Echocardiography Interpretation&Reportin
Subject PHRM90020 (2011)
Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.
| Credit Points: | 12.50 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Level: | 9 (Graduate/Postgraduate) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dates & Locations: | This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011: Semester 1, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Semester 2, Parkville - Taught on campus.
Off campus Timetable can be viewed here. For information about these dates, click here. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Time Commitment: | Contact Hours: n/a Total Time Commitment: It is estimated that distance education students will be required to spend approximately 120 hours through a combination of studying course materials, reading nominated texts, journal review, practice worksheets, assessment assignments, and in identifying and integrating the information within their clinical practice. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prerequisites: | NIL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Corequisites: | NIL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Recommended Background Knowledge: | NIL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non Allowed Subjects: | NIL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Core Participation Requirements: | For the purposes of considering requests for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Students Experiencing Academic Disadvantage Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Description, Subject Objectives, Generic Skills and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the disability support scheme can be found at the Disability Liaison Unit website: http://www.services.unimelb.edu.au/disability/ |
Contact
Melbourne Consulting and Custom Programs
Level 3, 442 Auburn Rd Hawthorn
Phone: 9810 3300
| Subject Overview: |
This course is no longer taking new enrolments. The last intake into this program was Semester 2, 2009. This subject will teach a systematic approach to echocardiographic interpretation and reporting. The focus of the subject is to integrate knowledge from all the previous subjects and to test the student with actual echocardiographic examinations. |
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| Objectives: | Subject Objectives: o on completion of this subject, students should; o learn commonly used terminology for echocardiography reporting. o learn systematic approach for reporting. o Practice interpretation and reporting using actual case scenarios o identify and report limitations of the study including issues such as technical quality of the study, artefact generation, or inadequate echocardiography examination. o Incorporate available haemodynamic information with the echocardiography examination to better determine haemodynamic evaluation. |
| Assessment: | Open book multiple choice question exam 50 questions per subject (80%). Self assessment modules in the workbooks (20%). The University reserves the right to review these worksheets if there are any doubts about the authenticity of the students work, or to monitor student progress. |
| Prescribed Texts: | All students will be provided with educational material via post. |
| Recommended Texts: | Na |
| Breadth Options: | This subject is not available as a breadth subject. |
| Fees Information: | Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date |
| Generic Skills: | This subject encompasses particular generic skills. On completion of the subject, students should be able to:
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| Links to further information: | http://www.pharmacology.unimelb.edu.au/echocourse/ |
| Related Course(s): |
Postgraduate Diploma in Perioperative and Critical Care Echocardiography |
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