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MEDS13006 - Medical Sonography Clinical Unit 2

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This clinical unit will provide you with opportunities to apply and integrate theoretical and practical knowledge, skills and professional behaviour in the clinical environment, independently and under the supervision of qualified professionals. The practical focus in this unit includes the completion of an ultrasound scan to ‘Advanced Beginner’ – (student) Level 2 competence as described by the Professional Competency Framework for Sonographers adopted by the Australasian Sonographers Association and the Australian Sonographer Accreditation Register. You will learn to analyse images and solve problems, developing critical thinking and clinical reasoning skills. You will demonstrate reflective practice to expand your core knowledge and experience. You will also behave professionally using interpersonal skills relevant to sonographic practice in accordance with CQUniversity graduate attributes and Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry accreditation requirements. You are expected to critically reflect on your own performance and exhibit a high level of safe patient care. Critical appraisal of performance will enable you to develop your own patient care, professional, technical and analytical skills in a work setting.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Prerequisites

MEDS12006 Ultrasound in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 

and

MEDS12004 Sonographic Skills Development 1

and

MEDS12007 Medical Sonography Clinical Unit 1

and

MEDS13008 Vascular Sonography

AND

MEDS13011 Sonographic Skills Development 2 which must have been successfully completed within the last twelve months. Should this time limit have elapsed the student must successfully complete a skills / clinical revision and assessment as determined by the discipline lead or designate.

 

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 - 2024

Term 2 - 2024 Profile
Mixed Mode

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

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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 2 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 82.35% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 19.32% 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: Video call and phone call communication
Feedback
The newly introduced clinical placement checklist has been well received by students, supervisors and has been valuable for the unit coordinator.
Recommendation
Consider continuing to have this checklist in place
Action Taken
The clinical placement checklist remained and was well received.
Source: Phone call communication
Feedback
Add a mid-placement attendance form so that clinical academics (as well as other university staff that may need this information) can be up to date with student clinical placement hours.
Recommendation
Consider having a mid-attendance form for students to fill out and upload mid-placement
Action Taken
A mid-attendance form was not implemented. Student hours could be indirectly checked via the clinical log that students submitted fortnightly.
Source: Annual Course Enhancement Review (ACER)
Feedback
Consolidate the clinical case log and clinical attendance into one assessment item.
Recommendation
Consider consolidating the clinical case log and clinical attendance into one assessment item.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes
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