Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Lecturer and Tutor
Dr Suzanne Saks
Contact via suzanne.saks@mq.edu.au
Tutor
Amy Melamet
Contact via amy.melamet@mq.edu.au
Unit Convenor
Christopher Burrell
Contact via christopher.burrell@mq.edu.au
C5C-341
By appointment
Tutor
Josh Fitzgerald
Contact via josh.fitzgerald@mq.edu.au
Anneliese Hulme
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MChiroprac
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
HLTH316
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit provides students with the opportunity to explore the relationship between health and disease, from both the biological and psychosocial perspective. The common pathologies of each body system are studied, and their causes, mechanisms and effects are explored. The links between these disease mechanisms and their clinical manifestations is highlighted. By the completion of this unit, students will have a good knowledge of the major diseases of the body, and how they manifest in the patient. By studying a large number of human disease states, students will deepen their understanding of the complex relationship between ourselves and our environment.
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Information about important academic dates including deadlines for withdrawing from units are available at https://www.mq.edu.au/study/calendar-of-dates
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
ASSESSMENT IN THIS UNIT
Task | Weight | Due Date | Linked Learning Outcomes |
1. Online Quiz x 5 (2% each) | 10% | Ongoing. Wks 4, 6, 9, 11 & 13. | 1-8 |
2. Mid-Semester examination | 30% | 2nd May 9am (First lecture after Mid-Sem break) | 1-8 |
3. Assignment | 10% | 10th May Midnight | 1-8 |
4. Final examination | 50% | University Exam Period | 1-8 |
Assessment Tasks Description
Online quizzes
The online quizzes will be made available for a 48 hour window at the end of the week, during weeks 4, 6, 9, 11 & 13. Each quiz will be of 10 minutes duration, and cover material that has been delivered in lectures and/or tutorials.
Mid-Semester examination
This will cover the content of the first half of the semester, Weeks 1-7 (everything before the break). Questions will be in short answer format. The Mid-semester examination will be conducted in Week 8 at the start of the lecture on Thursday 2nd May at 9am.
Assignment - 1500 words
Due Date: Friday May 10, 2019. Late submissions without a application for ‘Special consideration’ will be penalised 5% each day after the due date.
Pass mark: A mark of 50% is needed to satisfy the requirements of the unit. Students who do not achieve this mark will be required to resubmit their assignment after receiving feedback. The resubmitted assignment can only upgrade your mark to 50% for the assignment.
Final examination
This will cover the content of the entire semester. Questions will include multiple choice and short answer questions. A minimum of 50% in the examination is required to satisfy the requirements of the unit. If a student earns less than 50% in the final exam then they will fail the unit.
Attendance Requirements
A minimum 80% attendance is required at tutorials.
Examination(s)
The University Examination period in for First Half Year 2019 is from Tuesday 11th June to Friday 28th June.
You are expected to present yourself for examination at the time and place designated in the University Examination Timetable. The timetable will be available in Draft form approximately eight weeks before the commencement of the examinations and in Final form approximately four weeks before the commencement of the examinations. https://iexams.mq.edu.au/timetable
The only exception to not sitting an examination at the designated time is because of documented illness or unavoidable disruption. In these circumstances you may wish to submit a application for 'Special consideration'. Information about the special consideration process is available at Policy Central: http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/
If you receive special consideration for the final exam, a supplementary exam will be scheduled in the interval between the regular exam period and the start of the next session (15th July - 26th July 2019). By making a special consideration application for the final exam you are declaring yourself available for a resit during the supplementary examination period and will not be eligible for a second special consideration approval based on pre-existing commitments. Please ensure you are familiar with the policy prior to submitting an application. You can check the supplementary exam information page on FSE101 in iLearn (bit.ly/FSESupp) for dates, and approved applicants will receive an individual notification one week prior to the exam with the exact date and time of their supplementary examination.
Returning Assessment Tasks
1. Online quizzes: The quiz marks will be released online once the quiz closes. The tutors will discuss the correct responses during the following class.
2. Mid-Semester Examination: Papers will be returned in tutorials once marked. (Generally 3 weeks after the exam)
3. Assignment - online marking and feedback to be completed by 7 June 2019.
4. Final Examination: Papers will not be returned. Marks will be incorporated into the final unit grade.
Hurdle Requirements and Serious Attempt Defined
A hurdle is a passing requirement for the unit. A serious attempt is a threshold when a second chance will be provided as an opportunity to meet the hurdle requirement.
