There are three (3) separate components to this assessment.

Part A – Assignment Proposal

You are required to choose one topic, from a list on the Moodle page, and submit a proposal for your discussion (Part B). The word limit for your assignment proposal is 500 words (+/- 10%). The proposal should include a brief description of your topic and its relevance and/or implications for paramedic practice. You must also provide a brief explanation of why you chose this particular topic. Finally, you must outline where and how you will source relevant academic literature pertinent to your topic and you must provide a preliminary reference list of no less than 5 recent peer reviewed scientific journal articles published after 2010.

Part B – Discussion

You are required to expand upon your initial assignment proposal and write a critical clinical review of the current research surrounding your topic. You will need to research evidence based, peer reviewed literature and discuss the strengths and/or weaknesses in the current research on your topic. You will use this evidence to formulate an argument for or against your topic and its place in contemporary paramedic practice. The word count for this assessment is 1500 word (+/- 10%).

Part C – ECG Interpretation and Clinical Significance

You will be supplied a series of 12 Lead ECGs. You will be required to apply the Systematic Approach to ECG Interpretation to each of the ECGs and diagnose the ECG accurately. Furthermore you will identify and mark the components of the Systematic Approach to ECG Interpretation on each ECG and discuss the clinical significance of these components. The word count for this assessment is no more than 100 words per ECG (+/- 10%). Exemplars on how to complete this component will be available on the Moodle page.

Presentation:

The document should be formatted on A4 International Standard paper with margins of 2.54cm. Line spacing should be set to 1.5, Ariel font and size set to 12 point.

Only submissions in Microsoft Word format, .doc or .docx, will be accepted.

Cover page; a cover page must be included for this assessment, in the following format:

• Assessment number and name
• Unit number and name (PMSC12004 Advanced Electrophysiology and Coronary Care)
• Your name
• Student number
• Word count (not including cover page and references)
• Assessment due date (If you have an approved extension this needs to be noted here)

Part A:

Part A is worth 10 marks. The word limit is 500 words (+/- 10%), excluding cover page and references. The assessment will be marked against the rubric which will be available on the Moodle page. You must provide a reference list of no less than 5 recent peer reviewed scientific journal articles published after 2010.

In the absence of an approved extension there will be no opportunity to submit this assessment after the due date.

Part B:

Part B is worth 50 marks. The word limit is 1500 words (+/- 10%), excluding cover page and references. The assessment will be marked against the rubric which will be made available on the Moodle page. You must provide a reference list of no less than 10 recent peer reviewed scientific journal article published after 2010. You may use Australian and/or New Zealand ambulance service guidelines, as appropriate, and expert textbooks and websites. You are not permitted to reference your prescribed or supplementary textbook or lectures from this unit in the reference list.

In the absence of an approved extension there will be no opportunity to submit this assessment after the due date.

Part C:

Part C is worth 40 marks. The word limit is no more than 100 words per ECG (+/- 10%), excluding references. The assessment will be marked against the rubric which will be made available on the Moodle page. You are required to provide a reference list for this assessment. You are encouraged to source recent peer reviewed scientific journal articles published after 2010. You may reference the prescribed and/or supplementary text book, Australian and/or New Zealand ambulance service guidelines and expert websites as required.

In the absence of an approved extension there will be no opportunity to submit this assessment after the due date.

This is an individual assessment and collaboration with another student is not permitted. Any student found to have collaborated with another student will be reported for academic misconduct.

Your marks from Part A, B and C will be totalled to give an overall score out of 100. The pass mark for this assessment is 50.

You will be required to attend an assessment day/s at: Residential School

Your assessment tasks will consist of three (3) Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). The format of the OSCEs may include any of the following: Case Management Exercise (Long format or short format) or Viva Voce.

All assessment tasks align with the learning outcomes for this unit, as described in the Unit Profile.

The Case Management Exercise (CME) will take the format of a structured scenario where you will be allocated thirty (30) minutes to complete the long format CME, or fifteen (15) minutes to complete the short format CME. The CME is designed to assess your knowledge and understanding of the material covered throughout the unit by means of a structured, simulated patient interaction. Furthermore the CME is designed to assess your ability to perform a thorough and accurate patient assessment and use this information to formulate a provisional diagnosis. In combination with your patient assessment and provisional diagnosis you will be required to implement appropriate and timely clinical interventions, procedures and/or skills commensurate with your current scope of practice. Scene management and effective communication skills, including the ability to deliver a clinical handover to a senior clinician (i.e. CCP) or other health care professional, will also be assessed.

The Viva Voce is a verbal or interview style assessment, where you will have fifteen (15) minutes to answer a series of questions to demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of the material covered throughout the unit.

The practical assessment is a pass/fail assessment. You must achieve a cumulative mark of greater than 50% for the three (3) OSCEs to pass this assessment.

The Long format CME will be worth 40% of the overall marks and the Short format CME and Viva Voce are worth 30% each of the overall marks.

Multiple scoring tools/rubrics will be utilised, based on the type of OSCE assessment. The scoring tools/rubrics for each assessment type are validated and reliable and will be available for review via the Moodle page prior to the assessment day/s.

All assessments will be moderated by the Unit Coordinator, therefore your results and feedback will not be made available at the completion of your assessment day/s or residential school.

Critical errors in this unit will be classed as anything, by act or omission that: causes immediate harm or has the potential to cause harm, to yourself, partner, patient or bystanders or any procedure that is performed outside your scope of practice. During any form of assessment, if any of the following are witnessed the assessment will continue and be moderated, upon review and confirmation of a critical error no marks will be awarded for that assessment item. Furthermore, any critical error discovered on review or moderation will result in no marks being given for that particular assessment.

• Unsafe defibrillation

• Incorrect joule delivered during defibrillation

• Defibrillation of a non-shockable rhythm

• Failure to recognise a cardiac arrest within 1 minute

• Failure to defibrillate a shockable rhythm within 2 minutes

• Failure to perform a complete drug check

• Incorrect sharps disposal or unsafe practice with a sharp

• Performing a skill or procedure outside the scope of practice taught to you in PMSC11002, PMSC12001 or PMSC12004

• Administering pharmacology that is outside your scope of practice, or administering an incorrect drug or drug dose.

• Any grossly unsafe practice, as determined by the assessing academic

If you do not understand any of the above, please do not hesitate to clarify with your unit coordinator.

Failure to attempt/undertake an assessment task will result in a fail for this assessment