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Assessment 2
Laboratory/Practical Workbook (30%)
Task Description
During the residential school you will complete:
A Laboratory Workbook (30%): answer a set of questions in the laboratory workbook and interpret results as you perform each practical task. Completion of the workbook will provide evidence for student engagement and understanding of the principles behind the laboratory tests. Completed workbooks are to be submitted online on the Moodle site by the due date.
Assessment Due Date
Term 3. Details to be provided during term on Moodle site.
Return Date to Students
Term 3. Details to be provided during term on Moodle site.
Weighting
30%
Minimum mark or grade
50% of total attainable marks.
Assessment Criteria
You must achieve a minimum of 50% of total marks in order to pass this assessment.
Referencing Style
Harvard (author-date)
Vancouver
Submission
online
Submission Instructions
Laboratory/Practical Workbook is to be submitted online by the specified due date.
Learning Outcomes Assessed
Accurately interpret and report test results in Transfusion and Transplantation Medicine 1.
Assessment 3
Assessment Title
Laboratory/Practical Assessment (Pass/Fail)
Task Description
For Medical Scientists working in a Transfusion Laboratory, it is essential that laboratory techniques are performed and interpreted correctly each and every time. Failure to do so has potentially fatal consequences. For this reason, demonstration of individual practical competence is vital.
You will be required to attend a compulsory residential school during which you will undertake a practical assessment in the last session of the residential school. You will be required to accurately perform routine blood banking techniques in order to obtain valid results. You will also be required to correctly interpret these results in order to achieve safe transfusion outcomes. You will be provided with a patient sample and a number of donor units to determine the compatibility of the donor units to prevent any adverse transfusion outcomes. On completion, this assessment must be handed to the assessor for marking before the end of the final day of residential school.
Assessment Due Date
During the Residential School in Term 3. Details to be provided during term on Moodle site.
Return Date to Students
Term 3. Details to be provided during term on Moodle site.
Weighting
Pass/Fail
Minimum mark or grade
80% of total attainable marks for the Practical Assessment.
Assessment Criteria
Practical Assessment (Pass/Fail): You must achieve a minimum of 80% of total marks in order to pass this assessment.
Referencing Style
Harvard (author-date)
Vancouver
Submission
Offline
Submission Instructions
To be handed to the assessor on completion for marking during the residential school period.
Learning Outcomes Assessed
Accurately interpret and report test results in Transfusion and Transplantation Medicine 1.
Demonstrate advanced testing skills in transfusion science including pre-transfusion compatibility testing, antenatal / postnatal / neonatal screening and the testing for autoantibodies.
Overview
This unit enables you to develop an understanding of the principles of transfusion and transplantation medicine. You will gain vital knowledge on topics such as safe blood storage and handling, blood and tissue typing and the detection and identification of antibodies significant in transfusion and solid tissue transplantation. You will also perform compatibility testing and discuss the potential adverse outcomes of blood transfusions plus pre-natal, antenatal and postnatal screening. You will be required to attend a compulsory residential school in Rockhampton. The residential school may be scheduled outside of the term of offering of the unit. The theoretical and practical sessions will allow you to develop skills in critical steps necessary in ensuring safe tissue transplantations and appropriate blood products and components for transfusion in both routine and emergency situations.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: Enrolment in Master of Laboratory Medicine.
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 2 - 2023
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).
Residential Schools
This unit has a Compulsory Residential School for distance mode students and the details are:
Click here to see your Residential School Timetable.
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.
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.
