MEDS13002 - Sonographic Skills Development 2

Showing: 2026 HE Term 1
General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit advances your preparation for the clinical workplace through the development of ultrasound scanning skills in lower extremity venous, carotid artery and transvaginal female pelvis. Psychomotor skills and professional behaviour techniques gained in previous scanning skills units and during clinical placement will be built upon, with an emphasis on problem solving techniques required to produce appropriate clinical outcomes. You are required to demonstrate the skills, knowledge, and professional behaviours needed to work in a clinical setting, and will be assessed within a simulated environment.

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

Prerequisites:

MEDS12004 Sonographic Skills Development 1

AND

MEDS12006 Ultrasound of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

AND

MEDS13008 Vascular Sonography

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 1 - 2026


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

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) 0%
2. Written Assessment 0%
3. Online Quiz(zes) 0%
4. On-campus Activity 0%

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

Past Exams

Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 69.57% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 19.66% 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: Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback:
 Some students found hypothesis generation from patient history and presentation to be quite challenging, even though this was discussed in tutorials and expected to be predominantly revision from previous theory units.

Recommendation:
 Consider introducing a formal clinical decision making model to assist with student's hypothesis generation.

Action Taken:
 A clinical decision making resource was provided, and extensive revision resources from previous units were made available to refresh theoretical knowledge.
Source: SUTE Unit Comment Report & Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback:
 Some students ran out of time in Quiz 4. It was noted some students wrote much more information than was required which may have contributed to this.

Recommendation:
 Consider modifying question style and/or timing for Quiz 4.

Action Taken:
 Quiz 4 questions were reviewed and edited to better focus expected answers.
Source: SUTE Unit Comment Report
Feedback:
 Students found the introduction of the narrative to the practical assessments to be very beneficial.

Recommendation:
 Maintain narrative and provide further exemplars of this for students, such as in demonstration videos.

Action Taken:
 Further narration exemplars were provided and expectations were discussed in tutorials.
Source: SUTE unit comments
Feedback:
 Some students felt narrative exemplars were not a true indication of expectations.

Recommendation:
 This unit is being replaced by a 12 CP unit (MEDS13011) in 2024 however the practical assessment and narration will still be a feature of the new unit. Consider providing some additional examplars showing an array of sonographic issues and work arounds. Ensure students understand that the narrative is specific to their assessment (what they are doing, how they are doing it, why they are doing it and problems identified) and hence 'one size fits all' exemplars are not possible.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Source: SUTE unit comments
Feedback:
 Some students found some quiz questions to be ambiguous.

Recommendation:
 As above, this unit is being replaced in 2024 however quizzes will still be a form of assessment in the new unit. All existing questions will be evaluated for clarity and relevance before importing into the new unit with adjustments made and new questions created as required.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Unit Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Complete sonographic examinations of the lower extremity veins, carotid arteries, and transvaginal female pelvis
  2. Critically reflect and improve upon own professional practice and sonographic psychomotor skills
  3. Display professional behaviour, teamwork, and communication skills consistent with safe sonographic practice and industry expectation
  4. Formulate problem-solving and critical-thinking strategies to appropriately address patient presentation

Australasian Sonography Association Competency Standards for the Entry Level Sonographer

Units- 1,2,4,5,9,10 & 13

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) • • •
2 - Written Assessment •
3 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
4 - On-campus Activity •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Communication • • • •
2 - Problem Solving • • • •
3 - Critical Thinking • • • •
4 - Information Literacy •
5 - Team Work • •
6 - Information Technology Competence • •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence • • •
8 - Ethical practice • • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 10
1 - Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) • • • • • •
2 - Written Assessment • • • •
3 - Online Quiz(zes) • • •
4 - On-campus Activity • • • • • •