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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Fundamental Cancer Practice
  • Unit Code

    MMS6501
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Carolyn Joan MCINTYRE

Description

This unit will equip students with the knowledge to support people, including Aboriginal people, who are affected by cancer. It provides an overview of cancer epidemiology and the impact of cancer upon individuals, families and the health system. Students will evaluate the health benefits of exercise medicine for cancer care and explore the economic impact of cancer, both nationally and internationally. The unit also encourages students to critically examine clinical cancer trials processes and research practice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse fundamental cancer epidemiology to understand the impact of cancer upon individuals, Aboriginal Australians and society.
  2. Evaluate clinical oncology trial processes to enable participation in cancer research teams.
  3. Engage in reflective practice to examine ideas and build professional competence in cancer practice.

Unit Content

  1. Epidemiology of cancer: types of cancer, cancer risk, incidence, and death nationally and internationally.
  2. Economic burden and impact of cancer on individuals, families, and the health care system.
  3. Health economics of exercise medicine for cancer patients and survivors.
  4. Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in Aboriginal Australians.
  5. Clinical trials research: methodologies, good clinical practice, ethics, and research practice.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

e-Learning materials are available via Blackboard, and students are expected to login and participate in collaborative discussion activities during specific weeks. Student are encouraged to think critically to solve clinical problems and engage in reflective practice to re-examine ideas and support ongoing professional development

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 Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline testing50%
Reflective PracticePersonal Reflection20%
Case StudyCase Discussion and Analysis30%

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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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.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Fundamental Cancer Practice
  • Unit Code

    MMS6501
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    1
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Carolyn Joan MCINTYRE

Description

This unit will equip students with the knowledge to support people, including Aboriginal people, who are affected by cancer. It provides an overview of cancer epidemiology and the impact of cancer upon individuals, families and the health system. Students will evaluate the health benefits of exercise medicine for cancer care and explore the economic impact of cancer, both nationally and internationally. The unit also encourages students to critically examine clinical cancer trials processes and research practice.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Analyse fundamental cancer epidemiology to understand the impact of cancer upon individuals, Aboriginal Australians and society.
  2. Evaluate clinical oncology trial processes to enable participation in cancer research teams.
  3. Engage in reflective practice to examine ideas and build professional competence in cancer practice.

Unit Content

  1. Epidemiology of cancer: types of cancer, cancer risk, incidence, and death nationally and internationally.
  2. Economic burden and impact of cancer on individuals, families, and the health care system.
  3. Health economics of exercise medicine for cancer patients and survivors.
  4. Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in Aboriginal Australians.
  5. Clinical trials research: methodologies, good clinical practice, ethics, and research practice.

Learning Experience

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

e-Learning materials are available via Blackboard, and students are expected to login and participate in collaborative discussion activities during specific weeks. Student are encouraged to think critically to solve clinical problems and engage in reflective practice to re-examine ideas and support ongoing professional development

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 Board of Examiners.

ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
TestOnline testing50%
Reflective PracticePersonal Reflection20%
Case StudyCase Discussion and Analysis30%

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.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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