BMSC12009 - Sleep Physiology and Measurement

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit enables students to relate diagnostic monitoring of sleep behaviour across the lifespan via polysomnography to sleep physiology and specific sleep disorder groups. Common causes and treatments for sleep disordered breathing, insomnia, hypersomnia and sleep related movement disorders will be investigated.

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 BMSC12007 Neurological Physiology and Measurement

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 1 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Bundaberg
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. Written Assessment 20%
2. Group Discussion 40%
3. Online Test 40%

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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 91.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 38.71% 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: Verbal student feedback
Feedback
Students enjoyed the use of Moodle lessons to deliver interactive lectures
Recommendation
The use of Moodle Lessons for the delivery of lecture content will be maintained.
Action Taken
Moodle lessons continue to be used in the unit to deliver lecture content.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
The weighting of assessment item 1 is not reflective of student workload.
Recommendation
The potential of increasing the weighting of assessment item 1 will be investigated.
Action Taken
Assessment 1 was reviewed and the decision was made to not increase the weighting. Rather students were provided with access to My Study Works to assist with the planning and development of their assessment.
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
Review Assessment 2 to ensure it continues to challenge students while maintaining fairness and clarity.
Recommendation
Revise the Assessment 2 rubric to include more specific criteria and performance descriptors that differentiate levels of achievement.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
Explore opportunities to provide students with formative feedback on their written assessment drafts to help them refine their work and improve their final submissions.
Recommendation
Collaborate with the Learning and Teaching Futures team to explore and implement opportunities for students to receive formative feedback on their written assessment drafts, enhancing the quality of their final submissions.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Describe normal sleep physiology with reference to gender and age specific differences
  2. Define circadian rhythms and factors that influence them
  3. Describe the measurement and function of polysomnographic recording of sleep behaviour
  4. Interpret the analysis process for sleep staging of polysomnographic recordings
  5. Analyse the diagnosis and consequences of sleep deprivation
  6. Explore causes, clinical features and treatment of sleep disordered breathing
  7. Discuss the prevalence, types and treatments for insomnia
  8. Describe symptoms, monitoring and evaluation techniques for hypersomnia
  9. Discuss and differentiate sleep related movement disorders
  10. Evaluate the use of polysomnography in investigating sleep disordered breathing in children.

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