To demonstrate the understanding and knowledge of this unit, students are required to complete an online test. This test can be accessed through the assessment tab on Moodle.

The access to the online test will be available in week 6 on Monday 20th of April for general sonography students enrolled in CG91 and on Tuesday 21st of April for echocardiography students enrolled in CV69.

The contents of week 1 to week 5 will be covered in the online test.

The online test will be open from 09:00 to 19:00 hours local times on both days. 

The test is comprised of ten questions worth 10 marks each.

The questions will be combination of short answer and calculation type questions including image recognition questions. Images included will be from lab activities in week 3 and week 5.

Once the test is accessed, it will remain open for 90 minutes, giving the students an average time of 9 minutes per question.

Questions will be drawn from a pool of questions to allow tests to be different for each student. This assessment is to be undertaken as an individual. As with all other university assessment, colluding with other students on non-group work tasks is considered academic misconduct, and may lead to action being taken. Inserting answers from other websites at the time of the online test is considered plagiarism.

Please note: You MUST start the test before 17:30 local time,as the test automatically closes at 19:00 hours.

Responses will be assessed according to

• Use of appropriate physics and ultrasound terminology and descriptors as well as grammar, spelling, the relevance of response and competence in addressing all elements of the question.
• The student's ability to appropriately interpret images/graphs/tables and then to succinctly compose an appropriate response based on their learning from the unit.
• Explanations supported by correct physics equations when required with correct units described.
• The student's ability to show all the working out for any calculation question and demonstration of correct methods of using the appropriate formula and use of correct SI unit throughout the calculation.

The physics labs will provide an opportunity for the students to explore the physical principles of ultrasound and develop their knowledge of machine instrumentation and controls under the guidance of a tutor.

Students are responsible for printing their lab manual and bringing to the lab having access to the lab manual on their own electronic devices.

In small groups (4-5 people), students are required to collaboratively perform tasks set out in their laboratory (lab) manuals during the practical laboratory sessions (weeks 3, 5 and 10) and obtain ultrasound images that will assist to answer set questions per task.

During the labs, students will be required to record and store images, and observe the effect of changing machine parameters on the resultant image.

Students will be required to attempts the lab manual questions during the lab sessions. The questions are designed to help students understand the physical properties of ultrasound and how that knowledge is used to inform the practical production of diagnostic medical images.

Students are expected to work in teams to acquire images. Image sharing within lab group members is permitted.

Students are expected to individually submit the completed lab manual by week 11, Friday 29th of May at 14:00 AEST.

Students will be required to upload their completed lab manual answers to the unit Moodle page via the link provided in the assessment block.

It is a highly recommended component of the unit to attend the laboratory practical sessions in order to meet the learning outcomes. Students who fail to attend a lab for any reason are still required to complete the lab manual exercises and submit the lab manual by the due date.

Students are advised to bring a USB stick to labs to save the acquired images. Image sharing amongst group members is allowed.

Students are required to demonstrate their understanding of each lab task by performing the assigned task correctly and answering the assigned question for each task.

Students are required to record and store the required images as per instructions on the lab manual.

The images are to be stored on a USB drive (provided by the student).

Answering the questions in the lab manual can be attempted during the lab session and may be completed in the student's own time, once the lab activities are finished.

Questions should be answered concisely, supported by the acquired images where required. The acquired images should be inserted in the lab manual which should be saved in the Microsoft Word format.

This assessment will be marked as a PASS or FAIL.

At least fifty percent of the lab activities should have been carried out correctly and the designated questions answered correctly for students to obtain a PASS grade. A detailed rubric is available on Moodle.

There is no option of extension or late submission for the lab manual assessment.

Failure to submit the completed lab manual by the due date and time will result in a grade of "FAIL" for the assessment.

Please note the following excerpt from the CQU Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework), item 4.41: 'Students who fail a single assessment in a pass/fail unit or a pass/fail component in a graded unit will be deemed to have failed that unit, unless the unit profile includes provision for students to re-attempt a failed assessment task and the student passes the re-attempted assessment'.