Overview
This unit builds upon prerequisite units in human anatomy and physiology to develop a conceptual understanding of disease and dysfunction, with emphasis on the effects of disease upon normal physiological systems. The unit content is presented in a way that fosters (a) an understanding of the widespread effects that dysfunction of a particular organ or system of the human body has upon other systems and (b) the ability to critically evaluate symptoms of dysfunction and predict the outcome. Topics include altered cells and tissues, altered cellular proliferation and differentiation, inflammation and tissue repair, and alterations of human body systems.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: ALLH11005 Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals 1 AND ALLH11004 Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals 2 OR BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1 AND BMSC11002Human Body Systems 2 This unit is NOT available to students who have only completed BIOH11005 Introductory Anatomy and Physiology AND BIOH11006 Advanced Anatomy and Physiology
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).
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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 Undergraduate 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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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 “Have your say” student feedback.
Some students felt certain topics were covered in too much depth.
Content relevant to each course to be reviewed and re-recorded.
Feedback from “Have your say” student feedback.
Most students enjoyed the online practice quiz opportunities.
Keep the online practice quizzes and continue developing new questions.
Feedback from “Have your say” student feedback.
Some students disliked the pre-recorded lectures and the style of content delivery.
Update the pre-recorded lectures and style of delivery through green screen recording.
Feedback from “Have your say” student feedback.
Some students were disappointed by the lack of engagement and interactions of other students in the live tutorial.
Introduce more active learning tasks in live tutorials.
Feedback from Head of Courses
The unit content had determined following consultation in 2017 with the Heads of Courses of the various health professional courses for which this unit is core. Despite that, there was a wide range of student satisfaction with the depth of content in the unit
Do a follow-up consultation with the Heads of Courses regarding the scope of the unit and communicate the results to students
- Argue the physiological consequences, symptoms and effects on health of specific dysfunction of organs and systems
- Explain how the interdependence of human physiological systems can result in disease of one organ having widespread effects
- Explain the mechanisms that cause altered cells and tissues, altered cellular proliferation and differentiation, inflammation and the consequences of these changes upon health
- Describe the major causes, symptoms and consequences of dysfunction of the human body systems.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 0% | ||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 50% | ||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - 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 | 10 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 0% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Portfolio - 50% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Applied Pathophysiology: A Conceptual Approach to the Mechanisms of Disease
Edition: 3rd edn (2016)
Authors: Braun, CA & Anderson, CM
Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Philadelphia Philadelphia , PA , USA
ISBN: 9781496335869
Binding: Paperback
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Cmap Tools to develop concept maps (freeware: http://cmap.ihmc.us/cmaptools/ )
- Microsoft Power Point or free Google Slide (https://www.google.com.au/slides/about/ ) or free Prezi Edu Enjoy (https://prezi.com/ ) to develop Disease Awareness Pamphlet
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 6th Edition (APA 6th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
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r.j.batacan@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Introduction to Pathophysiology
Altered Cells and Tissues
Chapter
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
The Pass/Fail quiz opens on Week 1, Monday 09:00am AEST (closes on Review/Exam Week, Monday 5:00pm AEST).
Module/Topic
Inflammation and Tissue Repair
Chapter
Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Altered Cellular Proliferation and Differentiation
Chapter
Chapter 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Concept Map and Disease Awareness Pamphlet online selection site opens on Week 3, Monday 17:00 AEST (closes on Week 4, Friday, 17:00 AEST)
Module/Topic
Altered Fluid, Electrolyte Balance
Altered Acid-Base Balance
Chapter
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Concept Map and Disease Awareness Pamphlet online submission site opens on Week 4, Friday 17:00 AEST (closes on Week 8, Friday, 17:00 AEST)
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Altered Neuronal Transmission
Chapter
Chapter 10
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Altered Somatic and Special Sensory Function
Chapter
Chapter 12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Altered Hormonal and Metabolic Regulation
Chapter
Chapter 13
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Altered Reproductive Function
Chapter
Chapter 14
Events and Submissions/Topic
Concept Map and Disease Awareness Pamphlet online submission site closes on Week 8, Friday, 17:00 AEST
Clinical model assignment Due: Week 8 Friday (17 Jan 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Altered Ventilation and Diffusion
Chapter
Chapter 15
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Altered Perfusion
Chapter
Chapter 16
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Altered Nutrition
Chapter
Chapter 17
Events and Submissions/Topic
Your Assignment will be marked by your lecturer and grades will be released by Week 11, Friday, 17:00 AEST.
Module/Topic
Altered Elimination
Chapter
Chapter 18
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
The unit coordinator is Dr. Henrik Pallos (h.pallos@cqu.edu.au; tel: 0749306701).
The lectures are pre-recorded lectures of the unit co-ordinator.
The live weekly online tutorials are delivered by unit co-ordinator.
The forums on the Moodle site are checked by the unit co-ordinator.
