Overview
You will develop an understanding of the functional anatomy and physiology relevant to communication and swallowing. Topics covered include surface anatomy and the anatomical relationships of bones, muscles, blood vessels and nerves within each of the pertinent body regions. This unit will provide you with foundation knowledge to assist in clinical reasoning, practice and consultation in speech pathology.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites BMSC11007 Medical Anatomy and Physiology 1 OR ALLH11005 Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals 1 BMSC11008 Medical Anatomy and Physiology 2 OR ALLH11004 Anatomy and Physiology for Health Professionals 2 SPCH11001 Introduction to Communication and Swallowing Disorders
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 2 - 2020
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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 from Student Feedback
Students commented that, "it would be better to have live lecture every week than to watch pre-recorded lecture".
It is recommended that face-to face lectures replace previously recorded ones so that all lectures and practicals align with the on-campus status of the course.
- Define the skeletal structures, innervation and musculature serving respiration, phonation, mastication and swallowing, articulation and resonance, and hearing
- Describe the functional importance of each structure/muscle/nerve relative to respiration, phonation, mastication and swallowing, articulation and resonance, and hearing
- Explain the relationship between structure and function of the speech, hearing and swallowing mechanism in a developmental context
- Discuss the relevance of anatomy and physiology to clinical practice in speech pathology
- Discuss the relationship between physiologic functions which sustain life versus physiologic functions related to communication.
The learning outcomes in this unit contribute to the development of clinical and professional competencies as outlined by Speech Pathology Australia.
The Speech Pathology Australia Professional Framework states - "It is expected that an entry-level speech pathologist in Australia will be familiar with the ICF framework and competently apply the social health principles of individual functioning and well-being to their speech pathology practice. Applying the ICF to the clinical practice of speech pathology, practitioners can incorporate both the diagnosis of impairment (body function and structure) and the activity and participation of the individual to assess the impact of the communication and/or swallowing disorder on quality of life. A guiding principle of speech pathology assessment, habilitation and/or rehabilitation is a thorough evaluation of an individual’s functional abilities. Using the ICF framework, including the contextual factors (environmental and personal) and activity and participation levels, allows speech pathologists to collaboratively set goals with an individual and their caregivers."
The Learning Outcomes for this unit reflect this principle through the assessment of foundation knowledge in anatomy and physiology required to accurately evaluate human body function and structure.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 50% | |||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | |||||
| 3 - Online Test - 40% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 - Written Assessment - 50% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Online Quiz(zes) - 10% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Online Test - 40% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
Anatomy & Physiology for Speech, Language, and Hearing
Edition: 5 (2015)
Authors: Anthony Seikel, David G. Drumright, Douglas W. King
Cengage Learning US
ISBN: 9781285198248
Binding: Paperback
MCMINN AND ABRAHAMS' CLINICAL ATLAS OF HUMAN ANATOMY
Edition: 8 (2019)
Authors: Peter H. Abrahams, Jonathan D. Spratt, Marios Loukas, Albert-Neels van Schoor
Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN: 9780702073328
Binding: Paperback
Additional Textbook Information
Students can use the same Clinical Atlas from year 1 Medical Anatomy and Physiology (7th or 8th ed).
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: American Psychological Association 7th Edition (APA 7th edition)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
c.ramlogan-steel@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Bones and Joints of the Head, Neck and Thorax
Chapter
Seikel, J. A., Drumright, D. G., & King, D. W (2016). Anatomy and physiology for speech, language, and hearing (5th edition).
Ch. 1 - pp. 1-30
Ch. 2 - pp. 49-74
Ch. 6 - pp. 316-355
Appendices A & B pp. 761-766
Events and Submissions/Topic
Written Assessment (50%), opens on week 1 Monday 09:00 am AEST and must be submitted online by week 10 Friday 05:00 pm AEST.
Module/Topic
Muscles of the Head and Neck
Chapter
Seikel, J. A., Drumright, D. G., & King, D. W (2016). Anatomy and physiology for speech, language, and hearing (5th edition).
