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.
Details
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 - 2027
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).
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
- Academic Progression Policy and Procedure
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- 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 and Teaching Evaluations (SUTE) data
Feedback Fruits was a useful platform although unfamiliar and sometimes confusing to use.
External resources (Feedback Fruits explanatory videos) will be recommended to students, to enhance familiarity with the platform prior to assessment submission.
Feedback from SUTE data
Peer feedback components were valuable assessment strategies, relevant to the CV69 degree.
Peer feedback and reflection will continue to be a main strategy in teaching and assessment for this unit.
Feedback from SUTE data and student email communications to the unit coordinator.
Communication and support to students was effective and appreciated.
Communication and support is recognised as an important aspect for this final-year unit, where students are at varying stages in their clinical practicum experiences. Open communications should remain a focus in future deliveries.