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MEDS13002 - Clinical Sonography of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course prepares the student for the clinical workplace by the development of the skills, knowledge and professional behaviours required for the assessment of the non-gravid and gravid female pelvis, foetal development and vascular Doppler imaging. Students are assessed within a simulated environment. This course prepares students for entry into the clinical environment using the Assessment of Readiness for Clinical tool (ARC) in conjunction with other assessment tasks.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
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 3 - 2013

Term 1 - 2017 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Sydney
Term 1 - 2018 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Sydney
Term 1 - 2019 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Term 1 - 2020 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Term 1 - 2021 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Term 1 - 2022 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney
Term 1 - 2023 Profile
Brisbane
Mackay
Melbourne
Perth
Sydney

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. Practical Assessment 0%
2. Online Quiz(zes) 0%
3. Practical and Written Assessment 0%
4. On-campus Activity 0%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 69.57% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 19.66% 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: Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback
Some students found hypothesis generation from patient history and presentation to be quite challenging, even though this was discussed in tutorials and expected to be predominantly revision from previous theory units.
Recommendation
Consider introducing a formal clinical decision making model to assist with student's hypothesis generation.
Action Taken
A clinical decision making resource was provided, and extensive revision resources from previous units were made available to refresh theoretical knowledge.
Source: SUTE Unit Comment Report & Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback
Some students ran out of time in Quiz 4. It was noted some students wrote much more information than was required which may have contributed to this.
Recommendation
Consider modifying question style and/or timing for Quiz 4.
Action Taken
Quiz 4 questions were reviewed and edited to better focus expected answers.
Source: SUTE Unit Comment Report
Feedback
Students found the introduction of the narrative to the practical assessments to be very beneficial.
Recommendation
Maintain narrative and provide further exemplars of this for students, such as in demonstration videos.
Action Taken
Further narration exemplars were provided and expectations were discussed in tutorials.
Source: SUTE unit comments
Feedback
Some students felt narrative exemplars were not a true indication of expectations.
Recommendation
This unit is being replaced by a 12 CP unit (MEDS13011) in 2024 however the practical assessment and narration will still be a feature of the new unit. Consider providing some additional examplars showing an array of sonographic issues and work arounds. Ensure students understand that the narrative is specific to their assessment (what they are doing, how they are doing it, why they are doing it and problems identified) and hence 'one size fits all' exemplars are not possible.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: SUTE unit comments
Feedback
Some students found some quiz questions to be ambiguous.
Recommendation
As above, this unit is being replaced in 2024 however quizzes will still be a form of assessment in the new unit. All existing questions will be evaluated for clarity and relevance before importing into the new unit with adjustments made and new questions created as required.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Perform the prescribed routine sonographic scanning techniques and image acquisition, in a reasonable time period to diagnostic sufficiency standards for the non-gravid and gravid female pelvis, foetal biometric measurements and vascular Doppler imaging assessments.
  2. Identify and differentiate between the normal, anomalous and abnormal sonographic appearances of the non-gravid and gravid female pelvis, developing fetus and peripheral vascular system.
  3. Demonstrate professional behaviour and communication skills (verbal, non-verbal and written) appropriate to medical sonography.
  4. Apply knowledge of safe and ethical practice in the areas of ergonomics, patient care considerations and medical legal-issues.
  5. Demonstrate proficiency in the use of picture archiving and communication systems (PACS).

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Practical Assessment • • • • •
2 - Online Quiz(zes) • • •
3 - Practical and Written Assessment • • • •
4 - On-campus Activity •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4 5
1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • •
4 - Information Literacy • • • •
5 - Team Work •
6 - Information Technology Competence • • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
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 - Practical Assessment • • • • • •
3 - Practical and Written Assessment • • • •
2 - Online Quiz(zes) • • •
4 - On-campus Activity • • •