- Critically discuss the production, labelling, storage and transportation of human blood products and their medical uses
- Accurately interpret and report test results in transfusion and transplantation medicine
- Critique the importance of quality control in transfusion and transplantation medicine
- Demonstrate advanced testing skills in transfusion science including pre-transfusion, compatibility testing, antenatal / postnatal / neonatal screening and the testing for autoantibodies
- Examine the factors contributing to adverse outcomes and their effects in transfusion and transplantation medicine.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Laboratory/Practical - 0% | |||||
| 4 - Examination - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | |||||
| 2 - Communication | |||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | |||||
| 4 - Research | |||||
| 5 - Self-management | |||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | |||||
| 7 - Leadership | |||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | |||||
Textbooks
Modern Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices
Edition: 7th (2018)
Authors: Denise M Harmening
F.A. Davis Company
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania , PA , USA
ISBN: 9780803668881
Binding: Hardcover
Basic & Applied Concepts of Blood Banking and Transfusion Practices
Edition: 4th (2016)
Authors: Paula R Howard
Elsevier - Health Sciences Division
St Louis St Louis , Missouri , USA
ISBN: 9780323697392
Binding: Paperback
Immunohaematology: Principles and Practice
Edition: 3rd (2011)
Authors: Eva D. Quinley
Jones & Bartlett ( now BPS )
Sydney Sydney , NSW , Australia
ISBN: 978-0781782043
Binding: Hardcover
Transfusion and Transplantation Science
Edition: 2nd edn (2017)
Authors: Avent, Neil
Oxford University Press UK
Oxford Oxford , United Kingdom
ISBN: 9780198735731
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing styles below:
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
r.r.sharma@cqu.edu.au
g.burchall@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
- Introduction to Advanced Transfusion Science
- Genetics
- Immunological Principles
Chapter
Part I – Chapter 1, pages 1-4; Chapters 2 and 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial - introduction and overview of unit
Module/Topic
Blood and Blood Components
Chapter
Part 1 - Chapter 1, pages 4-11
Part III – Chapters 13, 14, 15, 16, 18
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: blood and blood components
Module/Topic
ABO and Rh Blood Group Systems
Chapter
Part II – Chapters 6 and 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: ABO and Rh Blood Group Systems
Module/Topic
- Other Common Blood Groups
- Uncommon Blood Groups
Chapter
Part II - chapters 8, 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: Other common and uncommon blood group systems
Module/Topic
Principles of Serologic and Pretransfusion Compatibility Testing
Chapter
Part II – Chapters 5, 10, 11
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: Pretransfusion Compatibility testing
Module/Topic
Independent study week - an opportunity for self-directed learning and mid-unit revision.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
No lectures
Module/Topic
Clinical and Non-clinical Conditions Associated with Transfusion Science
Chapter
Part III – Chapters 17 and 21
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: Adverse transfusion outcomes
Assessment 1 - Case study analysis available Monday 21/08/23, comprises 20% of the overall unit mark.
Case Study Analysis (20%) Due: Week 6 Friday (25 Aug 2023) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Haemolytic Disease of the Fetus and the Newborn.
Chapter
Part III – Chapter 20
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: Haemolytic Disease of the Fetus and the Newborn.
Module/Topic
- The HLA System
- Cellular Therapy in Haemopoietic and Organ Transplant Setting
Chapter
Part IV - Chapters 23 and 24
Part III - Chapter 19
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: HLA system and Haemopoetic and organ transplant settings.
Module/Topic
Transfusion of Specific Blood Factions
Chapter
Part I - Chapter 1 - pages 11-19
Part III - Chapter 16
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: Transfusion of Specific Blood Factions
Module/Topic
Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Regulatory and Compliance Issues
Chapter
Part V – Chapters 25, 26, 28, 29
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: Quality Assurance, Quality Control issues
Module/Topic
- Automation in Transfusion Science
- Transfusion Science in Summary
Chapter
Part II – Chapter 12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Tutorial: Automation & Transfusion Science Summary
Module/Topic
Unit revision and exam preparation.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
On-line Q&A session
Module/Topic
Revision / Exam
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
The End-of-unit Exam will be scheduled in the CQUniversity examination period between 12/10/23 - 20/10/23. The exact date will be advised on the unit Moodle page.
The End-of-unit exam comprises 50% of the overall unit mark.
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Unit Contacts for 2023
Unit Coordinators:
Ms Roxzina Sharma: r.r.sharma@cqu.edu.au
A/P Genia Burchall: g.burchall@cqu.edu.au
Lecturer / Tutor / Assessor:
Roxzina Sharma: r.r.sharma@cqu.edu.au
Pre-recorded lectures will be used throughout the term and will be available to students on the Friday before each lecture week.
Live tutorials and Q&A sessions will be held weekly. Please refer to the Moodle site for further details. It is advisable to review the weekly lectures before each tutorial session.
