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ECHO11004 - Cardiac Clinical Unit 1

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This clinical unit is your first opportunity to be placed in a clinical facility. It will provide opportunities to interact with cardiac assessment practitioners and patients and to link theory and practice. The practical focus in this unit includes undertaking focused cardiac assessment related to cardiac catheter lab monitoring. Behavioural aspects of professional practice are emphasised and you are expected to reflect on your own performance and exhibit the highest level of safe patient care. Critical appraisal of performance will enable you to develop professional and technical skills in a work setting under qualified supervision.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite:

ECHO11003 Fundamentals of Cardiac Science

AND

BMSC11001 Human Body System 1

AND

ESSC 11004 Study and Research Skills for Health Science

AND

MEDI11002 Physics for Health Science

AND

ECHO11002 Cardiac Structure and Function

AND

MEDI11004 Professional Practice

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 1 - 2018

Term 3 - 2018 Profile
Brisbane
Mixed Mode
Perth
Sydney
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2020 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2021 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2022 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2023 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Online

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. Practical Assessment 0%
2. Practical Assessment 0%
3. Professional Practice Placement 0%
4. Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books 0%
5. Case Study 0%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 24.39% 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: Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
Revision resources are underutilised and students may benefit from more frequent engagement with the unit material.
Recommendation
Investigate ways to encourage more student engagement and interaction with the unit resources.
Action Taken
The weekly tutorials and announcement forum posts were used to promote the unit's revision resources.
Source: Student feedback via email
Feedback
Students appreciate the personalised feedback provided to them for each online quiz.
Recommendation
Continue to provide students with contructive, personalised feedback for each online quiz.
Action Taken
Students continued to receive constructive, personalised feedback for each online quiz.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
Additional real-world examples could be provided in the unit material to cultivate more interest in the subject.
Recommendation
Invest in the provision of additional real-world examples to the lecture, unit reading materials and tutorials.
Action Taken
More real-world examples were integrated into the unit's tutorials.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The weekly study plans provided on Moodle help students keep track of what tasks they should be completing each week.
Recommendation
Continue to make this resource available on Moodle.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The large pool of revision resources available to students facilitates 'active learning' of the unit content and helps students prepare for the unit's assessment tasks.
Recommendation
Continue to make several different revision resources available for each week and add to these as needed.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE; Unit Coordinator
Feedback
'Staggering' the scheduling of the tutorials so that they focus on the previous week's material (rather than the current week) is more practical for students.
Recommendation
Continue to 'stagger' the scheduling of tutorials so that students have more time to complete the week's material before the tutorial.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Perform accurate electrophysiological assessment of the cardiovascular system in a simple clinical case
  2. Communicate the outcomes of cardiac assessment including consideration of quality assurance
  3. Apply professional behaviour consistent with safe practice
  4. Critically reflect on clinical cases.

Linked to National and International Standards
1. ASAR Accreditation Standards for Cardiac Sonography - critical practice Unit 8 - Cardiac, Foundation units of competence - 1- 5.
2. European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging Core Syllabus
3. American Registry for Cardiac Sonography Core Syllabus

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Practical Assessment • •
2 - Practical Assessment • •
3 - Professional Practice Placement •
4 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books •
5 - Case Study •
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 • •
5 - Team Work •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
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 - Practical Assessment • • • • • •
2 - Practical Assessment • • • • • • •
3 - Professional Practice Placement • • •
4 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books • •
5 - Case Study • • • • • • •