Advanced Cardiac Pathology

Course aim

Advance knowledge of cardiac diseases, including congenital heart disease and the downstream effect of these diseases.

Course content

Congenital heart disease (including imaging in the pre and post-surgical patient), pericardial diseases (including pericarditis, tamponade and constriction), coronary artery disease (including coronary artery distribution, myocardial infarction and the complications of myocardial infarction), cardiac masses (including thrombus, tumours and vegetations), and cardiac involvement in systemic diseases including their effect on haemodynamics and cardiac function.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
RADY 5036	Cardiovascular Anatomy and Embryology
RADY 5037	Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathology
RADY 5024	Professional Issues for Sonographers
RADY 5030	Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
RADY 5038	Clinical Applications of Echocardiography

To undertake this course, students must be in a Cardiac Sonography training position. Placement details are to be evidenced and confirmed prior to census date. Students in the Cardiac Sonography stream must have completed 400 scans prior to commencing this course; as evidenced and confirmed by submission of logbook milestone 1 prior to census date.

Corequisite(s)

Students must complete at least 200 cardiac ultrasound examinations per study period.

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
External (Online)	- x 13 weeks
Workshop (On Campus - Optional)	7 hours x -

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Essay, Examination, Learning log/Journal, Placement

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.