Units

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Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013

Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.

Rationale

As students in nursing and paramedical courses, you need a strong grounding in the Biosciences to contribute to the knowledge base that informs clinical practice and basic processes of nursing and paramedical care. LSB282 is one of three units that bring together the disciplines of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, microbiology, and immunology. Through its focus on pathophysiology, microbial disease states and immunological responses to disease and infection, Bioscience 2 continues the study of the human body in health and disease.

Aims

The aims of this unit are to:

1. Provide you with a clear understanding of the pathophysiological processes resulting in altered health and disease states.

2. Introduce you to the host immune mechanisms which respond to foreign invaders within the body or result in disease states.

Objectives

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:

1. Apply knowledge of normal structure and function of the human body to the understanding of pathological disease states of the cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, immune and haematological systems of the body.

2. Competently discuss selected diseases and case studies based on your knowledge of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, microbiology and immunology.

3. Communicate information relating to pathophysiology and microbiology effectively in a form suitable for clinical practice contexts.

4. Demonstrate an understanding of the microbial disease process (including how antimicrobials and the body's response can control infections) and interpret data from microbiological analysis of patients' samples.

Content

· Concepts of cell metabolism and disease: Introduction to cell metabolism; general pathophysiology concepts including infectious diseases, cellular damage, and cellular stress.
· Cardiovascular System: Main disorders of this system, including myocardial infarction, hypertension, heart failure, and cardiovascular and multi-system infections.
· Respiratory System: Main disorders of this system, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, cancers, and infections.
· Introduction to Antimicrobials: Microorganisms that can be selectively targeted by antimicrobials without affecting the host.
· Diabetes and Obesity: Includes the prevalence, causes and associated effects of these important health issues.
· Endocrine System: Focus on disorders of the thyroid gland and the stress response.
· Disease transmission: An introduction to infection including virulence factors of microorganisms, the source and methods of transmission of infection, how microorganisms access the host, and factors that pre-dispose individuals to infection.
· Host defence systems: Includes non-specific immune responses and specific immune responses, principles of vaccination and hypersensitivity reactions.
· Cancer: Includes cancerous cell changes, genetic factors, and environmental factors .
· Haematology: Main disorders of this system including anaemia, deep vein thrombosis and leukaemia.

Approaches to Teaching and Learning

The teaching team will present the subject matter as lectures, with lecture information available on the unit Blackboard site. In addition, formative questions designed to reinforce and test your understanding of the lectures will also be provided.

You will be able to reinforce your understanding of the material through participation in tutorial sessions. In the tutorials problems relating to clinical practice will be presented, with tutorial resources available on the unit's Blackboard site. In tutorials you will work within a group of students and be prompted to ask questions, discuss and identify relevant information, think critically, and reason and record answers to tutorial questions.

Group work will be necessary to allow you to effectively communicate information in a clinical setting. This will be implemented using computer software. Information on how to use this resource will be provided in lectures, with additional information provided on the unit Blackboard site, including options for those requiring technical assistance.

The teaching team will communicate with you by email and announcements on the unit Blackboard site.

Assessment

Learning and understanding information from lectures and tutorials forms the basis of the assessment items for this unit. You are encouraged to attend all lectures and tutorial sessions.

To assist you in your revision of this unit, multiple choice questions similar to those that will be in the examinations will be provided on the online site. The correct answers and explanations may be provided for revision so you can check your understanding. It is strongly recommended that you do not merely copy the correct answers but first review the lectures and then test yourself with these questions.Students will be provided with feedback on the tutorial worksheets, as these will be marked and returned to you in subsequent tutorial classes.

The progress exam will provide the students with the opportunity to assess their progress and to implement changes to their study and exam strategies prior to the final exam. After the results of the progress exam have been released, overall feedback on the exam will be provided to the students. Individual feedback can be requested by appointment .

In addition, you are welcome to contact the lecturing staff with specific questions if you would like further help.

Assessment name: Examination (Theory)
Description: Multiple-choice, invigilated, formative and summative.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2 and 4.
Weight: 20%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: TBA

Assessment name: Examination
Description: Multiple-choice, summative.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2 and 4.
Weight: 40%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Individual
Due date: Exam Period

Assessment name: Problem Solving Task
Description: Tutorial worksheets and an oral presentation
The tutorial component is based on completion of tutorial exercises: you will be provided with a topic to research prior to the tutorial, and during the tutorial you will complete a group worksheet for assessment. The oral presentation is based on designing a dialogue for a clinical setting: you will be provided with a case study and given questions to answer as part of the dialogue. Your dialogue will demonstrate your ability to describe and explain bioscience concepts within the context of a patient scenario.
Relates to objectives: 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Weight: 40%
Internal or external: Internal
Group or individual: Group with Individual Component
Due date: Ongoing

Academic Honesty

QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.

A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.

Resource materials

Textbooks:

1. Lee G & Bishop P (4th edition, 2010) Microbiology and Infection Control for Health Professionals, Prentice Hall

2. Craft J, Gordon C, Tiziani A et al (2011). Understanding Pathophysiology, Elsevier.

These textbooks are also used in LSB382 Bioscience 3.

Risk assessment statement

There are no out of the ordinary risks associated with this unit since lectures and tutorials are held in ordinary lecture theatres or computer laboratories. In addition, emergency exits and assembly areas will be pointed out in the first few lectures. Students are referred to the university's health and safety web site for further information.

Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.

Last modified: 08-Oct-2012