This assessment will examine your comprehension of the learning objectives and activities carried out from weeks 1 - 5 inclusive in the unit, including any pre-tutorial/lectorial learning materials such as the weekly lecture notes and related resources, peer-reviewed articles and other relevant resources provided with the unit content and covered during scheduled classes. The assessment may include (but not be limited to) short answer questions, terminology questions, process and arrangement questions and long answer questions. 

You will be provided with support and examples of the types of questions you are likely to encounter in this assessment during your scheduled classes; this will assist you in learning and understanding the expectations of this assessment. You are therefore strongly encouraged to regularly attend and actively participate in the weekly scheduled classes, ask questions where you are uncertain and ensure you come prepared for each class by having reviewed any pre-class learning material. If you still have questions or areas you do not understand following each weekly tutorial class you will be encouraged to address these promptly by posting your questions on the Discussion forum and engaging in discussion on this/these topics with fellow students and academics, and the Unit coordinators. Doing this will ensure you 'arrive' to this assessment well prepared and give yourself the best possibilities of performing well in and from this assessment. 

Note: This is an individual assessment task. No collusion or teamwork is permitted when answering the quiz questions.

Level of GenAI use allowed:

Level 1: You must not use AI at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

The 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.

Questions will be marked correct or incorrect at the completion of the online test.  Part marks may be awarded for partially correct answers.

Students will be presented with a clinical case(s) with immune implications.

Using knowledge of the immune system and it's applications to disease, from the unit's content, coupled with literature research, students are to write a report outlining the clinical disease presented in the clinical case, the immune processes responsible for the clinical presentation, pathology testing to confirm the diagnosis, and the immune-modulating therapies (and how they work) that could be used to treat the disease.

Level of Gen AI use allowed:

Level 3: You may use AI to assist with specific tasks such as drafting text, refining and evaluating your work. You must critically evaluate and modify any AI-generated content you use.

If Generative AI is used in any way, it must be cited as per the CQU Guidelines (Academic Learning Centre). The following statement must be completed and included on the front page of the uploaded assessment:

"I have used (insert technology) to (insert how you used this) in accordance with the requirements of this unit. The reason I used this was to (explain why you used it). The details of how I used it as (insert how). I hereby declare that the submission is an appropriate representation of my individual skills and abilities to meet the requirements of the task/s."

As per academic writing requirements and assessment criteria; citations of information should be of the primary source (i.e statistics returned by AI must be fact-checked and referenced from their original source as well as the AI source). Failure to cite primary sources as well as AI sources could be considered a breach of academic integrity.

You will be assessed on the following criteria:

• Identification of the disease
• Accurate description of the immune processes involved in the development of the disease
• Clear description of diagnostic tests to confirm the disease
• Clear description of therapies (at least 1 immunotherapy and how it works) that could be used to treat the disease
• Appropriate use of referencing of scientific literature