BMSC13006 - Advanced Neurophysiological Measurement

General Information

Unit Synopsis

On completion of this unit, students should be able to relate neurophysiology and pathophysiology to advanced clinical tests of neurological function including electroencephalography (EEG), nerve conduction studies (NCS) and evoked potential measurements. Therapeutic interventions for epilepsy and nerve entrapment will be discussed. Students will review all aspects of patient interaction including patient safety, legal and ethical issues and communication.

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

Pre-Requisite: 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 1 - 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. Written Assessment 60%
2. 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%).

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 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 28.57% 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
Students found that the recordings were occasionally a little challenging to hear clearly unless headphones were used.
Recommendation
Ensure that the sound quality of the recordings is consistently clear and audible by conducting checks before recording.
Action Taken
Conducted audio checks before recording to consistently maintain clear and audible sound quality.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students suggested introducing clinical scenarios earlier in the course content.
Recommendation
Case studies will be introduced in the tutorial within the initial weeks of the unit.
Action Taken
Introduced clinical scenarios earlier (Week 3) in the unit to better support students' understanding and application of the content.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Students perceived the learning experience from the clinical cases as highly valuable and meaningful.
Recommendation
Continue delivering lectures and tutorials that incorporate real-life contexts and practical applications within the field.
Action Taken
Lectures and tutorials were designed to integrate real-life contexts and practical applications, providing students with relevant and valuable experience in the field.
Source: Self reflection
Feedback
Provision of updated lectures to reflect current developments in the field.
Recommendation
Regularly update lectures to include the latest developments and advancements in the field, ensuring that the content remains relevant and current.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Verbal feedback from a student
Feedback
Enhance Moodle resources by including instructional materials on EEG interpretation to support student learning and provide practical insights in this area of study.
Recommendation
Consider expanding Moodle resources to include instructional materials on EEG interpretation.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Understand patient safety, legal and ethical issues in the clinical neurophysiology environment
  2. Explain electrophysiological recording and calibration processes
  3. Justify montage selection to maximise diagnostic capability
  4. Differentiate normal, artefactual and pathological EEG recordings
  5. Evaluate the neurosurgical treatment of epilepsy and utility of intraoperative monitoring in EEG and spinal cord realignment
  6. Justify somatosensory, visual and brainstem auditory evoked potential measurement including computer averaging techniques
  7. Understand normal and abnormal waveform characteristics in evoked potential measurement, nerve conduction studies and electromyography.

Per NPC990

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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6 - Information Technology Competence • • • •
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8 - Ethical practice •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
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