Dr. Pallos is a pharmacist (PharmD) who later completed a PhD in Medical Science.
1 Online Quiz(zes)
An understanding of medical pathophysiology is essential in many health professions. The fundamentals of this knowledge must be learnt and understood. The knowledge and concepts taught in this unit have been identified by various health professions as relevant to your future scope of practice. Completion of the online Pass/Fail quiz will assess your understanding of this knowledge and concepts.
1. There will be one online Pass/Fail quiz to assess your knowledge of the unit material.
2. The Pass/Fail quiz will have 60 questions.
3. The Pass/Fail quiz will cover content from Week 1-12.
4. The Pass/Fail quiz will open on Week 1 Monday at 09:00am and will close on Review/Exam Week Monday at 5:00pm AEST.
5. The Pass/Fail quiz will submit automatically when allocated time expires or at the due date and time.
6. You will be allowed unlimited number of attempts at the quiz.
7. There is a 24-hour time restriction between attempts.
8. The highest grade you achieve will serve as your final score for the Pass/Fail quiz.
9. There is a minimum requirement in the Pass/Fail quiz: 50%.
10. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the Pass/Fail quiz after the due date.
You will find more details of the Pass/Fail quiz on the unit Moodle site.
1
Other
Exam Week Monday (17 Feb 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
The Pass/Fail quiz will close on Review/Exam Week Monday at 5:00pm AEST.
Exam Week Monday (17 Feb 2020)
Marks will be available upon completing the assessment task.
Questions are worth one mark each. Questions will be automatically marked correct or incorrect at the completion of the quiz. In order to pass the quiz, you must achieve at least 50%.
- Explain the mechanisms that cause altered cells and tissues, altered cellular proliferation and differentiation, inflammation and the consequences of these changes upon health
- Describe the major causes, symptoms and consequences of dysfunction of the human body systems.
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Technology Competence
2 Portfolio
Rationale
In the clinical context, health professionals are expected to have in-depth knowledge and understanding of pathophysiology processes and their interrelationship. Population demographics demonstrate increased ageing and concomitant complex morbidities in healthcare. This assessment requires you to construct links between pathophysiology, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and treatment which reflect the level of understanding you will be required to articulate clinically. All health professionals have a significant clinical role in disease awareness. You must be able to give qualified evidence based advice, within your scope of practice, which serves to educate the patient and close gaps in health care.
Task
There will be 2 tasks needed to be completed by each student, a Pamphlet and Concept map. The details of the Clinical Model Assignment is described on the Moodle site.
There are three phases to each task as below:
| Phase | Period | Task |
| 1. Selection (Setup) Phase | Week 3 Monday 17:00 AEST - Week 4 Friday 17:00 AEST | You must choose two clinical models on the unit Moodle site during selection phase: one under Clinical Model Selection for Concept Map, and one under Clinical Model Selection for Disease Awareness Pamphlet. They must be different and from different weekly topics. Your selection is final, you will not be able to change it. The available clinical models are from your textbook and differ in level of difficulty, hence, will have different weights in the marking rubric. Once you select your clinical model, you can start working on it, you do not need to wait for the submission phase. |
| 2. Submission Phase | Week 4 Friday 17:00 AEST - Week 8 Friday 17:00 AEST | You must submit online one Concept Map and one Disease Awareness Pamphlet. You can submit your work anytime during this phase. You can also change and resubmit your work as many times as you want until the due date. |
| 3. Evaluation and Grading Phase | Week 8 Friday 17:00 AEST - Week 11 Friday 17:00 AEST | Your Assignment will be marked by your lecturer and grades will be released by Week 11, Friday, 17:00 AEST. |
Week 8 Friday (17 Jan 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Concept Map and Disease Awareness Pamphlet submission: Week 8, Friday 17:00 AEST
Week 11 Friday (7 Feb 2020)
Your Assignment will be marked by your lecturer and grades will be released by Week 11, Friday 17:00 AEST.
The Concept Map and Disease Awareness Pamphlet each are 25% of the total unit marks. There is a minimum requirement of 50% of the overall combined mark for both the Concept Map and Disease Awareness Pamphlet.
Your lecturer will evaluate your Concept Map for accuracy, content, connection, structure, concept presentation, language, format, overall, similarity and content difficulty.
Your lecturer will evaluate your Disease Awareness Pamphlet for accuracy, content, interview, reflection, presentation (illustrations, text coherence, pop-out effects), language (spelling, grammar, appropriateness for target audience), format, similarity and content difficulty.
The marking rubric is available on the unit Moodle site.
The maximum mark for each submission is 25% (see table below).
| Clinical Model | Percentage |
| Concept Map | 25% |
| Disease Awareness Pamphlet | 25% |
| Total | 50% |
- Argue the physiological consequences, symptoms and effects on health of specific dysfunction of organs and systems
- Explain how the interdependence of human physiological systems can result in disease of one organ having widespread effects
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
- Ethical practice
- Social Innovation
Examination
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