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FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES School of BEHAVIOURAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES Brisbane Campus (McAuley at Banyo) SEMESTER 2, 2021 BIOL122: Human Biological Science 2 UNIT OUTLINE Credit points: 10 Prerequisites: BIOL121 Human Biological Science 1 Incompatible units: BIOL125 Human Biology 1, BIOL126 Human Biology 2, BIOL124 Human Body in Health and Disease 1, BIOL204 Human Body in Health and Disease 2 Lecturer-in-Charge: Dr Zoltan Rusznak Office location: 208.2.18 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (07) 3623 7583 Contact me: By email; I will try to respond within 48 hours. Alternatively, you can chat with me in the weekly drop-in sessions. Questions related to content should be posted on the Content Discussion Board section of the BIOL121 LEO site. National Lecturer-in-Charge: Dr Belinda Martinac Email: [email protected] Telephone: (03) 9953 3003 Contact me: By email 9am to 5pm Monday-Wednesday and Friday. If you have questions pertaining to BIOL122, you should get in touch with your local LIC (namely, Zoltan Rusznak) first.

Emails to staff When you email a member of staff, please make sure that you use your ACU email address and include your full name, your ID number, and the unit code you are enquiring about. While staff will endeavour to respond to your emails as soon as possible, immediate responses are not always possible. Some staff are not able to check emails every day, and staff are not required to check emails outside of normal office hours, on weekends, or public holidays. Please be patient when waiting for a response.

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Unit rationale, description and aim Health professionals need to have an understanding of disease processes and drug action in order to prevent and manage diseases, promote health, and care for their patients/clients. In this unit, students will extend their knowledge of the human body by developing an understanding of pathophysiology and pharmacology with respect to selected National Health Priority (NHP) areas and Quality Use of Medicines (QUM). The influence of lifespan changes will also be introduced in the context of these areas and drug administration. Basic principles of microbiology will be linked to infection control practices. Students will apply scientific knowledge to understand disease processes and their pharmacological management for successful progression to later units in their respective courses. Teaching team Name

Office

E-mail

Telephone

Dr Lord, Roger

208.2.19

[email protected]

07 3623 7240

Aitken, Tracey

[email protected]

Gamble, Natalie

[email protected]

Hales, Majella

[email protected]

Jugon, Zaina

[email protected]

Kloehs, Allison

[email protected]

McCarrick, Glenys

[email protected]

Norkunas, Karlah

[email protected]

Mode/Attendance pattern: This is an online/face to face unit entailing 3 one-hour recorded lectures and 1 two-hour workshop every week over a ten-week semester. There is also an optional one-hour live drop-in session with the lecturer each week. The weekly workshop classes are designed for active learning. Independent and group work will be encouraged in these small classes for maximum achievement of learning outcomes and graduate attributes. Note that the same content is not always covered in lectures and workshops, so it is important for you to attend all types of classes to get the whole picture in a given topic. Duration: Five contact hours per week, or equivalent, for 10 weeks. You should anticipate undertaking 150 hours of study for this unit, including class attendance, readings, and assignment preparation. Attendance: Attendance at all classes is expected, including listening to the lecture recordings. LEARNING OUTCOMES On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to: •

LO1 Describe basic principles of pharmacology with respect to Quality Use of Medicines (QUM) (GA4, GA5)

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•

LO2 Describe the pathophysiology of selected National Health Priority areas to explain their respective clinical manifestations and pharmacological management (GA4, GA9)

•

LO3 Explain how physiological changes that occur across the lifespan impact on disease processes and drug administration (GA4, GA9)

•

LO4

Relate microbiological principles to infection control practices (GA4, GA5)

GRADUATE ATTRIBUTES Each unit in your course contributes in some way to the development of the ACU Graduate Attributes which you should demonstrate by the time you complete your course. All Australian universities have their expected graduate attributes — ACU’s Graduate Attributes have a greater emphasis on ethical behaviour and community responsibility than those of many other universities. All of your units will enable you to develop some attributes. On successful completion of this unit, you should have developed your ability to GA4

Think critically and reflectively

GA5 Demonstrate values, knowledge, skills, and attitudes appropriate to the discipline and/or profession GA9 Demonstrate effective communication in oral and written English language and visual media. Australian Nurses’ and Midwifery Council Competency Standards for the Registered Nurse developed in this unit are: ANMC Competency Standards:

Learning Outcomes:

Professional Practice

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Critical Thinking and Analysis

2, 4, 5

Provision and Coordination of Care

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Collaborative and Therapeutic Practice

1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Interprofessional Learning In this second science unit, you will encounter students from a variety of health specialisations, including nursing, midwifery, paramedicine, and public health. As the name suggests, inter-professional education is about bringing students together from a range of disciplinary backgrounds to learn alongside one another in the same classroom. It is hoped that through the provision of quality inter-professional learning opportunities, you will gain a better understanding of your own role in a patient/client care setting, as well as an awareness of the roles that other health professionals might play, and how together you can optimise patient/client care. In this way, we hope to see you leave ACU well and truly prepared to work as a member of an inter-professional health care team, which is what will be expected of you once you are in the workforce. Interprofessional learning activities at ACU have been developed specifically to enhance the way that you communicate and work with students from other health specialisations, as well as your own. Activities provide an opportunity for you to learn about, from, and with students from other disciplines in your classroom. You will be Page 3 of 13

encouraged to communicate openly, to participate in class discussions, and to get to know students who are enrolled in a variety of health-related degrees. We encourage you to develop your teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills together.

