MEDS13011 - 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 the areas of lower extremity veins, 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 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 3
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026

Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Brisbane Mackay Melbourne Sydney

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 12-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 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 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 48.48% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 33.67% 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 comments
Feedback:
 Tutorial engagement was high although some students found it hard to keep up with bi-weekly delivery in this double credit point unit.

Recommendation:
 Consider a reduction to weekly regular tutorials, but keeping several additional ones at key points through the term.

Action Taken:
 Weekly tutorials were reduced as per the recommendation, with a small number of additional sessions added at key points in the term.
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback:
 Some of the new demonstration video resources did not have good audio quality.

Recommendation:
 Assess which videos are affected and replace with new videos.

Action Taken:
 Videos were assessed for sound quality and other features requiring updates. New video resources were created where needed.
Source: Student emails
Feedback:
 Assessment 2 Part B (end of term) submissions were problematic for some students when using different types of electronic devices.

Recommendation:
 Explore alternate possibilities for students to submit their reflections from the term, peer feedback and speed round images.

Action Taken:
 Assessment 2 submission requirements were changed to Moodle glossary and Moodle quiz formats which removed the dependence on other software and differences between device brands and types.
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback:
 Some students were dissatisfied with the timing and format of practical assessments during the term, in particular with the OSCE assessment format (Assessment 1 Part A).

Recommendation:
 Consider alternative ways to timetable assessments within the constraints of available resources and university term calendar whilst still maintaining appropriate assessment of unit learning outcomes.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Source: Zoom Polling SUTE comments Unit Coordinator reflection
Feedback:
 Live tutorials were introduced in 2025 in a travelling roadshow style to include all campuses. There was mixed student feedback on these sessions with some highly valuing them whilst others felt they were not useful.

Recommendation:
 Continue offering live tutorials across the different campuses, but explore ways to improve their delivery. In particular, IT resource limitations created challenges, so potential workarounds should be investigated.

Action Taken:
 In Progress
Source: SUTE comments
Feedback:
 Some students felt that completing Quiz 4 in the available time frame was too great a challenge.

Recommendation:
 All of the four quizzes in the unit underwent editing and creation of new questions for 2025 delivery. Suggest revisiting Quiz 4 in particular to ensure that timing is appropriate for the questions posed and expected answers.

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 to integrate new learning and experiences with the goal of improving your pratice
  3. Formulate problem-solving and critical-thinking strategies to appropriately address patient presentation
  4. Display professional behaviour, teamwork, and communication skills consistent with safe sonographic practice, the profession's Code of Conduct, and CQUniversity's graduate attributes.

Australasian Sonography Accreditation Registry Standards for the Accreditation of Sonographer Courses (SASC):

Foundational Units of Competence 1-5

Critical Practice Units of Competence 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