CSN029 Advanced Ultrasound Topics B
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| Unit code: | CSN029 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | CSN027 and CSN028 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $2,976 |
| International unit fee | $4,236 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Online
| Unit code: | CSN029 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | CSN027 and CSN028 |
Overview
Specialised knowledge of the diagnostic potential of medical ultrasound imaging is essential for the operator to perform effective examinations. Through the completion of this unit you will develop your applied understanding of advanced obstetric and paediatric ultrasound applications. This unit extends and builds on the content of the units CSN027 Ultrasonic Examination 2 and CSN028 Advanced Ultrasound Topics B. This unit is offered in the second year of the course in order for you to understand the basics of Medical Ultrasound which are outlined in the subjects CSN026 Ultrasonic Examination 1, CSN025 Principles of Medical Ultrasound, CSN027 Ultrasonic Examination 2 and CSN029 Advanced Ultrasound Topics B.
Learning support is provided during the on-campus block via a workshop provided by the student support group. This workshop provides support for students to develop a case based journal article, this is recorded and can be reviewed throughout the semester.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply advanced knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology to the ultrasound examinations of a range of speciality areas with a particular focus on obstetric and paediatric applications.
- Showcase and explain the various advanced scan techniques applicable to the imaging areas covered within this unit.
- Critically analyse and interpret clinical data and measurements attained by sonographers in real world ultrasound examinations
- Reflect on how the principles and techniques of medical ultrasound imaging inform diagnostic quality and best sonographic practice.
Content
The unit covers the following topic areas:
Advanced obstetric applications:
- multiple pregnancy assessment
- interventional ultrasound-guided techniques in obstetrics
- advanced foetal heart assessment
- Doppler assessment in pregnancy and gynaecology
- First trimester screening and Invasive procedures
Paediatric ultrasound applications:
- abdomen
- head
- hips
- spine
Learning Approaches
The unit combines an intensive block of lectures, tutorials and in-class demonstrations at the start of the semester. Following this intensive, you will engage with online learning materials at your own pace. Various online teaching tools are used to support each learning module and reinforce the major concepts. These are timed with themed Canvas discussions involving real-world case examples designed to develop your deeper understanding of and engagement with the key topic areas. Real-world live scanning workshops during the on-campus block combined with authentic assessment items will build your professional identity as a sonographer.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
A structured approach to summative assessment and marking will be applied to provide you with detailed feedback on your progress. You will be provided feedback on each summative assessment item as you progress through the unit. Formative assessment feedback is embedded within this unit to support your learning. The case report uses a structured peer review process, providing you with the opportunity to review peer submissions, provide feedback and reflect on your learning. Feedback is also provided via interaction with classmates and teaching staff via the unit discussion board.
Assessment
Overview
The first assessment is an online problem-solving exercise involving the review and assessment of ultrasound images. You will be asked to provide critical feedback on diagnostic quality, sonographic features and pathology identification. The second assessment requires you to complete a report on ultrasound cases you have performed in the workplace. As part of this assessment, you must critically review images and measurements performed. For this assessment you will provide and receive peer feedback before submission of a final assignment summative later in the semester. Your will complete the final examination in the central examination timeslot and will assess whole-of-unit learning experiences.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Exercises
You will complete a series of problem-solving exercises presented as a module on the unit site, including image viewing. This assessment uses real clinical cases. You will take on the role of the sonographer in the workplace in order to analyse and interpret ultrasound images.
Assessment: Case Report
You will be required to submit a report detailing a case that you have performed in the workplace. As part of this assessment, you must critically review relevant images and measurements and provide an involved discussion on the findings of the case. Specific requirements for this case study will be outlined on the Canvas site for this unit. Your first report is a formative assessment submitted as part of a structured peer review process.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension
Assessment: Examination
You will complete a multiple choice and short answer written examination conducted during the centrally time-tabled exam period. This will assess all unit lecture content.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Curry, P., Prince M.(202) Sonography - Introduction to Normal Structure and Function (5th ed.). Elsevier.