CONTENT Topics will include those related to National Health Priority areas and their related lifespan considerations: Principles of pathophysiology • Inflammation and cell death • Oedema • Healing • Thrombosis Principles of pharmacology • Pharmacokinetics • Pharmacodynamics • Adverse drug reactions • Drug interactions Obesity • Common contributors to obesity, and how obesity contributes to, and interacts with, other chronic health conditions Microbiological principles • Prevention and control of infection • Host-microbe interactions Asthma • Regulation of airway resistance Musculoskeletal conditions • Rheumatoid and osteoarthritis • Traumatic and pathological fractures • Osteoporosis Neoplasms • Principles of neoplasia; benign and malignant tumours Diabetes mellitus • Pathophysiology and complications of diabetes mellitus • Differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus Cardiovascular health • Alterations in haemostasis and oxygenation • Haemodynamic derangements with emphasis on atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary artery disease, and stroke

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Mental health • Alterations in nervous system function, including changes to neurotransmission, underlying depression, dementia, and addiction

QUALITY ASSURANCE AND STUDENT FEEDBACK This unit has been evaluated through the ‘Student Evaluation of Learning and Teaching’ (SELT) online surveys. This unit received positive feedback from students, and therefore we will continue to deliver the unit as we did so in the past and provide students with a stimulating and effective learning environment. Some of the assessments and some workshop activities have been revised to better accommodate student needs. SELT surveys are usually conducted at the end of the teaching period. Your practical and constructive feedback is valuable to improve the quality of the unit. Please ensure you complete the SELT survey for the unit. You can also provide feedback at other times to the unit lecturers, course coordinators and/or through student representatives.

PEER ASSISTED STUDY SESSIONS (PASS) Whether you are a top performer or could use some improvement, you will benefit from attending PASS. PASS is a voluntary program that is facilitated by senior students who have excelled in this subject. PASS Leaders prepare fun weekly activities to help you understand the content. It's their job to make it as interesting as possible. You work together in groups (you might even make a friend or two) and come together with other students who will more than likely have the same questions as you. Sessions are only 50 minutes long; you can attend as many as you like, and they are FREE. Further information about PASS is available on LEO.

LEARNING AND TEACHING STRATEGY AND RATIONALE Lectures, web-based learning, and interactive workshops will be scheduled over a ten-week semester. This unit uses an active approach with online lectures and workshop classes that are supported by online LEO activities. Lectures allow teachers to convey necessary information so that students can gain an overall understanding and make connections between different components. Lectures also provide opportunities for students to check their understanding and ask questions. Workshop classes will consolidate student learning in a supported environment. A series of preclass activities will allow students to build foundational knowledge and evaluate their understanding in order to successfully undertake workshop classes. In workshop classes, students will work collaboratively and engage in activities such as reading, writing, discussion, or problem solving to promote analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of class content. Case studies will also be used so that students can explore how what they have learned applies to real world situations. Online activities at the end of each week will provide students with feedback regarding their understanding of the relevant topic.

LECTURE CAPTURE Lectures for this unit have been or will be recorded via ECHO360 and will be made available to students online via the link on the LEO webpage for BIOL122.

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SCHEDULE For the most up-to-date information, please check your LEO unit, and note advice from your lecturing and tutoring staff for changes to this schedule. Week/date Week 1 2nd August 2021 Week 2 9th August 2021 Week 3 16th August 2021 Week 4 23rd August 2021 Week 5 30th August 2021

Week 6 6th September 2021 Week 7 13th Sept 2021

Lectures • Introduction to unit and NHPAs • Pharmacokinetics • Pharmacodynamics • Inflammation & NSAIDs • Oedema • Obesity • • • • • • • • •

• • • • • •

Week 8 20th Sept 2021

• • •

Week 9 4th October 2021

• • • • • •

Week 10 11th October 2021

Prevention and control of infection Immunisations Healing Atherosclerosis Hypertension and antihypertensives Thrombosis and drugs that affect coagulation Coronary artery disease (CAD) Stroke CV drugs/summary

Diabetes mellitus Consequences of DM Pharmacological management of DM Asthma I Asthma II Pharmacological management of asthma

Workshop Sessions Principles of pathophysiology and lifespan pharmacology Adverse drug reactions and drug interactions/Anthropometry Royal Queensland Show—Public Holiday (11/08/2021) Infection control/Oedema

ATH/Hypertension Assignment 1a: Online quiz due Monday 11am through LEO Cardiovascular disease Assessment 2 (vodcast) instructions released 31 August—Census date Diabetes mellitus

