Overview
This unit advances your clinical practice in the field of musculoskeletal ultrasound of the upper body. You will deepen your knowledge and understanding of sonographic anatomy, pathophysiology and dynamic function of the musculoskeletal systems in the upper body. You will appreciate the role of ultrasound in clinical assessment, and patient management, including interventional procedures. To successfully complete this unit you will need access to musculoskeletal ultrasound examinations in the clinical context. This unit includes an optional residential school comprising practical training in advanced upper body musculoskeletal ultrasound.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
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 - 2019
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.
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.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student feedback.
Large amount of lectures, which were enjoyed by students and they found them beneficial, but would like some additional videos of how to perform scans.
This is a theoretical unit, so theoretical knowledge and communication is assessed. Additional videos of scans being performed have been recorded and can be added to the learning resources, and this will aid sonographers in their clinical practice, but this will also add to the large amount of learning resources already available in this unit.
Feedback from Student feedback
Diagrams to be provided in larger format so easier to read.
Larger diagrams to be provided.
Feedback from Student feedback
Short lecture format allowed information to be absorbed in a manageable format.
Continue to provide shorter lectures.
Feedback from Student feedback
Foundational lectures provided to ensure basic understanding of musculoskeletal ultrasound were appreciated and aided students with limited musculoskeletal ultrasound experience undertaking this advanced MSK unit.
Continue to provide foundational lectures.
- Analyse sonographic anatomy and appearances of normal and pathological musculoskeletal structures of the upper body
- Research the role of ultrasound in the clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a patient.
The Masters course does not lead to entry into the sonography profession but is rather provided to qualified practitioners to allow advanced practice. Therefore it does not require external accreditation. The Master of Medical Ultrasound qualifies as Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity (activity code 10B - Australian Sonographers Accreditation Registry (ASAR)).
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||
| 2 - Online Test - 50% | ||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | |
| 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
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | |||||||||
| 2 - Online Test - 50% | |||||||||
Textbooks
Ultrasound of the Musculoskeletal System
- Edition: 1 (2007)
- Authors: Stephano Bianchi and Carlo Martinoli
- Springer-Verlag
- Berlin Heidelberg Berlin Heidelberg , New York , USA
- ISBN: 978-3-540-28163-4
- Binding: eBook
Additional Textbook Information
There is a hardcover copy and an ebook available for this text.
The ebook version is also able to be borrowed from the CQU library.
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Web camera and microphone to join online sessions
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Vancouver
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
b.goode@cqu.edu.au
Week 1
Begin Date: 11 Mar 2019Module/Topic
Introduction to unit, revision of basics of MSK ultrasound and Assessment task overview
Chapter
Chapters 1-5
As this unit covers content relating to advanced MSK ultrasound, some general knowledge of the basics of MSK ultrasound is assumed. These chapters from the prescribed text, Ultrasound of the Musculoskeletal System by Bianchi and Martinoli, are available to read to refresh your understanding of the basics.
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom tutorial Monday 11th of March at 7 pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time).
Week 2
Begin Date: 18 Mar 2019Module/Topic
Brachial plexus and muscles that stabilise the shoulder
Chapter
Chapter 6
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 3
Begin Date: 25 Mar 2019Module/Topic
Shoulder and axilla
Chapter
Chapter 6
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom tutorial Monday the 25th of March at 7 pm AEST.
Week 4
Begin Date: 01 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Upper arm
Chapter
Chapter 7
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 5
Begin Date: 08 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Elbow
Chapter
Chapter 8
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom tutorial Monday 8th of April at 7 pm AEST
Vacation Week
Begin Date: 15 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Enjoy the break this week.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 6
Begin Date: 22 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Forearm
Chapter
Chapter 9
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom tutorial Wednesday 30th of April at 7 pm AEST
Week 7
Begin Date: 29 Apr 2019Module/Topic
Wrist
Chapter
Chapter 10
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 8
Begin Date: 06 May 2019Module/Topic
Hand
Chapter
Chapter 11
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Week 9
Begin Date: 13 May 2019Module/Topic
Fingers and thumb
Chapter
Chapter 11
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom tutorial Monday 13th of May at 7 pm AEST.
Week 10
Begin Date: 20 May 2019Module/Topic
Interventional techniques and revision.
Chapter
Lectures are available.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Zoom tutorial Monday 20th of May at 7 pm AEST. Last tutorial before online test.
Week 11
Begin Date: 27 May 2019Module/Topic
Revision
Chapter
Time to revise in preparation for online test.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online test opens.
Week 12
Begin Date: 03 Jun 2019Module/Topic
Online test.
