Overview
Bioethical principles and the law both inform and impact every aspect of contemporary paramedic practice. In this unit, you will gain introductory knowledge of the fundamentals of ethics, law, and professionalism. You will learn the skills you can apply and tools you can use to help navigate common legal issues and challenges in everyday situations. In the process of exploring ethical and legal issues in paramedicine, opportunities for deliberation, discussion, critique, and reflection will arise within a case-based framework.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
There are no requisites for this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 2 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
All University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure - International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback - Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
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 feedback
Students expressed that greater clarity is required for the assessment tasks
Provide additional resources to support student's understanding of tasks including assessment instruction videos and examples
Feedback from SUTE feedback
Students enjoyed engaging content which included real world application, 5HP resources and case-based discussions
Continue to include 5HP resources, integration of 'real-world' application and case-based discussions with breakout rooms
Feedback from SUTE feedback
Students requested more pre-recorded lectures, short summaries, and more interactive discussions rather than heavy reading loads
Weekly content will consider use of a greater number of smaller pre-recorded lectures on each topic with accompanying study guides
Feedback from SUTE feedback
Students communicated the need for greater unit alignment of the poster presentation assessment task
Poster presentation assessment task will be reviewed, to ensure alignment with the unit learning outcomes