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Vessels Nerves Lungs and Musculoskeletal (MEDI90102)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Not available in 2019
Overview
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In the subject, the student will learn about ultrasound assessment of lung and musculoskeletal ultrasound and learn how to perform ultrasound guided vascular access and nerve blocks
Intended learning outcomes
- Learn how to perform ultrasound-guided vascular access
- Learn how to assess for deep vein thrombosis
- Learn how to perform ultrasound-guided regional anaesthesia
- Learn how to perform musculoskeletal ultrasound
- Learn how to perform soft tissue ultrasound
- Practice interpretation on online case studies
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
Students are required to be medical practitioners as disease pathophysiology and pharmacology will be assumed knowledge
Inherent requirements (core participation requirements)
The University of Melbourne is committed to providing students with reasonable adjustments to assessment and participation under the Disability Standards for Education (2005), and the Assessment and Results Policy (MPF1326). Students are expected to meet the core participation requirements for their course. These can be viewed under Entry and Participation Requirements for the course outlines in the Handbook.
Further details on how to seek academic adjustments can be found on the Student Equity and Disability Support website: http://services.unimelb.edu.au/student-equity/home
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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Practicum of a logbook of 50 cases Hurdle requirement: Practicum of a logbook of 50 cases during the semester | Throughout the semester | N/A |
End of Semester Exam (50 questions)
| During the examination period | 50% |
Case study quiz - answering 5 questions at the end of case studies (20 case studies in total) - totalling 100 questions
| Throughout the semester | 30% |
End of tutorial assessments - average of 10 questions at the end of each tutorial (approx. 100 questions in total)
| Throughout the semester | 20% |
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Dates & times
Not available in 2019
Time commitment details
170 hours - it is estimated that distance education students will be required to spend approximately 170 hours through a combination of studying course materials, reading nominated texts, journal review, practice worksheets, assessments, and in identifying and integrating the information within their clinical practice.
Last updated: 3 November 2022
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
There are no specifically prescribed or recommended texts for this subject.
Last updated: 3 November 2022