Holley A (2013) Pediatric Ultrasound : A Practical Guide (2nd ed). Brisbane: Allison Holley
Norton, M. (2016). Callen's Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (6th ed.). Elsevier
Rumack, C., Wilson, S., Charboneau, J., Levine, D. (2017). Diagnostic Ultrasound (5th ed.). Elsevier.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.CS60 Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound
- Acquire and apply advanced specialist knowledge of the principles and techniques of medical ultrasound imaging
Relates to: Examination - Review, analyse and synthesise information to identify complex sonographic appearances
Relates to: Problem Solving Exercises - Critically examine clinical ultrasound requests to perform independent examinations to a high level of diagnostic accuracy
Relates to: Case Report
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Online
| Unit code: | CSN029 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | CSN027 and CSN028 |
Overview
Specialised knowledge of the diagnostic potential of medical ultrasound imaging is essential for the operator to perform effective examinations. Through the completion of this unit you will develop your applied understanding of advanced obstetric and paediatric ultrasound applications. This unit extends and builds on the content of the units CSN027 Ultrasonic Examination 2 and CSN028 Advanced Ultrasound Topics B. This unit is offered in the second year of the course in order for you to understand the basics of Medical Ultrasound which are outlined in the subjects CSN026 Ultrasonic Examination 1, CSN025 Principles of Medical Ultrasound, CSN027 Ultrasonic Examination 2 and CSN029 Advanced Ultrasound Topics B.
Learning support is provided during the on-campus block via a workshop provided by the student support group. This workshop provides support for students to develop a case based journal article, this is recorded and can be reviewed throughout the semester.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply advanced knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology to the ultrasound examinations of a range of speciality areas with a particular focus on obstetric and paediatric applications.
- Showcase and explain the various advanced scan techniques applicable to the imaging areas covered within this unit.
- Critically analyse and interpret clinical data and measurements attained by sonographers in real world ultrasound examinations
- Reflect on how the principles and techniques of medical ultrasound imaging inform diagnostic quality and best sonographic practice.
Content
The unit covers the following topic areas:
Advanced obstetric applications:
- multiple pregnancy assessment
- interventional ultrasound-guided techniques in obstetrics
- advanced foetal heart assessment
- Doppler assessment in pregnancy and gynaecology
- First trimester screening and Invasive procedures
Paediatric ultrasound applications:
- abdomen
- head
- hips
- spine
Learning Approaches
The unit combines an intensive block of lectures, tutorials and in-class demonstrations at the start of the semester. Following this intensive, you will engage with online learning materials at your own pace. Various online teaching tools are used to support each learning module and reinforce the major concepts. These are timed with themed Canvas discussions involving real-world case examples designed to develop your deeper understanding of and engagement with the key topic areas. Real-world live scanning workshops during the on-campus block combined with authentic assessment items will build your professional identity as a sonographer.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
A structured approach to summative assessment and marking will be applied to provide you with detailed feedback on your progress. You will be provided feedback on each summative assessment item as you progress through the unit. Formative assessment feedback is embedded within this unit to support your learning. The case report uses a structured peer review process, providing you with the opportunity to review peer submissions, provide feedback and reflect on your learning. Feedback is also provided via interaction with classmates and teaching staff via the unit discussion board.
Assessment
Overview
The first assessment is an online problem-solving exercise involving the review and assessment of ultrasound images. You will be asked to provide critical feedback on diagnostic quality, sonographic features and pathology identification. The second assessment requires you to complete a report on ultrasound cases you have performed in the workplace. As part of this assessment, you must critically review images and measurements performed. For this assessment you will provide and receive peer feedback before submission of a final assignment summative later in the semester. Your will complete the final examination in the central examination timeslot and will assess whole-of-unit learning experiences.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Problem Solving Exercises
You will complete a series of problem-solving exercises presented as a module on the unit site, including image viewing. This assessment uses real clinical cases. You will take on the role of the sonographer in the workplace in order to analyse and interpret ultrasound images.
Assessment: Case Report
You will be required to submit a report detailing a case that you have performed in the workplace. As part of this assessment, you must critically review relevant images and measurements and provide an involved discussion on the findings of the case. Specific requirements for this case study will be outlined on the Canvas site for this unit. Your first report is a formative assessment submitted as part of a structured peer review process.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension
Assessment: Examination
You will complete a multiple choice and short answer written examination conducted during the centrally time-tabled exam period. This will assess all unit lecture content.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Curry, P., Prince M.(202) Sonography - Introduction to Normal Structure and Function (5th ed.). Elsevier.
Holley A (2013) Pediatric Ultrasound : A Practical Guide (2nd ed). Brisbane: Allison Holley
Norton, M. (2016). Callen's Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (6th ed.). Elsevier
Rumack, C., Wilson, S., Charboneau, J., Levine, D. (2017). Diagnostic Ultrasound (5th ed.). Elsevier.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.CS60 Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound
- Acquire and apply advanced specialist knowledge of the principles and techniques of medical ultrasound imaging
Relates to: Examination - Review, analyse and synthesise information to identify complex sonographic appearances
Relates to: Problem Solving Exercises - Critically examine clinical ultrasound requests to perform independent examinations to a high level of diagnostic accuracy
Relates to: Case Report