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This unit enables you to develop an advanced knowledge and understanding of the principles of transfusion and transplantation medicine, building on the knowledge and understanding of the principles gained in earlier units. You will enhance your knowledge on topics such as safe blood storage and handling, blood and tissue typing and the detection and identification of antibodies significant in transfusion and solid tissue transplantation. You will develop the critical skills necessary to enable you to provide advice on the provision of safe tissue transplantations and blood products and components for transfusion in both routine and emergency situations including product selection and patient management.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Prerequisites: LMED29003 Transfusion and Transplantation Medicine 1
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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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 SUTE
Students found the tutorial questions really enjoyable.
Continue to utilise experienced industry experts to engage the students in practical application of knowledge through tutorial questions.
Feedback from Student feedback via email
Students found clarity of explanation of key concepts, engaging lectures and thoughtful approach enjoyable.
Continue to deliver this unit with clear and detailed explanation and engaging lectures and tutorials.
Feedback from SUTE and self reflection
Some students indicated that the assessment marking criteria could be clearer.
The marking rubrics will be reviewed with the aim to include more detail and clarity.
- Articulate the application of transfusion of human blood products in the prevention or treatment of serious medical conditions
- Analyse complex test results in transfusion and transplantation medicine
- Review and optimise quality control procedures in transfusion and transplantation medicine
- Determine the appropriate implementation of advanced testing procedures in transfusion science including pre-transfusion, compatibility testing, antenatal/postnatal/neonatal screening and the testing for autoantibodies
- Research and critique literature related to adverse outcomes and their effects in transfusion and transplantation medicine.
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Written Assessment - 20% | |||||
| 2 - Case Study - 30% | |||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | |||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 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 | |||||