| Semester 1, 2023 Ipswich On-campus | |
| Units : | 1 |
| School or Department : | School of Health and Medical Sciences |
| Grading basis : | Graded |
| Course fee schedule : | /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules |
Staffing
Course Coordinator:
Requisites
Pre-requisite: BIO1206 and PMC1000
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: PMC2000
OR (from 2023)
Pre-requisite: BIO1206 and PMC1110 and PMC1000
Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: PMC2000
Overview
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common presentation and affects most adults beyond the age of 60 years. Cardiovascular conditions and emergencies contribute significantly to global morbidity and mortality and as such, Health Care Practitioners are required to possess a sound understanding of the cardiovascular disease process.
This course will develop students' ability to acquire and critically appraise evidence to apply the findings in healthcare practice. This course aims to equip students with the clinical reasoning, problem solving and clinical judgements skills to determine the most appropriate evidence-based treatment options to deliver safe and effective care.
The course utilises practice-based learning pedagogy with a focus on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and therapeutic management of patients with cardiovascular conditions and emergencies. All learning opportunities, including online discussion, peer learning activities and assessments are designed to develop students' diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills to risk stratify patients safely and justify alternate treatment pathways if appropriate.
Course learning outcomes
On completion of this course students should be able to:
- Apply anatomical, physiological, pathological concepts associated with cardiovascular disease to develop an understanding of cardiovascular conditions and emergencies.
- Examine epidemiological and demographic factors associated with cardiovascular disease and examine the purpose of health promotion and primary health care in prevention across the health care continuum.
- Employ appropriate autonomous person-centred decisions incorporating clinical reasoning to manage cardiovascular conditions and emergencies that are underpinned by current best practice.
- Apply the principles of integrity, ethical conduct, accountability, respect, and cultural competence for a range of diverse persons including vulnerable and Indigenous persons presenting with cardiovascular conditions or emergencies.
- Effectively communicate with a diverse range of persons and service providers.
Topics
| Description | Weighting(%) | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) - Definition and overview Anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology Aetiology and Epidemiology Risk factors |
10.00 |
| 2. |
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) - Specific risk factors Hypertension Lipid Disorders |
10.00 |
| 3. |
Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) 鈥� Thromboembolism 鈥� Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) 鈥� Myocardial Infarction, angina pectoris 鈥� Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) 鈥� Cardiac conduction changes on electrocardiogram (ECG) 鈥� Cardiac bio markers 鈥� Dysrhythmias including AV nodal re-entrant tachycardia (AVNRT) and AV re-entrant tachycardia (AVRT) |
25.00 |
| 4. |
Heart Failure (HF) |
15.00 |
| 5. |
Cardiac arrest |
10.00 |
| 6. |
Inflammatory Cardiac Disease Cardiomyopathy |
10.00 |
| 7. |
Aortic atherosclerosis Abdominal and Thoracic Aneurysm Aortic Dissection |
10.00 |
| 8. |
Peripheral Vascular Disease Intermittent claudication Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) Pulmonary Embolism (PE) |
10.00 |
Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed
(This text is available in the library via ClinicalKey.)
Student workload expectations
To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.
Assessment details
| Description | Group Assessment |
Weighting (%) | Course learning outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiz | No | 20 | 1,2,3 |
| Case 精东传媒app | No | 40 | 1,2,3,5 |
| Time limited online examinatn | No | 40 | 1,2,3,4,5 |