CQUniversity Unit Profile.

You will have 3 online quizzes across the term. Each quiz may have a different total number of points, but all quizzes will contribute equally to your Assessment 1 grade, with each quiz being worth 33.33% of the total Assessment 1 grade.

Each quiz will cover content from your recorded lecture material, your tutorials, interactive online content (i.e., H5P activities) and your readings. There are 3 quizzes in total. These quizzes are scheduled for Week 5, Week 8, and Week 11. The quizzes will open at 9 am on Thursday and close at 9 am Friday of the week for which it is scheduled. A schedule is provided for you on Moodle.

Once you start the quiz, you will have one (1) hour to complete it.

As the assessment involves online quizzes, the 72-hour grace period does not apply to this assessment.

Level of GenAI use allowed:

Level 1

• The assessment is completed entirely without AI assistance in a controlled environment, ensuring that students rely solely on their existing knowledge, understanding, and skills. You must not use AI at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

Quiz questions will include closed-type questions (e.g., multiple choice, matching) and short answer questions. Points assigned are identified for each question. You will attain points for questions answered correctly.

You will be provided with a clinical case study, which will include will be a series of questions related to a health condition/s and their functional impacts. Impacted systems may include neurology, respiration, phonation, resonance, and/or articulation, along with the underlying structures (e.g., bones, cartilage), muscles, nerves and blood supply. 

Questions will require specific identification of impacted structures, explanation of the physiology connecting the impaired structures with the functional symptoms, and reasoning through alternatives and consequences.

This assessment requires application of your learning from Week 1 through to Week 9. The full task description will be provided on Moodle.

Level of GenAI use allowed:

• Level 2: You may use AI for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas.

For this assessment, students will be provided with a specific clinical case study and be required to answer a mixture of anatomy, physiology and reasoning-based questions. 

Each of the anatomy, physiology, and/or reasoning-based questions will be assessed according to the following types of criteria, but may not be limited to this:

• Accuracy, relevance, clarity and completeness of the written response, including correct use and spelling of anatomical and physiological terminology, and correct referencing; 
• Accuracy and clarity in linking anatomical structures to associated physiological functions;
• Accuracy and clarity in reasoning through the relationship between anatomy/physiology and functional speech pathology signs and symptoms.

Speech pathology students need a strong understanding of the anatomical structures and their functions in the head, neck, and thorax. This practical assessment allows students an opportunity to demonstrate that knowledge by engaging with anatomical models and simulated clinical scenarios, with a focus on anatomy and physiology associated with communication and swallowing. 

By completing this assessment, students will demonstrate the ability to:

• Identify anatomical structures of the head, neck, and thorax,
• Describe physiological mechanisms relevant to communication and swallowing, and 
• Explain the relationship between anatomy and physiology

Assessable structures include (but are not limited to): the brain, muscles, bones, cartilage, joints, nerves, blood vessels, viscera, and supporting structures.

The practical assessment consists of two (2) parts and is worth 40% of the overall mark for the unit.

Part 1: 

Part 1 takes place in an assessment room, which will be set up with 10–20 stations, each featuring anatomical specimens such as models, bones and/or cartilage with clearly labelled structures. You will begin at an assigned station, read the questions listed on the station identifier, and record your answers on your provided answer sheet. When time is called, you will rotate to the next station and repeat this process until all stations are completed. This portion of the assessment is closed book. The only items permitted in the laboratory are pens (blue or black ink only), your answer sheet, and photo ID such as a student ID or driver's license.

Part 2: 

Part 2 takes place after a short break following the laboratory component. Students will return to an assessment room to complete a series of short written response questions covering functional anatomy and physiology content from the term. 

As this assessment is a timed in-class test, the 72-hour grace period does not apply.

Level of GenAI use allowed:
Level 1

• The assessment is completed entirely without AI assistance in a controlled environment, ensuring that students rely solely on their existing knowledge, understanding, and skills. You must not use AI at any point during the assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.
  
  

Each of the anatomy, physiology, and/or reasoning-based questions will be assessed according to the following types of criteria, but may not be limited to this:

1. Accuracy, relevance, clarity and completeness of the written response, including correct use and spelling of anatomical and physiological terminology;
2. Accuracy and clarity in linking anatomical structures to associated physiological functions;
3. Accuracy and clarity in reasoning through the relationship between anatomy/physiology and functional speech pathology signs and symptoms.