The purpose of this assessment is to confirm your understanding of descriptors required to accurately describe sonographic images. You will be provided with a list of sonographic descriptors. You will then be shown five sonographic images and you will be asked to describe an anatomical or pathological section of each image.

Oral examinations will be held via Zoom with the unit coordinator. These are individual sessions only; you are required to be alone during the examination and may be asked to provide evidence of this with your camera in real time. You will be required to have your camera and microphone on at all times, have your face clearly visible, and answer questions unassisted. All oral examinations will be recorded. Examples of oral examinations are available on the unit Moodle page.

The exam will take around 5-10 minutes and once started, cannot be paused or restarted, so please ensure you are prepared beforehand. If you are unwell, please let the unit coordinator know before your examination begins.

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

Students are permitted to use Generative AI for this assessment in the following ways:

Level 1 No AI - You must not use AI at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

The oral examination is a PASS/FAIL task where you are required to demonstrate the correct use of sonographic descriptors. You can select a maximum of six incorrect descriptors for the whole the assessment task in order to pass. In the event that seven or more descriptors are incorrectly used during the oral examination, there will be ONE opportunity to reattempt this assessment item in week 12. The same criteria will apply.

This assessment task is to be undertaken as an individual. As per the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure document, section 3.13, student academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to: collision and cheating. Examples of both of these are found within the document in sections 3.17 and 3.18. Cheating and colluding with other students on non-group work tasks is considered academic misconduct and will be reported to the Academic Integrity Unit.

In these three online tests, you will be demonstrating your critical thinking skills to answer the questions. This may include:

• using information from clinical and ultrasound image presentations to arrive at diagnoses;
• using a diagnosis and working backwards to describe the expected sonographic presentation;
• other combinations of clinical presentation, laboratory data, sonographic presentation, and diagnoses; and
• extending the ultrasound examination if appropriate.

To do this, you will evaluate clinical case studies, images, and clinical presentation information. Questions will be in the format of short answer, medium length answer, and various types of multiple-choice questions (MCQs).

The online tests will be available at the following dates and times:

• Part A - Week 5, Wednesday 8/4/26, 12-12:30pm AEST - on content from weeks 1 to 3 inclusive
• Part B - Week 7, Wednesday 29/4/26, 12-1pm AEST - on content from weeks 4 and 5
• Part C - Week 10, Wednesday 20/5/26, 12-12:30pm AEST - on content from weeks 6 to 9 inclusive

The length of each test is listed above so please ensure you start as soon as the test becomes available to allow adequate time to complete it. At the test closing times, all attempts will be automatically submitted.

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

These assessment tasks must be completed on the due dates and times listed above. No late submissions are permitted after the tests have closed, so please ensure adequate time for completion. If you have computer / test access difficulties, you need to contact TaSAC as soon as possible for assistance, and the unit coordinator (after you've contacted TaSAC) if you cannot complete the test in the allocated time before the end of the test. 

Students are permitted to use Generative AI for this assessment in the following ways:

Level 1 No AI - You must not use AI at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

You will be assessed on your critical thinking ability by evaluating clinical information including sonographic images, clinical presentation information, ultrasound findings, and how to extend your ultrasound examination. Answers require critical thinking and may include:

• Explaining what has been demonstrated in the images using appropriate sonographic terminology, including anatomical features, differential diagnoses, a provisional diagnosis, and how to extend the ultrasound examination.
• Working backward to provide possible clinical presentations of patients with those specific images.

The cumulative pass mark for this assessment task is 50%. In the event of a cumulative mark of 50% not being reached, a supplementary assessment may be available if all criteria are met according to the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). A supplementary assessment for this assessment item will include content from weeks 1 to 9 inclusive.

This assessment task is to be undertaken as an individual. As per the Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure document, section 3.13, student academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to: collision, cheating, and file sharing. Examples of each of these are found within the document in sections 3.17 through to and including 3.21. Cheating and colluding with other students on non-group work tasks is considered academic misconduct and will be reported to the Academic Integrity Unit.