CHIR604 has 1 hurdle. The hurdle, the serious attempt threshold, and the method of the second attempt are described below.
Hurdle - Final examination: must obtain 50% of the combined available marks
Second-chance hurdle examinations will be offered during the FSE supplementary examination period. Results will be released on July 11. You will be notified shortly after that date of your eligibility for a hurdle retry and you must make yourself available during 15th July - 26th July to take advantage of this opportunity.
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Online Quizzes | 10% | No | Ongoing |
Mid-semester examination | 30% | No | 2nd May 2019 9am |
Final examination | 50% | Yes | University examination period |
Assignment | 10% | No | Friday 10th May Midnight |
Due: Ongoing
Weighting: 10%
The online quizzes will be made available for a 48 hour window at the end of the week, during weeks 4, 6, 9, 11 & 13. Each quiz will be of 10 minutes duration, and cover material that has been delivered in lectures and/or tutorials.
Due: 2nd May 2019 9am
Weighting: 30%
This will cover the content of the first half of the semester, Weeks 1-7 (Everything before the break). Questions will be in short answer format. The Mid-semester examination will be conducted in Week 8 at the start of the lecture on Thursday 2nd May at 9am.
Due: University examination period
Weighting: 50%
This is a hurdle assessment task (see assessment policy for more information on hurdle assessment tasks)
This will cover the content of the entire semester. Questions will include Multiple choice and short answer questions. A minimum of 50% in the examination is required to satisfy the requirements of the unit.
Due: Friday 10th May Midnight
Weighting: 10%
CHIR604 Medical Sciences A - Assignment 2019
Scenario - A 60 year-old male suddenly experiences left-sided chest pain while playing golf.
What is the like cause of his symptoms? Discuss the natural history and progress of the disease process you expect he is suffering from. In your answer you should discuss the pathophysiological changes that have occurred and how these changes relate to the clinical manifestation of the disorder. Include in your answer a paragraph on the importance of chiropractors being able to differentiate serious medical conditions that may present to their offices masquerading as simple musculoskeletal presentations.
1500 words
Due Date: Friday May 10, 2019. Late submissions without a application for ‘Special consideration’ will be penalised 5% each day after the due date.
Pass mark: A mark of 50% is needed to satisfy the requirements of the unit. Students who do not achieve this mark will be required to resubmit their assignment after receiving feedback. The resubmitted assignment can only upgrade your mark to 50% for the assignment.
Requirements for your assignment:
a) It must be done individually
b) It must be fully referenced, with a minimum of 8 peer-reviewed journal articles or textbooks.
c) Word limit is 1500 words. Anything beyond 1650 words (1500 + 10%) will not be read. You must list your word count at the start of the paper.
d) The assignment needs to be submitted by midnight on the due date, electronically via Turnitin. A hard copy is NOT required.
e) 'Vancouver' style referencing is expected
f) A marking rubric will be made available on iLearn
Delivery mode
It will comprise:
1. A 2 hour lecture per week, weeks 1-13
2. A 2 hour tutorial per week, weeks 2-13
3. 4-5 hours per week self instructional learning, set readings from the text and exercises on lecture topics
Core:
1. Unit workbook for HLTH316/CHIR604 in .pdf format - available on iLearn unit page,
2. J Craft et al. (2011) Understanding Pathophysiology, Mosby OR K L McCance & S E Heuther. (2010) Pathophysiology. The Biological Basis for Disease in Adults and Children. Mosby
Highly recommended: A medical dictionary (This will be useful for all health science units)
Unit web page:
The URL of the HLTH316/CHIR604 iLearn site is: https://ilearn.mq.edu.au/
You will be asked for a username and password. Your username is your student MQID. Your MQID and password have been mailed to you by the University. If you have lost them go to the student portal: http://students.mq.edu.au/home/
Recommended web sites:
See ilearn
Due to consideration of students workloads and questions as to its learning utility the previous extra CHIR604 essay has been removed from the unit in 2019. CHIR604 students are now only required to complete 1 assignment that is directed at engagement with the material at the higher level of a developing clinician. This is required in this post-graduate co-badged offering of HLTH316/CHIR604.
In 2017, the final written exam was designated as a hurdle assessment, this continues in 2019. Previously these assessments were deemed as 'must pass' assessments.
The mid-semester examination was added in 2016, this continues in 2019. The mid-semester examination exposes students to the style of short-answer questions that are used in the final exam. The value of the mid-semester examination has been raised from 20% to 30% in 2019.