Ch. 2 - pp. 92-132
Ch. 6 - pp. 361-370, 376-385
Appendices C, D & E pp. 767-786
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 1 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 2 Tutorial
Module/Topic
Vascular Features of the Head and Neck
Chapter
Ch. 10 & 14 in Blumenfeld's Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases ( available in Moodle site)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 2 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 3 Tutorial
Module/Topic
Nervous System
Chapter
Seikel, J. A., Drumright, D. G., & King, D. W (2016). Anatomy and physiology for speech, language, and hearing (5th edition).
Ch. 11 - pp. 577-652
Appendix F pp. 787
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 3 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 4 Tutorial
Module/Topic
Nerve Supply of Head, Neck & Thorax
Chapter
Seikel, J. A., Drumright, D. G., & King, D. W (2016). Anatomy and physiology for speech, language, and hearing (5th edition).
Ch. 11 - pp. 652-702
Ch. 12 - pp. 706-751
Appendix G pp. 789-792
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 4 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 5 Tutorial
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
The Thorax and the Respiratory System
Chapter
Seikel, J. A., Drumright, D. G., & King, D. W (2016). Anatomy and physiology for speech, language, and hearing (5th edition).
Ch. 2 - pp. 52-126
Ch. 3 - pp. 145-171
Appendix C pp.767- 774
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 5 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 6 Tutorial
Module/Topic
Articulation, Resonance & Swallowing
Chapter
Seikel, J. A., Drumright, D. G., & King, D. W (2016). Anatomy and physiology for speech, language, and hearing (5th edition).
Ch. 6 - pp. 299-370
Ch. 7 - pp. 411- 435
Ch. 10 in Moore's Before We Are Born ( available in Moodle site)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 6 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 7 Tutorial
Module/Topic
Phonation
Chapter
Seikel, J. A., Drumright, D. G., & King, D. W (2016). Anatomy and physiology for speech, language, and hearing (5th edition).
Ch. 4 - pp. 184-235
Ch. 5 - pp. 245-288
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 7 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 8 Tutorial
Module/Topic
Hearing & Equilibrium
Chapter
Seikel, J. A., Drumright, D. G., & King, D. W (2016). Anatomy and physiology for speech, language, and hearing (5th edition).
Ch. 9 - pp. 499-519
Ch. 10 - pp. 532-555
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 8 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 9 Tutorial
Module/Topic
Motor & Sensory Pathways
Chapter
Ch. 6 & 7 in Blumenfeld's Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases (available in Moodle site)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 9 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 10 Tutorial
WRITTEN ASSESSMENT Due: Week 10 Friday (25 Sept 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Higher Order Cerebral Function
Chapter
Ch. 19 in Blumenfeld's Neuroanatomy through Clinical Cases (available in Moodle site)
Events and Submissions/Topic
Online Quiz 10 (1%) - To be completed prior to Week 11 Tutorial
Module/Topic
Revision (self-directed)
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Final Assessment
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Final Assessment ( 40%)
Details TBA
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Lectures are pre-recorded by Charmaine Ramlogan-Steel.
Tutorials are delivered via zoom by Jenni-Lee Rees and Charmaine Ramlogan-Steel.
1 Written Assessment
You will be given a case history of a person with an underlying health issue. You will be required to identify and describe the anatomical, physiological and neurological structures pertinent to the person’s condition and its subsequent impact and presentation in relation to speech pathology associated areas of practice. Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) framework you will identify suitable client-centered suggestions for holistic intervention and management.
The case history information will be available to you from week 1 so you can work on various sections of the assignment as your knowledge and understanding of anatomy and its relationship to speech pathology develops each week.
Assessment extensions must be submitted, with appropriate documentation, via this unit's Moodle site. In the absence of an extension, late penalties on your marks for the assessment will apply.
