School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Physiological Consequences of Cancer Treatment
  • Unit Code

    EXS6410
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Carolyn Joan MCINTYRE

Description

In this unit students will investigate contemporary research regarding the consequences of cancer treatments on systems of the body including late and long-term effects. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of the cumulative effects of multiple cancer treatments and the implications for exercise medicine.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the impact of multiple treatment modalities upon body systems of cancer patients.
  2. Apply knowledge of cancer symptoms, treatments, and side effects to support cancer patient decision-making regarding exercise.
  3. Create evidence-based resources to support cancer patient care in collaboration with industry professionals.
  4. Critically reflect on industry collaboration to build competence in cancer practice.

Unit Content

  1. Multiple treatments and secondary diseases.
  2. Cancer cachexia from diagnosis to palliation.
  3. Impact of cancer and exercise considerations for: cardiovascular system skeletal system. lymphatic system. muscular system. respiratory system. cognition. cancer-related fatigue.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

WIL - Online project or virtual WIL

Work done in a remote or online location - students undertake an activity in collaboration or consultation with an industry partner but do not spend any time or only a very small amount of time  (e.g. 1-2 short visits) in an actual workplace.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Industry engagement is strongly supported within this unit. Students use high-level synthesis skills to develop a cancer patient resource and engage with industry professionals to receive feedback during the resource development process. e-Learning materials will be available via LMS and students are expected to login and complete learning activities during specific weeks. Guest lecturers are included to provide valuable insight and to support industry engagement.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectCancer Patient Resource, Justification and External Review50%
TestApplied Knowledge Tests40%
Reflective PracticePersonal Reflection10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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School: Medical and Health Sciences

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Physiological Consequences of Cancer Treatment
  • Unit Code

    EXS6410
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Carolyn MCINTYRE

Description

In this unit students will investigate contemporary research regarding the consequences of cancer treatments on systems of the body including late and long-term effects. Students will develop an in-depth understanding of the cumulative effects of multiple cancer treatments and the implications for exercise medicine.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Evaluate the impact of multiple treatment modalities upon body systems of cancer patients.
  2. Apply knowledge of cancer symptoms, treatments, and side effects to support cancer patient decision-making regarding exercise.
  3. Create evidence-based resources to support cancer patient care in collaboration with industry professionals.
  4. Critically reflect on industry collaboration to build competence in cancer practice.

Unit Content

  1. Multiple treatments and secondary diseases.
  2. Cancer cachexia from diagnosis to palliation.
  3. Impact of cancer and exercise considerations for: cardiovascular system skeletal system. lymphatic system. muscular system. respiratory system. cognition. cancer-related fatigue.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

WIL - Online project or virtual WIL

Work done in a remote or online location - students undertake an activity in collaboration or consultation with an industry partner but do not spend any time or only a very small amount of time  (e.g. 1-2 short visits) in an actual workplace.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Industry engagement is strongly supported within this unit. Students use high-level synthesis skills to develop a cancer patient resource and engage with industry professionals to receive feedback during the resource development process. e-Learning materials will be available via Canvas and students are expected to login and complete learning activities during specific weeks. Guest lecturers are included to provide valuable insight and to support industry engagement.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ProjectCancer patient resource, external review, and presentation50%
TestApplied Knowledge Tests40%
Reflective PracticePersonal Reflection10%

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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