Cardiovascular Sonography Portfolio

Course aim

Provide the student with the advanced knowledge, skills and attitudes required to practice autonomously and responsibly with expert judgement and adaptability as an accredited medical sonographer, as described in the Australasian Sonographer Accreditation Registry (ASAR) Program Accreditation Guidelines.

Course content

Preparation of a clinical portfolio detailing and authenticating the student’s clinical knowledge and skills in cardiac or vascular sonography.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
Group 1 Applies to IGSO and IMSO students in the Cardiac stream
RADY 5030	Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
RADY 5024	Professional Issues for Sonographers
RADY 5036	Cardiovascular Anatomy and Embryology
RADY 5037	Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathology
RADY 5038	Clinical Applications of Echocardiography
RADY 5032	Advanced Cardiac Haemodynamics
RADY 5033	Advanced Cardiac Pathology
Group 2 Applies to IGSO and IMSO students in the Vascular stream
RADY 5030	Ultrasound Physics and Instrumentation
RADY 5024	Professional Issues for Sonographers
RADY 5036	Cardiovascular Anatomy and Embryology
RADY 5037	Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathology
RADY 5013	Abdominal Sonography
RADY 5016	Vascular Sonography
RADY 5034	Advanced Vascular Sonography

Students must have completed at least 1800 clinical cardiac or vascular ultrasound examinations and be in a Cardiac or Vascular Sonography training position (directly relevant to their specialist stream), with placement details to be evidenced and confirmed prior to census date. This course can be completed alongside RADY 5033 (Cardiac students) or RADY 5034 (Vascular students) to fit with a study plan.

Corequisite(s)

Students must complete at least 200 cardiac or vascular ultrasound examinations (directly relevant to their specialist stream) per study period.

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
External (Online)	- x 13 weeks

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

Assessment

Clinical assessment/OSCE/OSCA, Contribution, Examination, Learning log/Journal, Presentation, Test/Quiz, Viva Voce

Note: This is a non-graded course and your result will be a pass or fail.

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
International students and students undertaking this course as part of a postgraduate fee paying program must refer to the relevant program home page to determine the cost for undertaking this course.

Non-award enrolment
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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.