CHIR13004 - Integrated Diagnosis and Management

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Integrated diagnosis and management uses case studies to further develop your critical thinking skills, where you will build on the competencies from Clinical Assessment 1, 2 and 3. The cases to be presented will require you to analyse all data, with the intent of determining a differential diagnosis based on the case history and physical examination findings. An appreciation of the appropriate patient management strategy for each case scenario will also be expected. These comprehensive clinical decision making skills will ultimately strengthen self-reflection.

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

For 2015:

Co-requisite: CHIR13007 Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis 3

and

Pre-requisite: BIOH12008 Human Pathophysiology or MPAT12001 Medical Pathophysiology

and

CHIR13010 Systems and Pathology

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

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2024

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) 10%
2. Written Assessment 40%
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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2015 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 70% 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: Students
Feedback
"Weekly quizzes were very useful as a learning tool."
Recommendation
This subject will not be offered in 2016, and most of the content of it will be distributed within the Master's program. However, some content will be added to CHIR13007.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Students
Feedback
"Well presented course ... Very professional. Wonderful teaching team ... Effective communication of information."
Recommendation
This subject will not be offered in 2016, and most of the content of it will be distributed within the Master's program. However, some content will be added to CHIR13007.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Students
Feedback
"Return assignments very quickly as well and was great in clarifying any instructions to students and making sure we were on the right track and understanding the material"
Recommendation
This subject will not be offered in 2016, and most of the content of it will be distributed within the Master's program. However, some content will be added to CHIR13007.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Students
Feedback
"I still don't understand why I need to know many of these things as chiropractors do not deal with most of the content covered in this subject. I just feel that there was a lot of unnecessary content. "
Recommendation
This subject will not be offered in 2016, and most of the content of it will be distributed within the Master's program. However, some content will be added to CHIR13007.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Students
Feedback
"The tutorial slides didn't help me learn because they didn't contain any of the 'correct answers' to the case "
Recommendation
This subject will not be offered in 2016, and most of the content of it will be distributed within the Master's program. However, some content will be added to CHIR13007.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Analyse complex information from case history findings in order to determine a differential diagnosis.
  2. Determine the appropriate physical examination assessment required, in order to to eliminate or confirm a diagnostic possibility.
  3. Analyse laboratory findings in the context of selected case studies.
  4. Distinguish amongst a range of diverse clinical presentations, in order to determine consistently safe management plans for the patient.
  5. Apply self-reflection and critical thinking skills.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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1 - Online Quiz(zes) • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • • •
3 - Examination • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • • •
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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