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Medical School, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology School of Biomedical Sciences

IMED2208 Issues in Women's Reproductive Health: Major Diseases and Health Problems Unit Guidebook – 2020

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Unit Description ............................................................................................................................. 3 Unit Details ..................................................................................................................................... 4 IMED2208 Class Schedule............................................................................................................. 5 Unit Resources............................................................................................................................... 5 Teaching and Learning .................................................................................................................. 7 Assessment .................................................................................................................................... 8 Assessment 1: Guest Journal Club summary (1000 words; 20%) .............................................................9 Assessment 2: Lecture participation tests (2 x 10% = 20%) ....................................................................10 Assessment 3: DIY Journal Club (Total 60%) .........................................................................................10 DIY Journal Club topic search and summary (1000 words; 30%) ............................................................................. 10 Video Journal Club presentation (3 minutes; 25% + 5% - see below)....................................................................... 11 Peer Assessment (5%) .............................................................................................................................................. 12

Marking Rubrics ........................................................................................................................... 12 The Fine Print! Other important information ............................................................................. 13 Submission declarations ......................................................................................................................... 13 Late submission of assignments ............................................................................................................. 13 Penalty for exceeding word limit.............................................................................................................. 13 How to respond to an assignment mark .................................................................................................. 14 Appeals against academic assessment ..................................................................................................................... 14

Academic conduct...................................................................................................................................14 Compulsory online modules .................................................................................................................... 15

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Unit Description

Content Reproductive health encompasses all aspects of the society in which we live and takes into consideration many influencing factors, including: physical and mental health; the environment; the political agenda; diversity and equality; culture and ethnicity; employment conditions; educational opportunities; and ethical influences. A critical understanding of reproductive health is the responsibility of each and every one of us. The principal aim of this unit is to critically review the scientific understanding of the major diseases and health problems confronting women throughout their reproductive life with a particular focus on evidencebased healthcare. The unit focuses on common disorders of puberty, sexual health, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause, and much more. Students will explore how reproductive aged women experience and manage the challenges presented in contemporary society, and will examine indicative case studies relating to indigenous and global health issues.

Learning Outcomes At the completion of this unit, students will be able to: 1. Identify, describe and compare factors that contribute to the reproductive health agenda locally, nationally, and globally 2. examine indicative case studies relating to local, national (including Indigenous) and global reproductive health issues and describe how reproductive aged women experience and manage the challenges presented in contemporary society 3. critically review the scientific understanding of the major diseases and health problems confronting women throughout their reproductive life 4. use evidence from the scientific literature to build an argument for women’s health research 5. source and critically evaluate scientific papers of a high level of evidence 6. summarise and share the key findings of a scientific paper in the form of a journal club 7. write and present in scientific/academic language with appropriate referencing and the use of figures and tables to complement the text

Unit Structure This unit will feature a series of lectures and tutorials delivered by researchers, clinicians, policy makers, public health advocates, and health consumers to introduce and explore women’s reproductive health concerns locally, nationally, and globally. This unit will have a sound basis in health and medicine, but will discuss these issues in a global and social context.

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Unit Details Unit Code

IMED2208

Unit Title

Issues in Women's Reproductive Health: Major Diseases and Health Problems

Unit type

Level 2 option in the Gender Studies major sequence Category B broadening unit; the area of knowledge for this unit is Society and Culture Level 2 elective

Pre-requisites

None; IMED1108: Issues in Women’s Health across the Lifespan is recommended prior study

Credit Points

6

Faculty

Health and Medical Sciences

School

Medical School, Division of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Faculty website

https://www.uwa.edu.au/health/Home

Handbook

http://handbooks.uwa.edu.au/units/unitdetails?code=IMED2208

Availability

Semester 1, 2020

Location

Crawley

Contact hours

Lectures: 2 hours per week; Tutorials: 2 hours per week, in most weeks

Mode

Face to face

Lecture Capture

Available

Unit Co-coordinator

Dr Demelza Ireland

Consultation

By appointment

Email

[email protected]

Phone

6457 2262

About

Dr Ireland is a biomedical scientist. Her research interests include cancer immunotherapy and prevention of inflammation-induced preterm birth. She is a teaching-intensive academic teaching immunology and women’s health.

Unit Co-coordinator

Dr Philippa Martyr

Consultation

By appointment (Tues 1pm-4pm; Wed 8am-4pm; Fri 8am-4pm)

Email

[email protected]

Phone

6457 2350

About

Dr Martyr is a medical historian. Her research interests include mental health, women’s health, and institutional health care. She is a teaching-intensive academic focused in the areas of healthcare history and sociology of medicine.

