathophysiology is Paula Boucaut. The most efficient and preferred method of contacting Paula is via the Q&A forum located on the unit Moodle site. Nevertheless, if your query is of a personal nature, please contact Paula directly via email (p.boucaut@cqu.edu.au) or phone (0730234108).
Unit Tutorials
Tutorials for this unit will be delivered 'live' online using ZOOM (the links required for accessing the tutorials are provided on the Moodle site). The sessions will also be recorded and made available on Moodle. The tutorials are structured and will focus on answering the weekly study questions (these can be found on Moodle under each weekly tab), and contextualisation of key concepts in preparation for related assessments.
Unit Study Commitment
As per Australian educational standards, you are expected to commit a total of 150 hours (i.e. 12.5 hours per week) of engagement toward your study for this unit. A suggestion for how you should allocate your study commitment per week is as follows:
- 3 hours watching recorded lectures
- 2 hours completing recommended readings
- 1.5 hours creating study notes
- 1 hour completing the weekly study questions
- 1 hour participating in/or viewing the weekly tutorial
- 4 hours preparing for quizzes, practical assessments or the final examination
All students are required to attend an on-campus Compulsory Residential School on Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 8th of April. Students will be notified of the campus venue details and residential school schedule upon term commencement.
Please ensure that you review the 'Welcome video' available on the Moodle site for further unit specific information.
1 Online Quiz(zes)
- Each quiz will be marked out of 30 marks.
- Questions may include multiple choice, short answer, or image interpretation format.
- Each quiz will be open for 40 minutes.
2
Quiz 1 will open at 8:00 am (AEST) on Thursday 23rd April (Week 6) and will close at 8:00 pm (AEST) Friday 24th April. This quiz will assess the topics covered during weeks 1 to 4. Quiz 2 will open at 8:00 am (AEST) on Thursday 7th May (Week 8) and will close at 8:00 pm (AEST) Friday 8th May. This quiz will assess the topics covered during Weeks 5 to 7.
Individual student results and feedback will be made available once submissions have been marked and moderated. The online quiz question pool in its entirety will not be released to students.
- use of appropriate terminology and descriptors as well as grammar and spelling
- student’s ability to appropriately interpret presented sonographic images and cardiac assessment data
- student's ability to succinctly respond with accurate answers
- Each quiz will automatically close at 8:00 pm (AEST)
- If you have not completed the test by this time, your test may be submitted incomplete or with no answers
- You will have 40 minutes to attempt each quiz
- Students are reminded that IT support from the university Information and Technology Division (TASAC) is only available during AEST business hours
In the absence of an approved extension, this assessment cannot be completed at a later time.
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.
Students are advised to refer to the 'Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework) document for additional university guidelines regarding assessments.
- Describe the anatomy, physiology and spatial relationship of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems
- Discuss concepts of general pathology, signs and symptoms of cardiac disease, including the application of cardiac auscultation
- Identify anatomical structures on medical images of the cardiovascular system
- Identify basic cardiac rhythm anomalies using electrocardiographic data.
- Knowledge
- Communication
2 Practical Assessment
- probe manipulation
- image plane identification
- identification of key anatomical landmarks
Assessments will be conducted during the residential school on Tuesday the 7th and Wednesday the 8th of April.
Direct feedback will be provided at the time of practical assessment.
- perform appropriate hand hygiene
- apply knowledge of infection control practices at the patient bedside
- implement ergonomic adjustments
A detailed marking rubric can be found on the Moodle site.
- obtain on-axis orthogonal views
- identify sector orientation
- manipulate the transducer
- use appropriate terminology
In the absence of an approved extension, this assessment cannot be completed at a later time.
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.
Students are advised to refer to the 'Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework) document for additional university guidelines regarding assessments.
No submission method provided.
- Perform echocardiographic window acquisition demonstrating appropriate scanning techniques
- Apply professional behaviour, teamwork and communication skills consistent with safe and ethical practice
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
- Leadership
Examination
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