CHIR13010 - Systems and Pathology

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will build upon your conceptual understanding of the causes, mechanisms and consequences of disease and dysfunction of the cardiovascular, lymphatic, haematopoietic, reproductive, respiratory, endocrine, renal and digestive systems. You will critically evaluate the multifactorial symptoms of dysfunction in order to infer the likely causative pathophysiological condition. Importance will be placed on understanding that different pathologies frequently cause a suite of similar symptoms but can nevertheless be differentiated on the basis of the combination, intensity and development of those symptoms. This knowledge will be used in conjunction with the examination protocols and procedures taught in Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis 3, in order to formulate a differential diagnosis.

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-requisites:

BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2

and

MBIO12013 Microbiology for Health Care

and

BIOH12008 Human Pathophysiology or MPAT12001 Medical Pathophysiology

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
Brisbane

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) 15%
2. Written Assessment 25%
3. In-class Test(s) 60%

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 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 16.67% 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
Feedback
The students enjoyed the challenge of the written assignment and the research required to form a diagnosis for a real patient case.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit continue to use this assessment task.
Action Taken
The unit coordinator kept the written assignment in the unit as per previous years feedback.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The students felt the content was heavy and the medical language difficult to understand.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator explore creating an introductory to medical jargon lecture and condense and streamline the content further, where possible.
Action Taken
The unit coordinator streamlined the content and made an effort to ensure medical jargon was well explained.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Some students felt that they would benefit from the tutorial being delivered in person to help connect the concepts more easily.
Recommendation
It is recommended the unit coordinator explore moving the tutorial to an on-campus delivery mode.
Action Taken
The unit coordinator moved the tutorials to in person, on campus.
Source: In person and SUTE
Feedback
The students thoroughly enjoyed the weekly in class quiz and felt that it was a fun way to keep up to date with content and allow better recall of the material.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator continue to provide weekly in class quizzes.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: In person and SUTE
Feedback
The students felt that the written assignment was interesting and added to their learning.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator continue to offer the written assignment case as a learning assessment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: In person and SUTE
Feedback
The students felt that the end of term assessment weightage is too high for the unit (60%) .
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator review the weightage of the assessments.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Compare the aetiology, epidemiology, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations of common diseases
  2. Explain the pathophysiological basis of symptoms and signs of common diseases, using your knowledge of anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, microbiology and pathology
  3. Analyse the combination, intensity and chronological development of a client’s symptoms, to infer the most likely pathological cause
  4. Explain the multifactorial nature of disease.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
2 - Written Assessment • • •
3 - In-class Test(s) • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication • • •
2 - Problem Solving • •
3 - Critical Thinking • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
1 - Online Quiz(zes) • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • •
3 - In-class Test(s) • • •