In this unit, you will develop the skills to recognise, diagnose and manage patients with commonly encountered acute and life-threatening disease processes throughout their life span. You will integrate your developing knowledge of anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology with patient assessment, diagnostic evaluations, and clinical history taking to formulate a provisional diagnosis. You will use this information to apply the most appropriate clinical management in line with contemporary professional guidelines, protocols, and emerging evidence-based practices. You will also utilise appropriate communication styles, including verbal, non-verbal, and written, to communicate with patients and other professionals to convey information. Case-based learning will assist you to contexualise your essential clinical skills, decision-making, and problem-solving abilities. Throughout this process, you will explore the legal, ethical, and professional responsibilities required to practice as a paramedic.

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Feedback from SUTE Teacher Report

Students mentioned some lectures were hard to follow when the lecturer spoke outside of what was on the PowerPoint slide: there was also mention of a lecturer sounding monotonic as if they were reading from the slide.

Adjust the content delivery to include emerging technologies to support engaging lecture activity. The use of a green screen and more refined presentations were well received in the other week's course content: ensure consistency in this space throughout the whole unit.

Feedback from SUTE Teacher Report via emails and on Moodle Forums.

Due to the amount of content in the unit, students provided feedback regarding the possibility of opening all content early for the best learning outcomes.

Consider opening all of the week's content or larger blocks to support students to work through content in a manner that suits their work/life/study balance.

Feedback from SUTE Unit Comment Report

Feedback for practical assessment items could be improved to support student progression.

All student assessment feedback will be reviewed and implemented before the next offering to ensure consistency in the quality and tone of feedback across different markers. Review the guidelines for assessment feedback.