MEDI11003 - Relational Anatomy

General Information

Unit Synopsis

The unit examines the human body from a three-dimensional perspective. Each major anatomical structure is studied in terms of its spatial characteristics, both internally and relative to its surroundings, body planes and external landmarks. Relational anatomy knowledge is then applied to identification of those structures on medical images of a variety of modalities.

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

Prerequisite: BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 OR BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1

Corequisite: BMSC11011 Human Anatomy and Physiology 2 OR BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 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 3 - 2024

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 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).

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 Test 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%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 3 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 66.67% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20.69% 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: Student feedback
Feedback
Students continue to find the use of Complete Anatomy helpful for understanding.
Recommendation
Complete Anatomy will continue to be made available, and students will be encouraged to use it during the term.
Action Taken
Complete anatomy was available to students and students were encouraged to use.
Source: Co-ordinator reflection
Feedback
Practice assessment questions may be useful to support student success in summative tests.
Recommendation
Review tutorial questions and amend if necessary to include more "test like" questions.
Action Taken
Tutorial questions were reviewed prior to posting.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Students found the radiologic images on tests not as familiar as medical images.
Recommendation
Review weekly test questions and tutorials and amend if necessary to include more radiological images.
Action Taken
Tutorial questions were reviewed prior to posting. Students were encouraged to refer to the radiological images in their textbook when studying and were also provided with a link to Radiopaedia.org as an additional resource for access to radiological images.
Source: Unit Coordinator observation.
Feedback
There is lack of visual feedback to the academic in online tutorials when students elect to have their cameras turned off.
Recommendation
Investigate the feasibility of utilizing live polling software as an alternative source of feedback.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Describe the typical shape, size, orientation and location of each major anatomical structure
  2. Express using correct terminology the spatial orientation of each major anatomical structure relative to its neighbouring structures, surface landmarks and body planes
  3. Identify major anatomical structures on anatomical drawings, anatomical sections and medical images
  4. Orient sectional images relative to orthogonal body planes and body regions.

This unit maps to the following components of the Medical Radiation Practice Board of Australia's Professional Capabilities for Medical Radiation Practice:

Domain 1: Medical radiation practitioner: capability 1


Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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