School of Biomedical Sciences

Administration Officer Melissa McLean; [email protected] Alexandra Lowe; [email protected]

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IMED2208 Class Schedule Lectures Wednesdays 8 – 9 am Fridays 8 – 9 am

UWA Crawley Campus, GPB3: [G01] Simmonds Lecture Theatre UWA Crawley Campus, GPB3: [G01] Simmonds Lecture Theatre

Tutorials Stream

Day / Time

Campus

Venue

Tutor

Stream 1

Tues 13:00-15:00

UWA Crawley Campus

SAND: [G06] Seminar Room

Philippa Martyr

Stream 2

Wed 09:00-11:00

UWA Crawley Campus

SAND: [G06] Seminar Room

Demelza Ireland

Stream 3

Wed 13:00-15:00

UWA Crawley Campus

SAND: [G06] Seminar Room

Demelza Ireland

Stream 4

Fri 09:00-11:00

UWA Crawley Campus

SAND: [G06] Seminar Room

Philippa Martyr

Stream 5

Fri 14:00-16:00

UWA Crawley Campus

LAWS: [G05] Lecture Room 3

Philippa Martyr

We are supportive of PROSH, and have not scheduled a lecture for Wednesday 18 March. This year, there will also be no morning tutorial on Wed 18 March due to our Journal Club schedule.

Unit Resources Learning Management System All course materials, including lecture handouts, tutorial information, and notices about the unit will be posted on the Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS). For assistance with LMS, do not contact the unit coordinator. On the LMS site, select the LMS Help: STUDENTS link at www.lms.uwa.edu.au or contact SISO at [email protected] or 6488 3814 or in person at the Reid Library and the Science Library. Or, browse answers online anytime or ask a question through askUWA available at: http://ipoint.uwa.edu.au Please check the Announcements and the Discussion Board sections in the unit’s LMS page before sending an email to academic staff. Your question may have already been addressed. Lecture Capture UWA’s Lecture Capture System (powered by EchoSystem) captures lectures in selected venues and publishes them in Learning Management System (LMS). IMED2208 lectures will be captured as audio and screen capture and will be published in LMS and available for streaming. We strongly recommend that you attend all lectures in the unit and use the Lecture Capture System as a backup. We cannot guarantee that all lectures will be captured as the system does fail from time to time.

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Textbook and learning resources There is no prescribed textbook for this Unit. This unit will draw from a number of books using single chapters as well as journal articles and scientific reports. Required readings, or links to required readings, will be provided in LMS together with links to other useful and relevant reports, research guides, websites and databases. Contacting academic and professional staff by email All general queries related to this unit – such as lecture notes, tutorial readings, assessments, etc., unless of a personal and/or very urgent nature, should be directed to either of the Unit Coordinators via the LMS Discussion Board. All email messages, should you need to contact a lecturer directly, should be polite, considerate, and contain correct grammar and spelling. All should begin with an appropriate salutation, e.g. ‘Dear…’, and end with a suitable closing, e.g. ‘Regards….’ Writing a professional email is a generic skill that you should acquire while at UWA. Do not expect an answer to an email outside of business hours (Monday – Friday, 9.00 – 17.00), and please check lecturer availability (above).

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Teaching and Learning This unit is taught through a series of lectures and supporting tutorial sessions. To make the most of this unit, you will need to undertake any pre-reading as guided for the lectures and tutorials, as well as attend or listen to the lectures via the Lecture Capture System each week. Where possible, lecture notes will be available prior to each lecture, and students are responsible for printing their own copy, if desired. It is recommended that students do not rely on the lecture slides as the sole learning resource. Lectures are presented by guest clinicians and researchers, and by unit teaching staff. Lectures are designed to be thought-provoking, stimulate discussion, and provide inspiration for assignments. Lecture Attendance Lecture attendance in this unit is strongly encouraged. Lectures are delivered by expert guest lecturers and are an invaluable opportunity for networking. You are encouraged to be interactive, so please think of interesting and difficult questions during the lecture and ask them afterwards during Q & A! The two tests for the unit will also be held in lecture timeslots. Tutorial Attendance Weekly tutorials provide an opportunity for students to meet as a smaller class with a tutor. The tutorials are more skills-based and provide context for the lectures. The tutorials in Weeks 1, 2, and 3 are compulsory for all students. In Weeks 4 and 5, students must attend TWO of the Guest Journal Club presentations. Sign-up sheets with descriptions of each JC are available on LMS, as class sizes are limited. Sign-up closes on Friday of Week 3 (13 March). Be quick to get your first preferences! In weeks 6 and 7 and in mid-semester break, there are no tutorials. In Weeks 8 to 11, students must attend at least TWO of the four Special Topic tutorials available. Sign-up sheets with descriptions of each Special Topic are available on LMS, as class sizes are limited. There is no tutorial in Week 12.

