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MEDI11002 - Physics for Health Sciences

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit creates the foundations for an understanding of physics as it applies to our world around us, our bodies and our clinical environments. You will learn how to explain observed phenomena, predict changing behaviour and communicate using science conventions. You will apply problem-solving skills and knowledge of physics to find reasonable solutions to both word- and numerical-based situations.

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 There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

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 2 - 2016

Term 1 - 2017 Profile
Brisbane
Distance
Mackay
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Term 2 - 2017 Profile
Brisbane
Distance
Mackay
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Term 3 - 2017 Profile
Distance
Mackay
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Distance
Mackay
Term 2 - 2018 Profile
Distance
Mackay
Term 3 - 2018 Profile
Distance
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 2 - 2019 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 3 - 2019 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 3 - 2020 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 3 - 2021 Profile
Online
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Mackay
Online
Term 1 - 2024 Profile
Mackay
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. Written Assessment 15%
2. Written Assessment 25%
3. Examination 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 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 24.52% 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: Teaching team observations
Feedback
Even with weekly tutorial sessions included in the timetable to ensure students plan their availability for the class, relatively few students attend and many students do not recognise how the tutorials help them build skills for assessment as well as supporting theory knowledge. If students see a more explicit connection between tutorials and assessment success, participation may increase.
Recommendation
Continue to develop more discussions within the tutorials, as began last year.
Action Taken
Tutorial sessions have been updated to help students explicitly connect the value of tutorials to assessment success, which has resulted in increase in tutorial participation throughout the term.
Source: Teaching team observations
Feedback
The provision of individualised feedback with the introduction of a global video feedback in Term 1 2022 reduced student queries regarding marking and where they lost marks.
Recommendation
Maintain the provision of a combination of individualised feedback and global video feedback in future iterations of the unit.
Action Taken
Individual feedback accompanied with global feedback via the unit Moodle site was adapted this term.
Source: Teaching team observations
Feedback
Online tutorial sessions are not well attended especially following university break.
Recommendation
Review the number and timing of online tutorials in future deliveries of the unit.
Action Taken
The number of online tutorials were reduced from four sessions to three sessions per week and the tutorial timings were spread over the morning, afternoon and evening during the week to encourage more student attendance.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection Informal student feedback
Feedback
Provision of breakdown of question types, marks and time budget in preparation for the tests were well received by students.
Recommendation
Continue with the provision of breakdown of question types, marks and time budget in preparation for the tests.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection Moodle data
Feedback
Student completion rate for practice tests was noted to be quite high.
Recommendation
Maintain the provision of a practice tests to support students in preparing for their assessments.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection SUTE
Feedback
Updating existing lecture video resources and incorporating visuals and/or examples of real world applications of physics concepts will be beneficial to students.
Recommendation
Determine which lecture videos have poor quality and prioritise them for renewal with inclusion of more visuals and/or examples of real world applications where possible for future iterations.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
Complementing the weekly end of chapter questions and answers with weekly formative quizzes will further support students in their progress check and consolidation of weekly content.
Recommendation
Investigate the option of incorporating weekly formative quizzes as part of the progress check activity to support student learning of content.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE Informal student feedback
Feedback
Some students found the peer assisted study sessions (PASS) valuable in their learning of unit content.
Recommendation
Investigate the possibility of continuing PASS support in future iterations of the unit to support students in their learning of the unit content.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: MI teaching team Unit coordinator reflection
Feedback
The three weekly online tutorial sessions are experiencing low turnout of students.
Recommendation
Consider scaling back on the number of tutorials to encourage higher student attendance in each weekly tutorial session.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Discuss fundamental concepts, theories and principles of classical mechanics, matter, heat, sound, electromagnetism, electromagnetic energy and the atom.
  2. Apply fundamental physics concepts, theories and principles to explain physical phenomena of everyday life and clinical situations and to predict outcomes under changing conditions.
  3. Use problem-solving and numeracy skills, knowledge of fundamental physics concepts, theories and principles, and standard conventions of science communication to present reasonable solutions to problems.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3
1 - Written Assessment
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
1 - Communication
2 - Problem Solving
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 - Written Assessment
2 - Written Assessment
3 - Examination