Week 10 Friday (25 Sept 2020) 5:00 pm AEST
Written Assessment must be submitted online
Week 12 Friday (9 Oct 2020)
Feedback will be provided via Moodle
The full assessment criteria are included on the rubric on Moodle, but in summary you are marked on the following:
- Demonstrated understanding and use of the ICF and EBP in developing client-centered relevant intervention.
- Correctness, relevance and completeness of the response to the question asked.
- Ability to integrate underlying anatomical, physiological and neurological information to speech pathology related practice relevant to each question.
- Evidence of thorough research, use of high quality sources and accurate referencing using APA 2019 standards.
- Correct use and spelling of anatomical terminology.
- Accurate use of conventions including spelling, punctuation, grammar and syntax.
- Professional layout and organisation of the document.
- Describe the functional importance of each structure/muscle/nerve relative to respiration, phonation, mastication and swallowing, articulation and resonance, and hearing
- Explain the relationship between structure and function of the speech, hearing and swallowing mechanism in a developmental context
- Discuss the relevance of anatomy and physiology to clinical practice in speech pathology
- Discuss the relationship between physiologic functions which sustain life versus physiologic functions related to communication.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
2 Online Quiz(zes)
Weekly quizzes will be held each week beginning in Week 2 and ending in Week 11. Therefore, there will be 10 in total. Each quiz is worth 1% of the overall unit mark for a collective total of 10% of the overall unit mark. Each weekly quiz will be open for 12 hours prior to the tutorials and will need to be completed prior to the start of each weekly tutorial.
Please contact the unit coordinator if there are circumstances that prevent you from completing one weekly quiz. Directions will be given once contacted.
Weekly quizzes each week beginning week 2 and ending week 11
One week after submission via Moodle
For online quizzes, your responses are scored according to the following criteria:
- Ability to link underlying anatomical, physiological and neurological information to speech pathology related practice
- Demonstrated understanding and use of the ICF in developing client-centered relevant intervention
- Correctness, relevance and completeness of the response to the question asked
- Correct spelling and use of anatomical terminology
- Define the skeletal structures, innervation and musculature serving respiration, phonation, mastication and swallowing, articulation and resonance, and hearing
- Describe the functional importance of each structure/muscle/nerve relative to respiration, phonation, mastication and swallowing, articulation and resonance, and hearing
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
3 Online Test
In the clinical context, speech pathologists are expected to have an in-depth knowledge and understanding of anatomical structures and their function in the head, neck and thorax.
This assessment will be based on material covered in lectures and tutorials from the entire term. The final assessment is worth 40% of your overall mark for the unit. It will be approximately 60-100 minutes in duration. It will consist of 10-20 topical questions, each with 4-8 brief questions. Photographs of anatomical models and bones that were discussed during the weekly sessions will be obtained and used in the assessment. You will be required to identify or describe anatomical structures, discuss function, innervation and blood supply of the labelled structures or associated structures. Structures will be labelled clearly on the photographs, using arrows or boxes and identified with A, B, C, D, etc. Questions will cover muscles, bones, joints, nerves, blood vessels, viscera and supporting structures in the head, neck and thorax. Students are responsible for all content covered in class for the entire term that is visible on photographs of the specimens that we have. Photographs of the models and bones from the weekly sessions will be provided to students via this unit's Moodle site for study and preparation.
Assessment extensions must be submitted, with appropriate documentation, via this unit's Moodle site. In the absence of an extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after the assigned date.
Details will be provided on this unit's Moodle site
Within 2 weeks of the assessment date
For the final assessment, your responses are scored according to the following criteria:
- correctness, relevance and completeness of the response to the question asked
- correct spelling and use of anatomical and professional terminology
- Define the skeletal structures, innervation and musculature serving respiration, phonation, mastication and swallowing, articulation and resonance, and hearing
- Explain the relationship between structure and function of the speech, hearing and swallowing mechanism in a developmental context
- Discuss the relationship between physiologic functions which sustain life versus physiologic functions related to communication.
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
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