MEDS11002 - Relational Anatomy and Image Recognition

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit examines the gross, topographical and relational anatomy of the human body and develops the pattern recognition skills to identify normal anatomical structures on medical images. Each macroscopic anatomical structure, or its constituent part, is studied in terms of spatial characteristics, relative to adjacent structures, body planes, external and internal landmarks relevant to sonographic practice. This knowledge is engaged to enhance the development of pattern recognition skills in relation to the cross-sectional, oblique, coronal and sagittal display of these anatomical structures on normal medical images, with a particular focus on the interpretation of sonographic images.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 1
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisite:

BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1

OR

BMSC11010 Human Anatomy and Physiology 1

AND

Corequisite

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 - 2023

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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 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Online Quiz(zes) 20%
2. Online Test 20%
3. 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 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 93.75% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 35.04% 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 data from the "Have your say" area on unit Moodle site.
Feedback
"Complete Anatomy" by Elsevier was an effective and engaging learning resource which helps students to explore anatomical relationships from different angles and aid learning anatomy.
Recommendation
Continue to provide "Complete Anatomy" by Elsevier as a learning resource and demonstrate its use in tutorials and virtual study groups.
Action Taken
"Complete Anatomy" by Elsevier was provided as a learning resource to students. This resource was demonstrated by student peers in Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) which were provided for this unit.
Source: SUTE data from the "Have your say" area on unit Moodle site.
Feedback
The combined use of the tutorial and virtual study group throughout each week of term helped to consolidate learning. They also provided access to the lecturer and other students throughout the week.
Recommendation
Continue to use both a tutorial and virtual study group throughout each week of term to explain concepts beyond content discussed in recorded lectures, to allow students to further explore anatomical relationships and identify structures on medical images.
Action Taken
Tutorials and study groups were held twice a week (on Tuesday and Thursdays each week) to unpack, explain and point out important structures on medical images.
Source: SUTE data from the "Have your say" area on unit Moodle site.
Feedback
SImplified hand-drawn drawings and diagrams which were used deconstructed complex anatomy into a simple and easy to understand format.
Recommendation
Continue to use simplified hand-drawn drawings and diagrams to deconstruct and unpack complex anatomy and highlight important anatomical relationships to enhance student understanding.
Action Taken
Simplified hand-drawn anatomical drawings were used to unpack complex anatomy and explain anatomical relationships.
Source: SUTE data from the "Have your say" area on unit Moodle site.
Feedback
The lectures are required to explain content, but the tutorials and virtual study groups explain the important concepts. Emphasise this point to students.
Recommendation
Further explain the strategy to learn in this unit involves watching recorded lectures and actively interacting in tutorials and study groups. Clearly articulate the purpose of the recorded lectures which is to describe the structural anatomy of particular body regions. Highlight that the tutorials and study groups will focus on sonographically clinically relevant anatomy, explain important anatomical relationships, and how and why structures are identified on medical images.
Action Taken
The approach to learning content in this unit was unpacked for students in the first week of term in tutorials, emails and week 1 lectures.
Source: Student feedback SUTE data.
Feedback
Quizzes (formative and summative) could include more questions regarding the relationships of structures to one another.
Recommendation
Consider including more questions regarding anatomical relationships.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student feedback SUTE data.
Feedback
In the online test, 'matching' questions which required students to match up structures labelled 1 - 5 were shuffled (so not in numerical order), which increased the cognitive load of students during a test.
Recommendation
Consider designing the test so that questions which ask for structures to be labelled, do so in numerical order (rather than out of numerical order) to reduce student cognitive load during a test.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Describe the features and location of sonographically significant macroscopic anatomical structures
  2. Describe the spatial orientation of each anatomical structure relative to adjacent structures, body planes and landmarks
  3. Identify cross-sectional, coronal and sagittal representation of organs and structures
  4. Apply the skill of pattern recognition to the interpretation of medical images, particularly sonographic
  5. Identify anatomical features on medical images, particularly sonographic views.

The sonography course is accredited by the Australian Sonographers Association and knowledge required by entry-level sonographers is introduced in this unit and is a key requirement of accreditation.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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2 - Online Test • • • • •
3 - Online Test • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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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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