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Vessels Nerves Lungs and Musculoskeletal (MEDI90102)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
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About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
- Timetable(opens in new window)
Contact information
Please refer to the LMS for up-to-date subject information, including assessment and participation requirements, for subjects being offered in 2020.
Overview
Availability | Semester 2 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
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
Due to the impact of COVID-19, assessment may differ from that published in the Handbook. Students are reminded to check the subject assessment requirements published in the subject outline on the LMS
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
- Semester 2 - Online
Principal coordinator Colin Royse Mode of delivery Online Contact hours 30 hours for online study Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 3 August 2020 to 1 November 2020 Last self-enrol date 14 August 2020 Census date 21 September 2020 Last date to withdraw without fail 16 October 2020 Assessment period ends 27 November 2020
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.
- Available through the Community Access Program
About the Community Access Program (CAP)
This subject is available through the Community Access Program (also called Single Subject Studies) which allows you to enrol in single subjects offered by the University of Melbourne, without the commitment required to complete a whole degree.
Entry requirements including prerequisites may apply. Please refer to the CAP applications page for further information.
Last updated: 3 November 2022