This in-class test has been designed to assess your knowledge and ability to interpret cardiorespiratory assessments and investigations. This assessment will consist of multiple answer, true/false and short answer questions based on clinical case studies.

Weighting: This in-class test will contribute to 15% of the total unit grade.

Conditions: This in-class test will consist of up to 30 questions worth a total 60 marks, and will have a time limit of one and a half hours. It will be a written test under closed-book assessment conditions, therefore access to books, notes, external websites and use of other electronic devices is strictly prohibited during the test. Students will not be allowed to exit the room until after all students have finished. Students must complete this in-class test on either the Bundaberg or Rockhampton campuses to be eligible to pass the course overall.

Students are required to complete this assessment to be eligible to pass the unit. No minimum grade is required to be achieved to be eligible to pass the unit.

This in-class test has been designed to assess your clinical reasoning processes and evidence based knowledge. Questions may include other formats such as multiple choice, true/false, fill in the blanks, short and long answer questions. This assessment will include all content covered in this unit from weeks 1-11, including lectures, tutorials, practicals and readings.

Weighting: This in-class test will contribute to 35% of the total unit grade.

Conditions: This in-class test will consist of up to 50 questions worth a total 105 marks, and will have a time limit of two and half hours. It will be a written test under closed-book assessment conditions, therefore access to books, notes, external websites and use of other electronic devices is strictly prohibited during the test. Students must complete this in-class test on either the Bundaberg or Rockhampton campuses.

Student must receive a minimum of 50% in this in-class test to be eligible to pass the course overall.

85% attendance requirement for tutorial and practical sessions

At least 85% attendance of tutorial sessions is required for a PASS grade. If there is a genuine reason for being absent, students need to inform the Unit Coordinator as soon as possible.

A minimum attendance requirement of 85% is recommended from the Australian Physiotherapy Council for all tutorials and practical sessions. The monitoring of attendance will take into consideration legitimate reasons for absence, such as those outlined in the Assessment of Coursework Procedures (1.21.1 and 1.21.3), and these will not be counted as absence for the purpose of this attendance requirement.

E-learning modules

Students are required to complete e-learning modules relevant to Cardiorespiratory Physiotherapy, certificates gained at the completion of the modules are required to be submitted to moodle by 4pm Friday 27th September week 10.

Hurdle tasks are pass/fail assessment items. Students must complete and pass each hurdle task.

The OSCE will be based on two case scenarios (simulated patients), and students will perform and discuss aspects of relevant assessment, treatment and overall management of the conditions presented. The OSCE will last for approximately 30 minutes, and may be video and audio-recorded for moderation purposes. Students should be prepared to model for other examinees after completing their own assessment and students from other year groups may also act as models during the assessment as required.

In order to PASS the Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) you must:

1) achieve a PASS result for the PASS/FAIL component of Risk Management/Safety for each of the two clinical scenarios (i.e. PASS for clinical scenario one and PASS for clinical scenario two).
AND
2) achieve 50% or higher in the graded component for each of the two clinical scenarios (i.e. a minimum of 50% for clinical scenario one and a minimum of 50% for clinical scenario two).
If you do not meet the above criteria for each clinical scenario, you will be eligible for one opportunity to resit the entire OSCE assessment task, provided you have achieved an overall grade equal to, or higher than 44.5% for your OSCE.

OSCE re-sit conditions:
1) If you meet the eligibility criteria for a re-sit, you will be given only one re-sit opportunity to pass the OSCE.
2) The re-sit will be assessed by up to two examiners and will be of an equivalent format to the original assessment task.
3) Where possible, the re-sit will be conducted within two weeks from the release of grades.
4) The assessment criteria of the re-sit will be identical to the original OSCE.
5) If you pass the re-sit you will receive a grade of exactly 50% for the OSCE (i.e. 25% of the Unit grade), irrespective of your achievement for the graded component. This is to ensure equity to those students who only had one attempt.

If you do not meet the requirements to be offered a re-sit, you will receive your original grade and may be offered a supplementary assessment in line with CQUniversity Policy.
If you do no PASS the re-sit, you will receive a grade equal to your resit OSCE grade and may be offered a supplementary assessment in line with CQUniversity Policy.