Grade descriptors and other information concerning grading are contained in the Macquarie University Assessment Policy.

All final grades are determined by a grading committee, in accordance with the Macquarie University Assessment Policy, and are not the sole responsibility of the Unit Convenors.

Students will be awarded a final grade and a mark which must correspond to the grade descriptors specified in the Assessment Procedure (clause 128).

To pass this unit, students must demonstrate sufficient evidence of achievement of the learning outcomes, meet any ungraded requirements, and achieve a final mark of 50 or better.

Further details for each assessment task will be available on iLearn.

Late Submission

Unless a Special Consideration request has been submitted and approved, a 5% penalty (OF THE TOTAL POSSIBLE MARK) will be applied each day a written assessment is not submitted, up until the 7th day (including weekends). After the 7th day, a grade of ‘0’ will be awarded even if the assessment is submitted. Submission time for all written assessments is set at 11.55pm. A one-hour grace period is provided to students who experience a technical concern.

For example:

For any late submissions of time-sensitive tasks, such as scheduled tests/exams, performance assessments/presentations, and/or scheduled practical assessments/labs, students need to submit an application for Special Consideration.

As a student enrolled in this unit, you will engage in a range of online and face-to-face learning activities, including lectures, practicals, regular assessments and tutorials. It will be assessed by regular short quizzes, followed by a discussion of the answers, by a mid-session assessment and by an end-of-session assessment. Details can be found on the iLearn site for this unit.

Lectures will be delivered online. You should pay attention to the study focusing questions in each lecture as these, together with the questions in the anatomy practical guides, will form the basis of your assessments. For the medical imaging lectures, you will be guided through image stacks and then directed to websites where you can navigate through the same image stacks at your own pace. 

The short quizzes that occur most weeks, will allow you to accumulate marks towards your final mark and will provide you with an opportunity to discuss areas of difficulty with your peers and staff.

The anatomy practicals are designed as revision practicals that focus on clinically relevant topics. They assume that you have a working knowledge of all the body regions and will have read the practical notes and attempted the questions before the practical.

The applied anatomy practicals in the clinical skills unit provide you with an opportunity to practice elements of clinical skills so that you can recognise these and explain their purpose in assessments. You will not be assessed on your ability to perform the examinations and there will be no diagnosis.

Recommended readings

• Lumley, J., Craven, J., Abrahams, P. & Tunstall, R. (2019). Bailey & Love's Essential Clinical Anatomy. CRC press ISBN: 978-1-138-29518-6
• (for reference). Spratt, J.D., Salkowski, L.R., Loukas, M., Turmezei, T., Weir, J. & Abrahams, P. (2021). Weir & Abrahams' Imaging atlas of human anatomy. Elsevier: ISBN: 978-0-7020-7926-6
• (for reference)  Talley, N.J. & O’Connor, S. (2017). Talley & O'Connor's Clinical Examination . Elsevier.ISBN: 9780729542869

The library also has a series of narrated anatomy using prosections in Ackland's video atlas of human anatomy which is good. You may also find the Complete Anatomy App (https://multisearch.mq.edu.au/permalink/61MACQUARIE_INST/1c87tk9/alma99245164374402171)  and the open-access medical imaging site radiopaedia (https://radiopaedia.org/). useful. 

Technology Used

Active participation in the learning activities throughout the unit will require students to have access to a tablet, laptop or similar device. Students who do not own their own laptop computer may borrow one from the university library.

Unit Schedule

MEDI 3100 Clinical anatomy and medical imaging: Weekly schedule

WEEK 1

1. Lectures (online):                                     Thorax anatomy and imaging
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):     Thorax and abdomen
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):               none
4. Weekly oline assessment/tutorial (Fri):     none

WEEK 2

1. Lectures (online):                                      Abdomen and pelvis anatomy and imaging
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):      none
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):              Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):   Weeks 1 & 2 content

WEEK 3

1. Lectures (online):                                      Abdomen and pelvis imaging
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):       none
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):               none
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):   Week 3 content

WEEK 4

1. Lectures (online):                                      Spine anatomy and imaging
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):       Pelvis and spine
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):               none
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):   Weeks 3 & 4 content

WEEK 5

1. Lectures (online):                                      none
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):       none
3. Clinical skills  laboratory (Thurs):             none
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):  Weeks 1-5 content

WEEK 6 (Revision)

1. Lectures (online):                                     none
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):      none
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):             none
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):  none

WEEK 7 (Mid-session assessment)

1. Lectures (online):                                     none
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):      none
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):             none
4. Weekly assessment/tutorial (Fri):            none
5. MID SESSION ASSESSMENT             (Wednesday 5-6pm 23WW, PG Price Theatre)

WEEK 8

1. Lectures (online):                                     Upper limb anatomy and imaging
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):      none
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):              none
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):  Week 8 content

WEEK 9

1. Lectures (online):                                      Lower limb anatomy and imaging
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):       Upper and lower limbs
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):               none
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):   Week 9 content

WEEK 10

1. Lectures (online):                                      Head, neck and brain anatomy and imaging
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):       none
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):              Upper and lower limbs
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):   Week 10 content

WEEK 11

1. Lectures (online):                                      Brain anatomy and imaging
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):       Head, neck and brain
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):               none
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):   Week 11 content

WEEK 12

1. Lectures (online):                                      none
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):       none
3. Clinical skills laboratory (Thurs):              Head, neck and cranial nerves
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):  Weeks 1-12 content

WEEK 13 (Revision)

1. Lectures (online):                                      none
2. Anatomy laboratory (Weds or Thurs):       none
3. Clinical skills laboratory(Thurs):                none
4. Weekly online assessment/tutorial (Fri):    none
5. APPROVED SUPPLEMENTARIES

END OF SESSION ASSESSMENT (Details via University Examinations Office)

The assessment tasks have been amalgamaged, reducing them from 5 to 3, and short answer questions added.

The mid- and end of- session assessment tasks are now on campus.

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