Any student who uses this exit award to withdraw from the CV69 Bachelor of Echocardiography and Cardiac Physiology / Graduate Diploma of Echocardiography course offering is reminded that should you wish to reapply at a later stage, application as a new student would be required.  Following successful course  re-application, as course structures are subject to change from time to time, credit for all previously completed units is not guaranteed and would be subject to further assessment.  Successful CV69 course re-admission and credit outcomes cannot be guaranteed.

To be eligible to graduate with the Bachelor of Cardiac Physiology students must complete the 19 core units (144 units of credit), complete clinical placement requirements and attend all mandatory laboratory activities / residential schools on the campus of enrolment, as determined in the unit profiles.

Clinical Placement:
Course years 2-3 include clinical placement. Students must satisfy specific pre-clinical health, safety, security including a clear criminal record check and licensing requirements prior to each placement, and must disclose any condition that may put themselves, or the public, at significant risk whilst on placement. Due to limited availability of clinical placements, some block placements have start and/or end dates that fall outside standard term start and end dates. As placements are located throughout Australia and availability is limited in each community, students may be placed at locations that are not of their choosing. Full time attendance is required when undertaking clinical placement. Students must prepare financially and personally to relocate for placements, and are responsible for the associated costs. In accordance with the course accreditation standards students must achieve competency in a range of cardiac assessment techniques which may require attending different clinical facilities. Whilst on placement, students will perform cardiac assessment on, and provide hands-on care to, people who may be ill or injured. Students will need to be physically fit, able to stand and walk for extended periods, lift, stretch, carry heavy loads and have sufficient visual acuity and contrast sensitivity to assess fine detail of images and perform safely in a range of lighting conditions. Students will undergo clinical assessments on performance of cardiac assessment cases, professional behavioural and technical skills.

Clinical Simulation Laboratory Learning
Years 2 - 3 of the course includes hands-on learning in the clinical simulation echocardiography and computer laboratories on campus during most terms. Students must attend all laboratory activities, including residential schools, at their campus of admission. Students must demonstrate professional behaviours including regular attendance and meeting the course dress code during clinical simulation laboratory sessions. During simulations of cardiac assessment techniques, all students will participate in role play as sonographer and patient. These essential learning activities will require partial removal of clothing to the level that is required for the simulation and will involve touching and being touched by peers. These simulation learning activities take place in a mixed gender environment, including the presence of male academic tutors. If a student is unable to participate, it may impact the student's ability to attain required skills and complete unit assessments.

Completion Timelines
To maintain clinical currency, specified cardiac assessment and clinical skills units must be completed within one calendar year as scheduled in the course overview.
ECHO12007 Cardiac Rhythm Assessment, ECHO12006 Cardiac Science and ECHO12005 Cardiac Clinical Unit 2 must be completed within one calendar year of each other.
ECHO13006 Adult Echocardiography, ECHO13008 Advanced Cardiac Assessment Skills and ECHO13007 Cardiac Clinical Unit 3 must be completed within one calendar year of each other.
Failure to adhere to these timelines will necessitate completion of a student learning contract which will detail specific learning and assessment requirements to maintain the students' clinical currency.

Year 1 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ALLH11009	Research Methods for Health Professionals
MEDI11002	Physics for Health Sciences
BMSC11010	Human Anatomy and Physiology 1
ECHO11003	Fundamentals of Cardiac Science

Year 1 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
BMSC11011	Human Anatomy and Physiology 2
ECHO11002	Cardiac Structure and Function
MEDI11004	Professional Practice
ECHO11004	Biochemistry for Cardiac Pharmacology

Year 2 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
MPAT12001	Medical Pathophysiology
MEDS12001	Physics of Ultrasound
ECHO12006	Cardiac Science

Year 2 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ECHO12005	Cardiac Clinical Unit 2
ECHO12008	Doppler Echocardiography
ECHO12007	Cardiac Assessment Skills

Year 3 - Term 1
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ECHO13006	Adult Echocardiography
ECHO13008	Advanced Cardiac Assessment Skills
BMSC12014	Pharmacology for Health Professionals

Year 3 - Term 2
Students must complete the following compulsory units:
ECHO13007	Cardiac Clinical Unit 3
ECHO13005	Congenital Heart Disease