ECHO11004 - Biochemistry for Cardiac Pharmacology

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit will enable you to develop knowledge and understanding of biomolecules, cell function and cellular biochemistry. You will develop a basic understanding of how biomolecules are synthesised, catabolised and interconverted through key biochemical pathways to meet the needs of the cell and organism. Cellular biochemistry will explore aspects of cell-cell communication to provide the necessary knowledge to study disease and drug treatment at the cellular level. This unit will prepare you for advanced level study of cardiovascular pharmacology.

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

Co-requisite

BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2 OR BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2

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 2 - 2024

Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2025 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. Online Quiz(zes) 40%
2. Online Test 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

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 16.28% 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
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
Weekly study plans were made available on Moodle to help students stay organised and keep track of the tasks to complete.
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
Several revision resources were made available to students each week, with additional resources added as needed.
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
Consideration was given to the timing of tutorials to ensure students had adequate time to review the week's material before attending.
Source: In-class student feedback
Feedback
Students reported feeling supported and comfortable in the tutorials, which encouraged active participation.
Recommendation
Continue fostering a positive tutorial environment.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback
Breaking the weekly topics into digestible chunks of content is well received by students and helps them to understand and retain the content.
Recommendation
Maintain this style of content delivery.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Unit Coordinator reflections
Feedback
The 'Clinical Relevance Topics' are useful for bridging biochemistry concepts with echocardiography, but they should be incorporated into the lecture material rather than tutorials alone to emphasise that this content is also assessable.
Recommendation
Integrate the 'Clinical Relevance Topics' into the lectures, but keep allocating time in the tutorials for discussions on the practical applications of the content.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Describe the structure, function and biological roles of the major types of biomolecules and macromolecules
  2. Describe the relationship between structure and function of the components of biological membranes, especially in terms of selective permeability
  3. Outline the basic processes involved in metabolic and catabolic pathways relevant to the cardiovascular system
  4. Describe basic cell signalling, communication and metabolism.

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 - Online Quiz(zes) • • • •
2 - Online Test • • • •
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
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