Week |
Date (week commencing) |
Topic |
Assessment |
1 |
25th February |
Lecture 1 Introduction to course Disorders of the Cardiovascular System 1 |
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4th March |
Tutorial 1 Disorders of the Cardiovascular System 1 _______________________________ Lecture 2 Disorders of the Cardiovascular System 2 |
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3 |
11th March |
Tutorial 2 Disorders of the Cardiovascular System 2 _______________________________ Lecture 3 Disorders of the Lymphoid and Haematopoietic System 1 |
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4 |
18th March |
Tutorial 3 Disorders of the Lymphoid and Haematopoietic System 1 _______________________________ Lecture 4 Disorders of the Lymphoid and Haematopoietic System 2 |
Online quiz 1 (Cardiovascular system disorders) (4%) |
5 |
25th March |
Tutorial 4 Disorders of the Lymphoid and Haematopoietic System 2 _______________________________ Lecture 5 Disorders of the Endocrine System 1 |
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6 |
1st April |
Tutorial 5 Disorders of the Endocrine System 1 _______________________________ Lecture 6 Disorders of the Endocrine System 2 |
Online quiz 2 (Lymphoid and Haematopoietic System disorders) (4%) |
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8th April |
Tutorial 6 Disorders of the Endocrine System 2 _______________________________ Lecture 7 Disorders of the Digestive System 1 |
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Recess
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Recess Monday 15th April until Friday 26th April |
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8 |
29th April |
Tutorial 7 Disorders of the Digestive System 1 _______________________________ Lecture 8 Disorders of the Digestive System 2 |
Mid-semester examination (30%) - Thursday 2nd May in the lecture theatre at 9am, The content that will be in the exam is everything in Weeks 1-7 (Everything before the break) |
9 |
6th May |
Tutorial 8 Disorders of the Digestive System 2 _______________________________ Lecture 9 Disorders of the Digestive System 3 |
Online quiz 3 (Endocrine disorders) (4%)
CHIR604 Assignment due 10 May Midnight |
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13th May |
Tutorial 9 Disorders of the Digestive System 3 _______________________________ Lecture 10 Disorders of the Respiratory System 1 |
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11 |
20th May |
Tutorial 10 Disorders of the Respiratory System 1 _______________________________ Lecture 11 Disorders of the Respiratory System 2 |
Online quiz 4 (Digestive system disorders) (4%) |
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27th May |
Tutorial 11 Disorders of the Respiratory System 2 _______________________________ Lecture 12 Disorders of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems |
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3rd June |
Tutorial 12 Disorders of the Urinary and Reproductive Systems _______________________________ Lecture 13 Disorders of the Female Reproductive System Revision
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Online quiz 5 (Respiratory system disorders, Urinary system disorders) (4%) |
Examination period |
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11th June - 28th June |
Final examination (50%) |
Macquarie University policies and procedures are accessible from Policy Central (https://staff.mq.edu.au/work/strategy-planning-and-governance/university-policies-and-procedures/policy-central). Students should be aware of the following policies in particular with regard to Learning and Teaching:
Undergraduate students seeking more policy resources can visit the Student Policy Gateway (https://students.mq.edu.au/support/study/student-policy-gateway). It is your one-stop-shop for the key policies you need to know about throughout your undergraduate student journey.
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Macquarie University students have a responsibility to be familiar with the Student Code of Conduct: https://students.mq.edu.au/study/getting-started/student-conduct
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Assessment Policy 2017 http://www.mq.edu.au/policy/docs/assessment/schedule_2.html
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We want our graduates to have emotional intelligence and sound interpersonal skills and to demonstrate discernment and common sense in their professional and personal judgement. They will exercise initiative as needed. They will be capable of risk assessment, and be able to handle ambiguity and complexity, enabling them to be adaptable in diverse and changing environments.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will have enquiring minds and a literate curiosity which will lead them to pursue knowledge for its own sake. They will continue to pursue learning in their careers and as they participate in the world. They will be capable of reflecting on their experiences and relationships with others and the environment, learning from them, and growing - personally, professionally and socially.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates will take with them the intellectual development, depth and breadth of knowledge, scholarly understanding, and specific subject content in their chosen fields to make them competent and confident in their subject or profession. They will be able to demonstrate, where relevant, professional technical competence and meet professional standards. They will be able to articulate the structure of knowledge of their discipline, be able to adapt discipline-specific knowledge to novel situations, and be able to contribute from their discipline to inter-disciplinary solutions to problems.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want our graduates to be capable of reasoning, questioning and analysing, and to integrate and synthesise learning and knowledge from a range of sources and environments; to be able to critique constraints, assumptions and limitations; to be able to think independently and systemically in relation to scholarly activity, in the workplace, and in the world. We want them to have a level of scientific and information technology literacy.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Our graduates should be capable of researching; of analysing, and interpreting and assessing data and information in various forms; of drawing connections across fields of knowledge; and they should be able to relate their knowledge to complex situations at work or in the world, in order to diagnose and solve problems. We want them to have the confidence to take the initiative in doing so, within an awareness of their own limitations.