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Review/Exam Week
Begin Date: 10 Jun 2019Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Exam Week
Begin Date: 17 Jun 2019Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Welcome to MEDS20008, my name is Brendan Goode and I will be the unit coordinator. I am based on the Melbourne campus of CQUniversity and can be contacted via phone (03) 96160519 or preferably via email b.goode@cqu.edu.au. Each week the unit Moodle site will be devoted to a different aspect of this speciality sonographic field as outlined in the schedule section of the eProfile. In addition to the lectures provided by Michelle Fenech and other industry experts, it is expected that you will attend the regular Zoom tutorial sessions held during term with the times outlined in this unit profile and Zoom links provided in each relevant week. While Zoom tutorial sessions will be recorded, these recordings are not a substitute for active participation as I find students develop a deeper understanding of the unit content if they attend Zoom sessions rather than watching recordings.
As part of this unit there will be two assessment tasks, both of which must be passed in order to successfully complete this unit;
1/ An ePoster
2/ Online test.
In addition to the lectures provided by Michelle Fenech, Dr Jessie Childs, email Jessie.Childs@unisa.edu.au, will be aiding you in the development of your ePoster.
1 Written Assessment
Develop an educational e-poster that clearly discusses the sonographic examination of a specific upper body musculoskeletal region to be presented to fellow professionals.
The presentation is to be limited to ten (10) slides with the first slide as 'title' and the last as 'reference'.
An abstract is required to accompany the e-poster.
The e-poster should be written at a level suitable for presentation at a conference. You must state which conference you would intend it to be presented at (nominate your intended audience). The first slide should be the title slide. This should contain the title of the presentation, your name, qualifications and current workplace. The subsequent content slides should have clear headings.
The sonographic examination of a musculoskeletal region outlined in the ePoster should be clinically relevant. The anatomy, sonographic appearance of normal structures, discussion of why the examination may be undertaken and pathology that may be encountered in the region should be discussed. You are required to have researched, analyzed, critically reflected on and synthesized current medical literature. A high level of communication skills needs to be utilized to convey a clear and concise message. All anatomical drawings should be original or properly referenced. All slides are to be in 'landscape' format.
Week 7 Monday (29 Apr 2019) 10:00 am AEST
Submitted through the assessment tab on Moodle.
Week 9 Monday (13 May 2019)
Returned via Moodle.
Your e-poster will be assessed on:
Academic writing - it should contain content which is;
1/ Organized
2/ Logical and
3/ Coherent.
In addition the content should contain a clear and concise message at an appropriate length based upon assessment criteria. The ePoster should be proof read and edited with accurate spelling, grammar and written using vocabulary appropirate for your target audience.
Content of e-poster - The purpose of your poster should be clear and relevant with the anatomy, sonographic appearance and pathophysiology discussed with diagrams and images used to support the discussion. Evidence based content must be used and appropiratly referenced. All ultrasound images must be original and de-identified or properly referenced if sorced from elsewhere.
Suitability for presentation - your e-poster should be suitable for presentation at the conference you have selected and the subject matter relevant to the selected audience.
Referencing - In-text references and the reference list must be all accurate and complete and utilized correctly in the correct style (Vancouver) with quality and appropriate sources utilized.The last slide of the ePoster should be the reference list.
The Marking rubric to be used is available on Moodle.
You need to obtain a minimum mark of 50% in the e-poster to allow a pass grade in this unit.
- Research the role of ultrasound in the clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment of a patient.
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
- Research
- Self-management
- Ethical and Professional Responsibility
2 Online Test
An online test will be conducted to assess your understanding of the content in this unit and its clinical application.
The test will be accessed through the assessment tab on Moodle and you will require internet access to complete this test.
It will comprise of 10 questions which will require you to provide typed written answers.
Each question will be worth 10 marks. The test will be open for 1.5 hours which will allow nine (9) minutes per question and only one attempt of the test is allowed.
Once the test is commenced, it cannot be paused, stopped or re-started. Once you have completed the test, it cannot be re-taken.
You will need to allocate a 90 minute period throughout the week that the test is open where you have good internet connection to allow the test to be completed.
The questions for this online test will be drawn from a pool of questions to allow tests to be different for each student undertaking this unit.
You must commence the test at least 90 minutes prior to the closing time of the test. If you have not completed the test by this time, your test will be closed automatically.
Week 12 Friday (7 June 2019) 10:00 am AEST
This online test will be open for one week from Friday 31st of May, 2019 at 9 am (week 11) to Friday 7th June, 2019 at 10 am. The test must be undertaken at some stage during the week it is open.
Review/Exam Week Friday (14 June 2019)
Results will be posted on Moodle.
Image viewing questions will be included. You will need to be familiar with normal and pathological sonographic imaging of the upper body and the associated anatomy demonstrated which have been discussed in this unit.
Your answers may require you to describe sonographic appearances of structures and determine if they appear sonographically normal or not.
You may be asked how a sonographic examination may be extended to demonstrate an area further to confirm a diagnosis.
Your answers need to be detailed enough to allow you to gain 10 marks for each answer you provide.
You need to obtain a minimum score of 50% of the available marks in this online test to allow you to pass this unit.
- Analyse sonographic anatomy and appearances of normal and pathological musculoskeletal structures of the upper body
- Knowledge
- Communication
- Cognitive, technical and creative skills
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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.
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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?
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