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MEDS21004 - Musculo Skeletal Sonography

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This course introduces the student to musculoskeletal ultrasound. Students will acquire knowledge of the anatomy, pathophysiology and sonographic appearance of the musculoskeletal system. They will describe techniques and protocols appropriate to musculoskeletal ultrasound and use problem solving strategies to formulate differential diagnoses. The student will be introduced to issues related to the provision of safe and ethical patient care.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
 
MEDS13006 Medical Sonography Clinical Course 3 - pre

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 - 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 Postgraduate 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 Quiz(zes) 25%
2. Written Assessment 35%
3. Examination 40%

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 - 2014 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 69.23% 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: 'have your say'
Feedback
Lectures and video tutorials were very well received. Learners felt the assessments were clinically relevant and authentic, with one learner requesting more detailed feedback on written assessment.
Recommendation
Course not to be re-run, but videos and lectures will be offered for roll-over to 3rd year CC. Reflection on assessment and feedback quality by current CC and recommendations passed on to future CC.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Describe the anatomy and pathophysiology of musculoskeletal structures.
  2. Interpret normal, anomalous and abnormal sonographic appearances of the musculoskeletal system.
  3. Interpret information from a variety of sources to formulate a differential diagnosis.
  4. Describe practices, strategies and issues related to the provision of safe and ethical patient care.
  5. Evaluate a musculoskeletal case study.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
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