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Congenital,Obstetric& Medical Conditions (MEDI90047)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5Online
About this subject
- Overview
- Eligibility and requirements
- Assessment
- Dates and times
- Further information
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Contact information
Semester 1
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-clinical-ultrasound/
Semester 2
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-clinical-ultrasound/
Overview
Availability | Semester 1 - Online Semester 2 - Online |
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Fees | Look up fees |
This subject will provide advanced knowledge for echocardiography interpretation in patients with adult congenital, obstetric, and unusual medical conditions.
Topics include:
- Transthoracic echocardiography in children
- Atrial defects
- Ventricular defects
- Valvular defects
- Defects of the great vessels
- Congenital defects that present in adults
- Assessment of congenital defects after surgery
- Case reports - 25 cases
Intended learning outcomes
The completion of the subject, students should:
- Learn about adult congenital heart disease and echocardiography evaluation
- Understand the management of adult congenital heart disease
- Understand the effect of pregnancy on the cardiovascular system
- Learn how pregnancy affect cardiac disease
- Learn echocardiography features of severe pre-eclampsia
- Understand the approach of incorporating ultrasound into the assessment of post-delivery cardiovascular emergencies
- Learn the pathology and echocardiography features of cardiomyopathy
- Learned the power quality and echocardiography features of cardiac tumours
- Understand how to differentiate pericardial disease states
- Learn the cardiac pathology and echocardiography interpretation associated with systemic disease states
- Interpret 25 case studies.
Generic skills
- Improve critical evaluation skills
- Evaluate the safety and practice of ultrasound in clinical practice
- Improve problem solving skills
- Improve understanding of diagnostic algorithms
- Enhance information literacy
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Eligibility and requirements
Prerequisites
Admission into the MC-CU Master of Clinical Ultrasound
AND
All of
Code | Name | Teaching period | Credit Points |
---|---|---|---|
MEDI90056 | Advanced Anatomy and Doppler Analysis |
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90057 | Advanced Valve and Aortic Pathology |
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90058 | Applications of Echocardiography |
Semester 1 (Online)
Semester 2 (Online)
|
12.5 |
MEDI90059 | Advanced Echocardiography Interpretation |
Semester 2 (Online)
Semester 1 (Online)
|
12.5 |
This subject is not available for students admitted in any other courses.
Corequisites
None
Non-allowed subjects
None
Recommended background knowledge
It is recommended that the following are completed before undertaking this subject:
MEDI90049 - Principles of Ultrasound Heart Scan
MEDI90050 - Doppler Echocardiography
MEDI90051 - Ventricular Function
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: 31 January 2024
Assessment
Description | Timing | Percentage |
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One open-book multiple-choice examination of 50 questions, during exam week
| During the examination period | 50% |
Completion of multiple choice questions (10 MCQ for each of 10 tutorials) - 200 minutes in total
| During the teaching period | 20% |
Interpretation of 25 case studies assessed by structured questions pertaining to each case (5 MCQ per case), during semester - total time is 250 minutes
| During the teaching period | 30% |
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Dates & times
- Semester 1 - Online
Coordinator Elizabeth Hurley Mode of delivery Online Contact hours An estimated 30 hours of contact time for online study is required Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 26 February 2024 to 26 May 2024 Last self-enrol date 8 March 2024 Census date 3 April 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 3 May 2024 Assessment period ends 21 June 2024 Semester 1 contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-clinical-ultrasound/
- Semester 2 - Online
Coordinator Elizabeth Hurley Mode of delivery Online Contact hours An estimated 30 hours of contact time for online study is required Total time commitment 170 hours Teaching period 22 July 2024 to 20 October 2024 Last self-enrol date 2 August 2024 Census date 2 September 2024 Last date to withdraw without fail 20 September 2024 Assessment period ends 15 November 2024 Semester 2 contact information
Email: continuing-education@unimelb.edu.au
Phone: + 61 3 8344 0149
Contact hours: https://unimelb.edu.au/professional-development/contact-us
Further Information: https://study.unimelb.edu.au/find/courses/graduate/master-of-clinical-ultrasound/
Time commitment details
170 hours per 12.5 credit point subject
What do these dates mean
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Additional delivery details
This subject is taught online. Course materials will be distributed to students at the beginning of semester. Administration is via email.
Last updated: 31 January 2024
Further information
- Texts
Prescribed texts
All course materials will be provided during the course
- Subject notes
This subject is available to part-time and full-time students.
This subject is not available to Commonwealth Supported students.
This subject is not available as breadth.
Administration is via e-mail.
- Related Handbook entries
This subject contributes to the following:
Type Name Course Master of Clinical Ultrasound - 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: 31 January 2024