Students have e-access to the prescribed textbook, additional reading resources and some of the supplementary textbooks via the eReading Lists on the Moodle page.
Attendance to the Residential School is compulsory for all students. This will be conducted in Term 3 at the CQUniversity's Rockhampton campus. Further details will be provided on your Moodle page during the term.
Students are encouraged to use the Moodle Q&A for all communication purposes.
As per Australian educational standards, you are expected to commit 150 hours of engagement to your study of this unit. This is broken down as:
2 - 3 hours per week attending or watching recorded lectures and revising the content through study notes
3 - 4 hours per week completing the weekly readings, case studies and weekly revision quizzes on the unit's Moodle site.
1 - 2 hours per week attending the weekly tutorial and contributing to discussions and revising the content provided.
3 - 4 hours per week preparing your assessments or studying for your exams
Karnik, A., Kishore, P., & Meraj, M. (2020). Examining the linkage between class attendance at university and academic performance in an International Branch Campus setting. Research in Comparative and International Education, 15(4), 371-390. https://doi.org/10.1177/1745499920958855
1 Written Assessment
You will be provided an authentic clinical case study on the unit Moodle site. The following information regarding the case will be available to you: a pathology request form with patient information, tests requested and clinical notes for a potential blood transfusion. You are required to answer the related questions using the assessment template and the marking guide available on the Moodle site. Answers to be provided are a combination of short and long answers. A guide to number of words per question is provided within the assessment answer template.
Week 6 Friday (25 Aug 2023) 5:00 pm AEST
Answers must be submitted on the template provided and uploaded to Moodle site.
Week 9 Friday (15 Sept 2023)
Online by the due date.
The case study assessment is worth 20% of your total unit marks. A minimum of 50% is required to pass this assessment.
Please note that all late submissions will be penalised 5% per calendar day unless an application for an extension has been approved.
All extension requests must be made through the extension request system on Moodle with the appropriate documentation. Assessments that have been submitted more than 20 calendar days late without an approved extension will be marked with the maximum marks being zero of the total achievable marks.
- Critically discuss the production, labelling, storage and transportation of human blood products and their medical uses
- Critique the importance of quality control in transfusion and transplantation medicine
2 Written Assessment
For Medical Scientists working in a Transfusion Laboratory, it is essential that laboratory techniques are performed and interpreted correctly each and every time. Failure to do this has potentially fatal consequences. For this reason, demonstration of individual practical competence is vital.
During the residential school you will complete:
Part (A) Laboratory Workbook (10%): answer a set of questions in the laboratory workbook and interpret results as you perform each practical task. Completion of the workbook will provide evidence for student engagement and understanding of the principles behind the laboratory tests. Detailed assessment scheme associated with the tasks and questions/analysis are to be completed. Completed workbooks are to be submitted online on the Moodle site by the due date.
Part (B) Practical Assessment (20%): you will undertake a practical assessment in the last session of the residential school in which you will be required to accurately perform routine blood banking techniques in order to obtain valid results. You will also be required to correctly interpret the results in order to achieve safe transfusion outcomes. You will be provided with a patient sample and a number of donor units to determine the compatibility of the donor units to prevent any adverse transfusion outcomes. On completion, this assessment must be handed to the assessor for marking before the end of the final day of residential school.
Sometime in Term 3. Details to be provided during term on Moodle site.
Sometime in Term 3. Details to be provided during term on Moodle site.
Part (A) Laboratory Workbook (10%): You must achieve a minimum of 50% of total marks in order to pass this assessment.
Part (B) Practical Assessment (20%): You must achieve a minimum of 80% of total marks in order to pass this assessment. Students who pass the first attempt will be awarded the achieved grade, up to 100% of the total marks, which is 20% of the total unit grade.
- Accurately interpret and report test results in transfusion and transplantation medicine
- Demonstrate advanced testing skills in transfusion science including pre-transfusion, compatibility testing, antenatal / postnatal / neonatal screening and the testing for autoantibodies
3 Laboratory/Practical
No Assessment Task Description
No Assessment Criteria
No submission method provided.
- Demonstrate advanced testing skills in transfusion science including pre-transfusion, compatibility testing, antenatal / postnatal / neonatal screening and the testing for autoantibodies
Examination
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?