Asthma Assignment 1b: Online quiz due Monday 11am through LEO

Assessment 3 (worksheet) released Cancer Introduction to cancer Clinical manifestations of cancer Rationale for cancer treatment 27th September 2021 UA Week Recess Neurological disorders Neurotransmission and dementia Depression & anti-depressants Pathophysiology & management of addiction Arthritis and osteoporosis Fractures Assignment 2: Vodcast due Tuesday 11am Osteoporosis submitted through LEO Osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis Weeks 11 and 12 — No scheduled classes Assignment 3 (Worksheet) due in Study Week

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY AND RATIONALE In order to successfully complete this unit, students need to complete and submit three assessment tasks. Students must obtain an aggregate mark of equal to or greater than 50% for these three assessment tasks. The assessment strategy used allows students to progressively develop their knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology. The first assessment task is divided into two parts and primarily focusses on knowledge acquisition and assimilation. Part A is an early assessment task, which Page 6 of 13

enables students to receive timely feedback regarding their understanding of foundational content and their progress in the unit whereas part B will be held later in the semester and will assess students’ ability to relate pathophysiology principles to selected National Health Priority Areas and their pharmacological management. The second assessment task is a vodcast, where students produce a 7-minute voice recording with accompanying visual material based on a person who has a disease/condition that is a National Health Priority area. This assessment task allows students to apply their knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology to a real situation. The final assessment task is the end-of-semester worksheet, which will assess integration and application of key concepts covered in this unit. This assessment allows students time to connect and integrate different aspects of the content.

Supplementary assessment If your final grade is between 45 and 49%, you may be eligible for a supplementary assessment to provide you with another opportunity to pass the unit. To be eligible for a supplementary assessment, you cannot have failed any other unit in the semester. The supplementary assessment will be in the form of an additional, new assessment task sat during the deferred exam period. This assessment task will assess minimal competence in all learning outcomes. You must score 50% or greater on this exam to pass the unit. If you pass this exam, your grade will convert from NF to PA, and your final percentage will be recorded as 50%. To be eligible for a supplementary assessment, you cannot fail any other unit in the semester and must also successfully meet the attendance requirements of the unit (See Section 21 of ACU assessment procedures). Please note that the offering of a supplementary assessment is subject to other results being finalized after the main university results are released. If a student is offered a supplementary assessment but subsequently fails another unit whose mark is released prior to the completion of a supplementary assessment, then this will deem the student ineligible for any supplementary assessments. Note that University policy requires students to be available throughout the periods designated for central examinations, including supplementary and deferred examinations, as published in the common academic calendar. Therefore, if you are offered a supplementary assessment, it is our expectation that you are available at this time; vacation or failure to check your ACU email account is not considered acceptable reasons for special consideration.

ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION, MARKING AND RETURN There will be electronic submission, marking, and return of feedback used for this unit. Assignment 1 will be completed and marked electronically on LEO. Assignments 2 and 3 will be submitted electronically via LEO, marked online, and feedback returned online.

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OVERVIEW OF ASSESSMENTS Assessment Tasks

Due date

Weighting

Learning outcomes assessed

Graduate attributes

Monday 23rd August

20%

LO1–LO3

GA4, GA5

20%

LO2, LO4

GA4, GA9

Tuesday 12th October

25%

LO2, LO3

GA4

Tuesday 26th October

35%

LO1–LO4

GA4

Assignment 1—Online quizzes Part A This quiz enables students to use appropriate resources to demonstrate knowledge of basic principles of pathophysiology and pharmacology including lifespan influences on drug administration. Part B This quiz enables students to relate disease processes to clinical outcomes and pharmacological management of selected National Health Priority areas.

Monday 13th September

Assignment 2—Vodcast The vodcast is an oral presentation that enables students to describe a National Health Priority Area in relation to a person. Assignment 3—End-of-semester worksheet The end-of-semester worksheet will enable students to use critical thinking skills to demonstrate their knowledge of pathophysiology and pharmacology.

Assignment 1: Online quizzes • Both online quizzes are open book. • The online quizzes will be accessible for 72 hours; once you commence an online test, you must finish within 60 minutes (i.e., you will not be able to save your progress and come back to it). • The online quizzes will include a variety of questions, such as multiple-choice (MCQs) and short answer questions. • Please ensure you have a reliable internet connection to complete the online quizzes, computer problems are not grounds for Special Consideration. • Students who miss the online test and have a legitimate, documented reason need to contact the LIC within 5 working days to organise a re-sit. Part A Due date:

Completed before 23/08/2021, 11:00am

Weighting:

20%

Length and/or format:

60 minutes

Purpose:

You will have the opportunity to consolidate your knowledge from the first few weeks (Weeks 1–3) of BIOL122 in this assessment task.

Learning outcomes assessed:

LO1–LO3

How to submit:

Online through LEO

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Return of assignment:

Marks to be released via LEO, and online test re-opened to students, within 3 weeks of the assessment. Students will have the opportunity to review the quiz once everyone has completed the test.

Assessment criteria:

The number of marks each question is worth will be clearly indicated. The marking scheme will be developed by relevant lecturers.

Part B Due date:

Completed before 13/09/2021, 11:00am

Weighting:

20%

Length and/or format:

60 minutes

Purpose:

You will have...