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Please note that this Unit Profile is still in progress. The content below is subject to change.Overview
This unit focuses on the development of clinical reasoning and decision making skills. You will consolidate, extend and refine application of cardiovascular knowledge and assessment protocols gained during the Bachelor of Echocardiography and Cardiac Physiology course to a variety of clinical scenarios, case studies and cardiac assessment data. You will evaluate data and generate differential diagnoses with consideration of best practice guidelines, including critical appraisal of echocardiographic scan quality and professional sonographer conduct. You will practice the application of professional dialogue, anticipating and communicating cardiovascular assessment outcomes using discipline specific terminology. Studies will nurture development of professional attributes necessary for the transition from student to independent practitioner.
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Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Requisite Unit: ECHO13007 Cardiac Clinical Unit 3
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 1 - 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 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.
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.
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- Apply an integrated understanding of echocardiographic theory, assessing cardiac structure and function through evaluation of both sonographic images and derived data
- Utilise appropriate professional dialogue when discussing referral indications, cardiac assessment outcomes and patient management strategies
- Critically appraise technical scan performance, echocardiographer professional behaviour and cardiac assessment outcomes, reflecting on best practice guidelines.
- Critically evaluate and synthesize current trends and challenges in the field of sonography.
1. Australian Sonographer Accreditation Registry (ASAR): Accreditation Standards for Cardiac Sonography - Foundation units of competence (Unit 1-5) and Critical Practice (Unit 8)
2. Edwards, C, Thoirs, K, Osborne, B, Slade, D, McDonald, S, Lombardo, P, et al. Australian sonographer competency—A new framework. Sonography. 2022; 9( 3): 108– 115. https://doi.org/10.1002/sono.12309
3. American Society of Echocardiography Guideline Documents
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Online Quiz(zes) - 60% | ||||
| 2 - Reflective Practice Assignment - 40% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Knowledge | ||||
| 2 - Communication | ||||
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | ||||
| 4 - Research | ||||
| 5 - Self-management | ||||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | ||||
| 7 - Leadership | ||||
| 8 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||