Ethical scholarship, academic literacy and academic misconduct Ethical scholarship is the pursuit of scholarly enquiry marked by honesty and integrity. Academic literacy is the capacity to undertake study and research, and to communicate findings and knowledge, in a manner appropriate to the particular disciplinary conventions and scholarly standards expected at university level. Academic misconduct is any activity or practice engaged in by a student that breaches explicit guidelines relating to the production of work for assessment, in a manner that compromises or defeats the purpose of that assessment. Students must not engage in academic misconduct. Any such activity undermines an ethos of ethical scholarship. IMED2208 Unit Guidebook 2020 – Correct as of Tuesday, 18 February 2020

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Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to cheating, or attempting to cheat, through:  Collusion  Inappropriate collaboration (for example, completing your online quizzes with a friend)  Plagiarism  Misrepresenting or fabricating data or results or other assessable work  Inappropriate electronic data sourcing/collection  Breaching rules specified for the conduct of examinations in a way that may compromise or defeat the purposes of assessment. Penalties for academic misconduct vary according to seriousness of the case, and may include the requirement to do further work or repeat work; deduction of marks; the award of zero marks for the assessment; failure of one or more units; suspension from a course of study; exclusion from the University, non-conferral of a degree, diploma or other award to which the student would otherwise have been entitled. Please refer to the UWA Ethical Scholarship, Academic Literacy and Academic Misconduct policy.

Assessment The assessment tasks have been designed to cover the learning outcomes of the unit, and are focussed on assessing the student’s understanding of how evidence is used to inform women’s reproductive health policy, practice, and further research. Item

Weight

Description

Submission

Assessment 1: Tutorial participation

20%

Guest journal club summary

Week 6: Mon 30 March, 5pm

Assessment 2: Lecture participation

20%

2 mid-semester tests (10% each)

Week 7: Wed 8 April, 8am

Assessment 3: Journal Club

60%

DIY Journal Club topic search and summary (30%)

Week 9: Mon 27 April, 12 noon

Video journal club (25%)

Week 11: Fri 15 May, 12 noon

Week 12: Fri 22 May, 8am

Week 12: Fri 22 May, 12 noon Shared Assessment (5%)

In IMED2208, we use the concept of a Journal Club to explore evidence based practice in women’s reproductive health and medicine. Each student will complete two Journal Club assessment items: (1) A Guest Journal Club, where you will be an audience member, and (2) A Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Journal Club, as a presenter in both written and video format. A Journal Club is a group of individuals who meet regularly (in person, online, or both) to critically evaluate recent articles in the academic literature. Journal Clubs are common in clinical practice and also in research. They are an example of peer-learning and serve to improve understanding of the current literature, and increase critical analysis skills. In real life, the Journal Club presenter has to: 1) source a recent and relevant scientific (academic/research) paper, IMED2208 Unit Guidebook 2020 – Correct as of Tuesday, 18 February 2020

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2) read and understand the paper, 3) prepare a short summary of the paper, highlighting the key points – rationale, hypothesis, methodology, major findings, significance and future research opportunities, 4) present the short summary (orally) to the target audience – their peers - to increase understanding and promote discussion. The role of the audience in a Journal Club is to: 1) to read the paper before attending thereby coming prepared for discussion, 2) ask questions of the presenter that increase clarity and, more importantly, offer alternative views or explanations, 3) prepare a summary of the presentation, in their own words, for future reference.

Assessment 1: Guest Journal Club summary (1000 words; 20%) We have invited a series of Guest Journal Club presenters to deliver an interactive session with you in the tutorial session times in Weeks 4 and 5 of semester. We leave the format up to the presenter, but it might be any of the following:      

a traditional lecture; a case study; a review of one or more seminal papers in the field; an insight into how one of their own research studies was conceived, executed and significance of the outcomes; an analysis of the media portrayal of the issue; or an explanation as to how research in the area has changed policy or practice

During Weeks 4 and 5, you must attend TWO of the nine available Guest Journal Clubs of your choice. All Journal Club sessions will be recorded and you are welcome to listen to as many of the others as you like, but you must attend TWO in person. In the event that the student is unable to attend a face-toface session, they will need to seek Special Consideration to be exempted. You must sign up in order to attend a Journa...