You will complete an online quiz to assess your understanding of the concepts delivered in week 1 to week 5 of MEDS12001. The quiz can be accessed through the assessment tab on Moodle. 

The online quiz is open from 6:00 am AEST Thursday of Week 6 to 11:00 pm AEST Friday of Week 6.

The questions will be a combination of multiple choice, true or false, gap-fill and drop down selection questions. 

Only one quiz attempt is allowed and it cannot be paused or restarted. 

Questions will be randomly drawn from a large pool of questions to allow the quiz to be different for each student.

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 academic penalty. 

Responses will be assessed according to:

• Knowledge and understanding of physics and ultrasound terminology and concepts,
• Correct interpretation of images/graphs and tables,
• Demonstration of the appropriate use of formulae and correct SI units throughout calculation questions.

Physics laboratories (labs) will provide an opportunity for you to explore the principles of ultrasound physics and develop knowledge of machine instrumentation and controls under the guidance of a tutor.

In small groups (4-5 people), you will collaboratively perform tasks set out in the lab manual during the practical laboratory sessions (weeks 1, 5 and 10).

During the labs you will work in teams to acquire images and observe the effect of changing machine parameters on the resultant image. Acquired images are to be shared amongst the lab group.

You may complete the lab manual questions during the lab sessions or later in your own time. Lab manual questions are to be answered as an individual.

Upload your completed lab manual to the unit Moodle page via the link provided in the Assessment block.

It is a highly recommended that you attend all the laboratory practical sessions in order to meet the unit learning outcomes.

If you do not attend a lab session for any reason you are still required to complete the lab manual exercises and submit the lab manual by the due date.

Please bring a USB stick to labs to save the acquired images. 

Please note the following excerpt from the University Assessment of Coursework Procedures: '...students who fail a single assessment task in a pass-fail unit, or who fail a pass-fail component of a graded unit will be deemed to have failed that unit'.

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

The lab manual questions can be attempted during the lab session, and may be completed in your own time. Questions should be answered concisely and supported by the acquired images where required.

Record and store the acquired images as per instructions in the lab manual. The images are to be stored on a USB drive (provided by the student) and inserted in the lab manual, which should be saved in Microsoft Word format.

This assessment will be marked as a PASS or FAIL. A minimum of fifty percent of the questions must have been answered correctly for students to obtain a PASS grade. A detailed marking rubric is available on unit's Moodle page.

Failure to submit the completed lab manual by the due date and time will result in a grade of "FAIL" for the student regardless of their performance in other assessments of the unit.

There is no option of extension or late submission for the lab manual assessment (unless approved extension is obtained via the Moodle Extension Request System, with appropriate documentation) as students have 10 weeks to complete this task (from week 1 to week 11 of the term).

You will complete an online test to assess your understanding of the concepts delivered in MEDS12001.

The contents of week 1 to week 11 will be assessed in the end of term online test.

The end of term online test will be open from 6:00 am AEST Thursday of week 12 to 11:00 pm AEST Friday of week 12. 

The questions will be combination of short answer, calculation, true or false, gap-fill and drop down selection questions.

Questions will be drawn from a pool of questions to allow the test to be different for each student. 

This assessment is to be undertaken as an individual. 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.

Responses will be assessed according to:

• Demonstration of appropriate and correct interpretation of ultrasound physics using the correct terminology, relevant to image formation, interpretation, clinical practice and patient safety,
• Correct interpretation of images/graphs and tables, with adequate correct explanation of the answer where required,
• Demonstration of correct working out of calculations, including the correct and appropriate use of formulae with correct and appropriate SI units relevant to the physics of ultrasound and its use in the clinical environment,
• Correct written answers, where the question has been comprehensively addressed appropriately in the answer and relevant to the practical and clinical application of the physics of ultrasound.