This graduate capability is supported by:
We want to develop in our students the ability to communicate and convey their views in forms effective with different audiences. We want our graduates to take with them the capability to read, listen, question, gather and evaluate information resources in a variety of formats, assess, write clearly, speak effectively, and to use visual communication and communication technologies as appropriate.
This graduate capability is supported by:
As local citizens our graduates will be aware of indigenous perspectives and of the nation's historical context. They will be engaged with the challenges of contemporary society and with knowledge and ideas. We want our graduates to have respect for diversity, to be open-minded, sensitive to others and inclusive, and to be open to other cultures and perspectives: they should have a level of cultural literacy. Our graduates should be aware of disadvantage and social justice, and be willing to participate to help create a wiser and better society.
This graduate capability is supported by:
Due to consideration of students workloads and questions as to its learning utility the previous extra CHIR604 essay has been removed from the unit in 2019. CHIR604 students are now only required to complete 1 assignment that is directed at engagement with the material at the higher level of a developing clinician. This is required in this post-graduate co-badged offering of HLTH316/CHIR604.
In 2017, the final written exam was designated as a hurdle assessment, this continues in 2019. Previously these assessments were deemed as 'must pass' assessments.
The mid-semester examination was added in 2016, this continues in 2019. The mid-semester examination exposes students to the style of short-answer questions that are used in the final exam. The value of the mid-semester examination has been raised from 20% to 30% in 2019.
Achievement of grades will be based on the following criteria:
Grade |
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High Distinction (85-100) |
A minimum of 60% achievement in the class tests, a minimum of 60% achievement in the examination, PLUS a minimum 85% total raw mark |
Distinction (75-84) |
A minimum of 60% achievement in the class tests, a minimum of 60% achievement in the examination, PLUS a minimum 75% total raw mark |
Credit (65-74) |
A minimum of 50% achievement in the class tests, a minimum of 50% achievement in the examination, PLUS a minimum 65% total raw mark |
Pass (50-64) |
A minimum of 50% achievement in the class tests, a minimum of 50% achievement in the examination, PLUS a minimum 50% total raw mark |
Fail (< 50) |
Less than 50% achievement in the examination, or less than 50% total raw mark. |
NOTE: Raw mark vs SNG
"The Standard Numerical Grade (SNG) is the number that is associated with the grade (high distinction, distinction, credit and so on) that a student is awarded. It is called a grade as it does not represent the raw marks, it reflects where within the grading structure the student sits."
http://www.mq.edu.au/glossary/term/StandardisedNumericalGrade
It is NOT necessarily the same as your RAW mark, which represents the total of your marks for each assessment task.
High Distinction: provides consistent evidence of deep and critical understanding in relation to the learning outcomes. There is substantial originality and insight in identifying, generating and communicating competing arguments, perspectives or problem solving approaches; critical evaluation of problems, their solutions and their implications; creativity in application.
Distinction: provides evidence of integration and evaluation of critical ideas, principles and theories, distinctive insight and ability in applying relevant skills and concepts in relation to learning outcomes. There is demonstration of frequent originality in defining and analysing issues or problems and providing solutions; and the use of means of communication appropriate to the discipline and the audience.
Credit: provides evidence of learning that goes beyond replication of content knowledge or skills relevant to the learning outcomes. There is demonstration of substantial understanding of fundamental concepts in the field of study and the ability to apply these concepts in a variety of contexts; plus communication of ideas fluently and clearly in terms of the conventions of the discipline.
Pass: provides sufficient evidence of the achievement of learning outcomes. There is demonstration of understanding and application of fundamental concepts of the field of study; and communication of information and ideas adequately in terms of the conventions of the discipline. The learning attainment is considered satisfactory or adequate or competent or capable in relation to the specified outcomes.
Fail: does not provide evidence of attainment of all learning outcomes.
There is missing or partial or superficial or faulty understanding and application of the fundamental concepts in the field of study; and incomplete, confusing or lacking communication of ideas in ways that give little attention to the conventions of the discipline.