During your second clinical placement, you will continue to develop your clinical skills and knowledge in the prehospital environment, transitioning to an intermediate level of practice under the support and guidance of your supervising paramedic crew. A major aspect of your continued development is mentor feedback, providing you with an independent commentary on your current clinical performance from industry colleagues. The Placement Attendance & Performance Evaluation Reports (PAPERs) capture supervisor feedback on performance and attendance in written format for assessment.

This assessment task guides you and your crew through a review process designed to promote self-assessment on your part and to prompt the most practical and useful type of feedback from mentors. You will complete these reports together with your supervising paramedic(s) so that you can discuss the feedback and grade choices. Your mentors or your OIC are also required to complete details of shift attendance and professional conduct for academic verification.

It is important to note that these documents are not solely to confirm your completion of course requirements; they are equally valuable as evidence logs of your professionalism, conduct, and clinical performance that will support your future employment applications. For these reasons they are arguably the most useful documents from your clinical placement, and it is imperative that you are diligent in completing them with your mentors as instructed.

Whilst attending placement you will provide a copy of the Student Information Sheet to all mentors that you work with. This sheet provides information on appropriate performance expectations, the goals of this placement phase, and on the performance review process. Appropriate feedback and grading from your mentor is dependant upon their access to this information, and it also provides University contact details in the event of emergencies or problems, so please ensure that you complete this task.

Your submission must meet the following criteria to pass this assessment task:

• You must attend all scheduled shifts for both placement rotations. Minimum placement hours apply.
• You will complete one PAPER for Rotation One, and another PAPER for Rotation Two.
• All fields must be completed in full according to directions on the Information Sheet at the front of the document.
• Your shift attendance log must be verified as true and correct by either one of your mentors or your station OIC.
• Notify the placement host by phone asap of any unplanned absenteeism; next, complete the Absenteeism Notification form in Moodle and notify the Unit Coordinator via email. Absences must be logged on the shift log, and arrangements made to complete missed hours.
• Minimum expectations of clinical performance and professional conduct grades are detailed within the submission checklist on the back of each PAPER.
• Direct reports from the industry of student misconduct, or of significant concerns regarding clinical performance, are investigated fully and may impact successful completion of this assessment task.
• Please scan all pages of your PAPERs, and compile into a single pdf file for submission via Moodle.

Please upload your submission into Moodle. If you have issues submitting your document, ensure that it is saved as PDF format and in the first instance, please call the IT department. If this does not solve the issue, then you must notify the Lecturer.

Attendance and mentor reports are subject to random validity checks with placement hosts.

Professional conduct:

Your professional conduct during clinical placement is subject to evaluation. Significant penalties, ranging from unit failure to course expulsion, exist for students whose conduct and/or actions breach University policies and/or those of the industry placement host. Direct lines of communication exist between placement hosts and the University, and all complaints or concerns raised by industry representatives will be fully investigated. In such circumstances, both student and industry perspectives are sought.

Please review the policies and rubrics for this assessment task before placement; these are available on the Moodle assessment page.

You must submit and pass this assessment to pass the unit.

This is a pass/fail assessment.

This assessment comprises a combination of clinical and self-review tasks presented in a workbook format. These tasks support your continued professional development through structured reflective practice activities and self-directed learning. In addition to narrative self-reviews, case and skill logs capture clinical experience and skills praxis, enabling an objective summary of clinical exposure. In-depth clinical case reviews involve a detailed exploration of the clinical presentation, pathophysiological processes, and treatment paradigms involved with one particular case you attended at each location.

As this placement comprises two individual rotations at both an urban and a rural station, you will complete a Portfolio Workbook for each rotation. These workbooks also include a section prompting you to collate information regarding each of your placement stations and geographic regions. This supports exploration of the differences between urban and rural paramedic practice, and the knowledge gained will provide the basis for your Placement Review Presentation.

Please review the workbook thoroughly before commencing placement. All sections have instructions at the start, and a completed example workbook is provided. You must complete all parts of the workbooks according to the instructions provided.

Your submission must meet the following criteria to pass this assessment task:

• You will complete both the Rotation One and Rotation Two workbooks according to the instructions. A completed exemplar will be uploaded onto the Moodle page as a guide.
• Please keep handwriting legible. 
• Please scan all pages of the completed workbook into a PDF document for submission.
• All sections must be completed in full according to directions.
• Completion expectations are provided within the assessment checklist at the back of each workbook.

You must submit and pass this assessment to pass the unit.

This is a pass/fail assessment.

For this assessment task, you are required to submit a Grand Rounds presentation. This grand rounds presentation will be dedicated to a patient that you attended while on your clinical placement. You may utilise any media for your presentation, such as voice over PowerPoint. Prezi or YouTube, however, it must contain a verbal and written element.

Your grand rounds presentation must detail the following elements:

• Chief complaint and history of present illness
• Past Medical History including allergies, medications and social history
• Patient assessment and physical exam findings
• Impression, differential diagnosis and then main diagnosis
• Pathophysiology, manifestations of your working diagnosis
• Epidemiology of the condition
• Treatments and management plan and how those affected your patient
• Any difficulties with this case
• Reflect on the management provided to this patient.
• Patient Prognosis
• References

The presentation will be assessed in accordance with the rubric and information provided on the unit’s Moodle page. The following criteria are key points to be included:

• Recorded narration is required.
  

• The presentation must address each of the main topic tasks as detailed in the task description.

• Avoid superficial points or comments.

• As this is a presentation, you should include images where appropriate, but these must be referenced.
• Patient confidentiality must be maintained at all times.

The presentation has no specified length in regards to the number of slides used, but the recorded presentation should be a maximum of ten (10) minutes in duration.