Preamble

Theoretical knowledge and the practical application of this knowledge is vital when performing the role of paramedic. In this assessment you will need to articulate your theoretical knowledge gained within this unit as well as apply the knowledge to successfully undertake a variety of Case Management Exercises (CMEs) to a beginner level.

To attain a passing grade, you will need to complete the tasks below. All of these will be conducted at Residential School, using simulated environments and patients.

Task Description

You will need to complete three (3) CME stations, each designed to assess your knowledge and practical skills acquired during this unit.

Station one (1) and two (2) will be long case assessments where you will be allocated 20mins to complete the assessment. The long case assessment will be in the format of a structured scenario looking at the following areas:

: Patient assessment and history taking

: Evidence gathering and patient treatment

: Implementation of interventions, procedures and skills

: Overall patient and scene management

Station three (3) will involve one (1) short case assessment where you will be allocated 10 mins.

Some examples of a short case assessment are:

: Voice Viva

: Fill in the blanks

: Quiz

In order to pass this assessment students must achieve an overall accumulative pass mark of 50% across all three assessments

Each long case CME will be worth 15%.

The short case CME will be worth 10%.

Failure to achieve 50% will result in a failing grade and there will be no opportunity during the residential school for resit.

There will be varied scoring tools used based on the type of OSCE assessment. The scoring tools for each station are validated and reliable and will be available to students via the Moodle page at the commencement of term.

During these assessments, if there are any errors performed which would cause immediate harm to yourself, partner, patient or bystanders this will result in a critical error being recorded.

CRITICAL ERRORS:

Critical errors in this unit will be classed as anything that causes immediate harm to yourself, partner, patient or bystanders or any procedure that is performed outside the scope of practice. During any form of assessment, if any of the following are witnessed the assessment will immediately cease, and no marks will be given for that particular assessment:

Unsafe defibrillation

Incorrect joules delivered during defibrillation

Defibrillation of a non-shockable rhythm

Failure to recognise a cardiac arrest (>1minute)

Failure to shock a shockable rhythm in a timely manner (<2 minutes)

Failure to perform a complete drug check

Incorrect sharps disposal or unsafe practice with a sharp

Performing a skill and/or procedure outside the scope of practice taught to you in PMSC11002 (2018)

Any grossly unsafe practice, as determined by the assessing academic

You will be required to complete two (2) online quizzes; the first will close at the end of Week 6; the second at the end of Week 11. The quizzes will open on the Friday of the preceding week to when the quiz is due, and each will have a specific time limit imposed.

The quizzes will be made up of multiple choice, short and long answer questions exploring content based upon previous weeks content (including lecture materials, online modules, links and required reading). Quizzes are accumulative and content will aggregate across the term.

Quiz 1 is to review and assess the content from Week 1 to Week 5 of Foundations of Paramedic Clinical Practice.  Quiz 2 is to review and assess the content from Week 6 to Week 10.

This quizzes will be comprised of multiple choice, short and long answer questions.

You will only receive 1 attempt at the each quiz.

Please access the Online Quizzes in the Assessment Block on the Moodle page for PMSC11002.

PLEASE NOTE: The marks for online quizzes 1 and 2 will be combined – to pass you must achieve 50% of the overall marks available on offer for this assessment item. These quizzes MUST be submitted by the times indicated in the assessment tasks. This is an individual assessment with no collaboration allowed. In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the tasks after the specified dates, and there will be no opportunity to apply a late penalty of five percent per day. You will only receive 1 attempt at each quiz.

Each quiz is worth 15% of the overall mark for the unit.

You will be required to complete a workbook exploring your knowledge gained throughout this unit. You will be required to work through the tasks set out in the workbook and complete your answers within the workbook provided. These tasks support your continued professional development through structured self-directed learning. The workbook will be provided to you via the Moodle page. This task will involve a mixture of short answer response, research, critical reviews and mini essays.

Please review the workbook thoroughly before commencing. You must complete all parts of the workbooks according to the instructions provided, ensuring that all work is referenced as per instructions in the workbook.

You will be required to demonstrate your theoretical knowledge taught to you throughout this unit. This will be conducted through varying tasks throughout the workbook. The workbook will have points awarded to each task with the accumulation of these points being the final result. The workbook will be provided on the unit Moodle page. The assessment will be based on marking criteria covering the following key points:

Successful completion of each task

Well articulated, researched and referenced work provided throughout the workbook.

You must achieve an overall pass mark of 50% for this assessment task.