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CHIR13007 - Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis 3

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit builds on other pathology related units in the course, as well as Clinical Assessment and Diagnosis 1. You will study non-musculoskeletal patient presentations, starting from the point of first contact with the patient, through history taking and physical examination, and finally to the formulation of a diagnosis. Through this process, you will also continue to develop your knowledge of common pathologies of each body system. By the end of the unit, your problem solving, analytical and critical thinking skills will have improved.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisite:

CHIR13010 Systems and Pathology

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 2 - 2025

Term 2 - 2025 Profile
Brisbane

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate 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.

Assessment Tasks

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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%).

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Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 2 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 70.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 23.81% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE and in person
Feedback
The students felt that learning the theory (CHIR13010) in term 1 and the practical in term 2 (CHIR13007) was not ideal. They would have preferred the theory and practical content to be delivered simultaneously.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the discipline explore opportunities to better integrate theoretical and practical components of CHIR13010 and CHIR13007.
Action Taken
The discipline reviewed the content and this will be updated for the 2026 offering.
Source: Email and in person
Feedback
The students enjoyed the tutorial class layout and structure of embedding the vitals at the start every week.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator continue the tutorial structure for the next offering.
Action Taken
The tutorial structure remained the same.
Source: SUTE and in person
Feedback
The students enjoyed the videos that accompanied the practical components to the subject, however they have requested updated videos with a full routine included.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the Unit Coordinator create new video content for the practical skills element as well as routines for each bodily system.
Action Taken
The Unit Coordinator created a set of routines for each bodily system and an accompanying rubric.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
The students felt that consolidating the content from CHIR13010 and CHIR13007 and delivering it across two terms would benefit their learning experience.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the discipline explore the opportunity of consolidating and spreading the content of these two units across two terms.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE and in person
Feedback
The students enjoyed the contextual nature of the unit, and would like more case based scenarios.
Recommendation
It is recommended that the unit coordinator introduce more cases that present to the student clinic.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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