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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
In this unit you will build upon the foundational knowledge gained in microbiology and apply it in a clinical context. You will explore the role of commensal flora in maintaining health and the role of bacterial, fungal, viral, protozoal and helminthic pathogens in disease and learn about their detection, identification, treatment and management. You will also consider new and emerging technologies and you will also explore the concept of 'One Health' while considering emerging diseases, pandemics and zoonoses as well as the emergence of antimicrobial resistance.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: MBIO19012
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).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2025
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).
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.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
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.
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
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.
Feedback from Student Unit Evaluation.
Some students had difficulty in unpacking requirements for the clinical case studies.
Consider reviewing tutorial content to ensure clarity and provide consistent exemplars of clinical case studies.
Feedback from Staff Reflection
Limited turnaround time between receiving feedback on Assessment 1 and the submission deadline for Assessment 2.
Consider increasing the time between the submission of Assessment 1 and Assessment 2 to allow adequate reflection on feedback and its application to subsequent work.
- Discuss the clinical significance, laboratory detection, treatment and management of commensal flora, pathogens and opportunistic pathogens of each of the human body systems
- Appraise the use of standard and emerging techniques for detecting and identifying bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites causing human disease
- Evaluate the use of antimicrobial chemotherapeutic agents and vaccines in the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites
- Discuss the mechanisms of antimicrobial resistance in bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites
- Compare and contrast emerging infectious diseases, including definitions, factors leading to disease emergence, monitoring and intervention strategies.
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of how artificial intelligence technologies are impacting clinical diagnostic microbiology and healthcare.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Group Work - 40% | ||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 10% | ||||||
| 3 - Laboratory/Practical - 0% | ||||||
| 4 - Online Test - 50% | ||||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||||