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BMSC13001 - Advanced Haematology

General Information

Unit Synopsis

On completion of this course students should be able to appraise and perform advanced haematological and haemostatic testing methods used in the diagnosis and monitoring of blood diseases. Therapeutic management of diseases of blood coagulation will also be investigated. Distance education (FLEX) students will be required to have access to a computer to make frequent use of internet resources and to attend a residential school on Rockhampton campus to promote development of course learning outcomes.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2014

Term 1 - 2017 Profile
Distance
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Mixed Mode
Rockhampton
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Mixed Mode
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 25%
2. Presentation 25%
3. Examination 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

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 61.54% 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
Feedback
Some students commented that the Residential School was content heavy and challenging.
Recommendation
Consider inclusion of more weekly morphology exercises using Cellavision Proficiency Software and morphology tutorials to support student learning in preparation for the residential school.
Action Taken
Morphology sessions were run through the tutorial sessions and these were related to the lecture content.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Some students commented that no answers were provided to weekly questions.
Recommendation
Consider discussions of the weekly study questions in tutorial sessions to allow students to receive feedback on study questions.
Action Taken
The Tutorial sessions were available each week as drop in sessions to answer any questions relating to that week. Week 12 was also a revision week with the chance for further questions to be answered at the end of term.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Some students commented that the sound quality of some lectures was suboptimal.
Recommendation
Continue to update lectures with improved audio clarity.
Action Taken
Some lectures were updated with new recordings with improved audio.
Source: Informal feedback during Residential School.
Feedback
Students commented that the Residential School's hands on experience puts into perspective much of the weekly lecture topics.
Recommendation
Continue Residential School in current format.
Action Taken
Residential school continued to provide a great hands on experience for students.
Source: Student feedback.
Feedback
Some students suggested there was too much content in the final exam.
Recommendation
Examine the unit's assessment tasks and ensure the end of term exam is used to assess only the second half of the term's learning.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Some students felt their feedback did not enhance their learning.
Recommendation
Provide students with more detailed and personal feedback on their assessment tasks.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Self reflection
Feedback
On reflection, the addition of more case studies would enhance students learning.
Recommendation
Add more case studies to improve students learning and ability to incorporate the units material into real life clinical scenarios.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Self reflection
Feedback
Increase the morphology content and improve some of the lectures
Recommendation
Improve the morphology training through live tutorials and develop some new recordings for some of the lectures.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Evaluate the evidence base for haematological and haemostatic testing methods in detection and monitoring of blood diseases.
  2. Assess factors that are essential in development of new haematological and haemostatic tests.
  3. Discuss limitations of haematology laboratory procedures and use of tests within specified limits.
  4. Explain the concept and therapeutic range of anticoagulant therapy.
  5. Compare laboratory results to assess consistency and validity of information for physiological and pathophysiological test results.
  6. Evaluate haematological and haemostatic instrumentation quality control processes including manual and automated validation and institute corrective action as required.
  7. Distinguish between technical/instrumental causes and pathological causes of unexpected results.
  8. Develop solutions to problems with testing procedure based on clinical and scientific expertise.
  9. Discuss report presentation, critical range and interpretation of abnormal haematological and haemostatic results.
  10. Describe common causes of artefactual or discrepant haematological and haemostatic test results.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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1 - Written Assessment
2 - Presentation
3 - Examination
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
3 - Critical Thinking
4 - Information Literacy
6 - Information Technology Competence
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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