BIOH12011 - Pathophysiology and Pharmacology 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

In this unit you will explore fundamental pathophysiology (alteration in function as seen in disease) of the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, nervous, haematological systems, and the pharmacology of drugs used in the treatment and management of disease. Throughout the unit, there is an integrated focus on body systems contrasting normal and abnormal, and how disease states may be managed therapeutically. The unit concentrates on common major diseases of these body systems which facilitates a comprehensive study of the pathophysiology encountered in these disease states, as well as gaining an understanding of normal physiology. This is complemented by the study of the treatment and management of these diseases, whilst also focusing on the professional and legal responsibilities that underpin the use of medicines in the treatment of human disease.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 2
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites:

BIOH11005 Introductory Anatomy Physiology or BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1

AND

NURS11166 Health and Assessment in Nursing

AND

admission into CL91 (Bachelor of Nursing).

 

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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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2024

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Online
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Online
Rockhampton

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).

Assessment Overview

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.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 20%
2. Case Study 30%
3. Online Test 50%

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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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 93.98% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 12.5% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE and student emails
Feedback
As BMSC11010 is the only pre-requisite for being enrolled in the unit, some students were planned to take this second year unit whilst in first year and found the unit challenging.
Recommendation
Consult with the Head of Course for nursing regarding this issue so they can review the process.
Action Taken
Consultation with the Head of Course and Deputy Dean of Learning and Teaching resulted in a second unit being added as a pre-requisite for this unit.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The use of real world application questions in the online assessments appropriately tests the students understanding of what is happening.
Recommendation
Continue to update and develop more case based scenarios for the online assessments
Action Taken
Updated assessments to include more scenarios and application of knowledge questions.
Source: SUTE feedback Staff reflection
Feedback
The inclusion of extra resources throughout the unit to clarify anatomy concepts for students would assist in linking anatomy to the current content.
Recommendation
Develop or source additional resources to provide extra support for understanding the anatomy concepts and how they link to the pathophysiology and pharmacology content.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE feedback Staff reflection
Feedback
The Q&A tutorials did not always have enough time to go through the answers to the prepared questions during the tutorial.
Recommendation
Review and update the current content being delivered to identify and focus on key aspects of that week's material so that all questions can be addressed during the allocated tutorial time.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Apply knowledge of the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, nervous and haematological systems to discuss pathophysiological processes, signs and symptoms of various relevant diseases
  2. Evaluate appropriate pharmacological interventions in disease processes of the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, nervous and haematological systems
  3. Explain basic pharmacological principles; pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and pharmacotherapeutics
  4. Outline the nurse’s professional and legal responsibilities in the quality use of medicines.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Online Quiz(zes) • • • •
2 - Case Study • • •
3 - Online Test • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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