Unit Synopsis
In this unit you will build upon your knowledge of normal and abnormal histopathological features for a range of tissues along with normal and abnormal cytopathological features of a range of cells. The relationship between cellular injury, immune response, tumour formation, infection and pathological dysregulation of tissue organisation will be explored in relation to clinical cases you may encounter. You will develop the knowledge and skill to advise on the investigation of disease and recommend further investigations that will include the latest techniques in immunohistochemistry and fluorescence imaging and molecular pathology.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Prerequisites: LMED29002 Anatomical Pathology 1 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). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 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).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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) | 25% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 25% |
| 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%).
Past Exams
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Term 2 - 2025 : 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, in-class feedback, self-reflection.
Engagement in tutorials using Microsoft Teams and Kahoot has been viewed favourably.
Maintain the tutorial structure for future offerings.
Will continue using same format in tutorials. An Informal quiz using MS Forms during each tutorial sessions has replaced MS Teams activities to better engage students in these sessions. Kahoot will continue as an activity to finish each session.
Source: SUTE
Marking appeared to be hard/strict. Request to be merciful when marking.
During tutorials, include more of a breakdown of how assessment items are marked, and the mark allocations for each example exam question.
In the tutorials leading up to each assessment, time is dedicated to explain how each assessment will be marked according to established rubrics. Invigilated exam now has a breakdown of how marks are allocated for each question. This is useful for the bigger 10 and 20 mark questions where the question is broken up into smaller parts and the student is aware of the marks allocated there.
Source: Self-reflection
Assessment 2 (critique using Generative AI) demonstrated how students could critically evaluate a GenAI response.
Maintain the structure of assessment 2 with minor tweaks.
Assessment 2 Critique using GenAI will continue. Minor changes to be made to the marking rubric for more accuracy when grading.
Source: Unit coordinator self reflection and SUTE data
Informal quizzes based on images shown in tutorials help students recall their learning but require clearer guidelines.
Continue using image-based quizzes and provide additional resources to guide students on how to approach these quizzes.
In Progress
Source: Self reflection
Additional learning opportunities such as crossword puzzles and mock exam questions can complement learning and increase engagement.
Continue to provide these useful learning activities.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Categorise complex histopathological and cytopathological specimens and discriminate artefactual morphology
- Analyse the role of histopathology in the detection of tissue inflammation and malignancy during the onset and progression of human disease
- Investigate the roles of supervision and management of the anatomical pathology laboratory
- Diagnose normal and non complex conditions using the cytological process
- Evaluate existing and emerging specialised fixation techniques and new molecular and hybridisation techniques in histology and cytology.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) | • | • | |||
| 2 - Written Assessment | • | • | |||
| 3 - Examination | • | • | • | • | |
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | • | • | • | • | • |
| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | • | • |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | • | • |
| 4 - Research | • | • | • | • | |
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |