For this assessment you will be required to create a scientific poster on one of the four conditions discussed during Week 3. The conditions you have to choose from are schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder (BPD), and excited delirium. 

You are required to produce a poster addressing the following topics:

• Background/prevalence
• Pathophysiology
• Signs and symptoms/common presentations
• Prehospital treatment/management pathways
• Tips/takeaways
• Suggestions/research on the horizon
• Summary

The word count is 800-1000 (including references). You are to write using academic language. You must include a reference list on both the poster and the document.

Assessment criteria

• Sufficiently introduces the chosen topic including appropriate and relevant statistics 
• Appropriate and clear discussion on relevant pathophysiology with strong connections made to the signs and symptoms experienced by the condition
• All levels of treatment discussed with appropriate pre-hospital management described
• Discuss management from definitive care facility as well as ongoing management 
• Provide insight on the future direction of management for the chosen topic
• Appropriately summarise the key points and provide appropriate conclusion without introducing new information

The poster must be submitted in the form of a PDF. Additionally, a separate word document that has the contents of the poster included on it in report format must be uploaded to Moodle. This is inclusive of the reference list. 

This assessment must be in your own words and completed individually, collaboration with other students is not permitted.

You are to include a minimum of ten references in total, which must include at least six recent (dated after 2014) peer-reviewed, scientific articles using APA referencing. 

In the absence of an approved extension, a penalty of 5% of the total marks for the assessment will be deducted for each full or part calendar day the assessment is overdue, in accordance with Assessment Policy and Procedure.

You must pass this assessment in order to be eligible to pass the unit.

You will be required to complete 4 tasks from a case study provided on the Moodle page. These tasks support your continued professional development through structured self-directed learning.

Task 1 (500 words) - Based on the presentation of the patient, identify all mental health conditions that the patient could be suffering from. Select 1 from the list that you have identified and provide a brief discussion on the condition including a definition, prevalence, characteristics, and relate it back to the patients presentation. The response must be supported by evidence.

Task 2 (500 words) - Discuss your clinical approach in a sequential order utilising the non pharmacological and pharmacological pathways that can be used to manage this patient. It is important that you discuss each intervention in relation to the patient and the benefits to using each management technique. The response must be supported by evidence. 

Task 3 (300 words) - Based on the presentation of this patient in the case study, please choose which of these documents you would complete for this patient: VIRCA, EEA, or transport not required document. This will be provided for you on the Moodle site. There are to be no references used in this response. 

Task 4 (100 words) - You are to justify why you did not select the other two forms for this patient. Referencing is not required for this answer.

Formatting criteria - Please submit this assessment using the following:

• Size 12 font
• Double line spacing
• Left justified text
• Calibri font
• Reference list on separate page

You will be required to demonstrate your theoretical knowledge taught to you throughout this unit. This assessment will be conducted by case based learning. The marks awarded to each question will accumulate to the final result. The case study and marking guide will be provided on the unit Moodle page. The assessment will be based on marking criteria covering the following key points:

The student is to provide:

• Definition, characteristics and relate it back to the patient
• Discuss the non pharmacological and pharmacological treatments for the patient in the case study in sequential order
• Complete either an EEA, VIRCA or transport not required form based on the paramedics perspective of what the patient outcome must be
• Justification on why the patient did not meet the requirements for the other two forms

This assessment must be in your own words and completed individually, collaboration with other students is not permitted. 

In the absence of an approved extension, a penalty of 5% of the total marks for the assessment will be deducted for each full or part calendar day the assessment is overdue, in accordance with Assessment Policy and Procedure.

You must pass this assessment to be eligible to pass this unit.

For this assessment you will be required to attend a compulsory residential school where you will be required to demonstrated your practical application of the concepts taught to you in this unit through a series of simulated cases. 
The on-campus assessment will consist of three tasks: 

• Long case (20% weighting) 
• Short case (15% weighting) 
• Reflective report (5% weighting) 

The assessment tasks will consist of a combination of practical demonstration of patient management as well as a reflective report. The practical assessment tasks will be related to content that has been delivered throughout the unit and aligns with the unit learning outcomes.

Assessments undertaken during the residential school may be assessed against a combination of the following criteria: 
· Patient assessment and history taking 
· Application of appropriate legislation 
· Implementation of interventions and patient management 
· Scene management and patient safety 
· Mental Status Examination (MSE)/Sedation Assessment Tool (SAT) 
· Verbal/Non-verbal and written communication skills 

This is a graded assessment. Your assessment tasks are an accumulative total. You will need to achieve a mark of 50% to pass this assessment. 

You must pass this assessment task to pass the unit.

Rubrics specific to the campus activity will be uploaded onto the Moodle page prior to term commencement. 

The rubrics will consist of marks awarded for:

• Patient assessment
• Communication
• Management of condition
• Professionalism
• Safe practitioner

Marks will also be attributed to a reflection assessment piece that will consist of questions about the students performance throughout the on campus activity. 

You must pass this assessment to be eligible to pass the unit.