Your final clinical placement will see you enter the clinical environment as a graduate clinician, and begin applying your clinical skills and judgement under the support and guidance of your supervising paramedic or health mentor. A major aspect of your continued development is mentor feedback, providing you with independent commentary on your current clinical performance from the point of view of industry colleagues. The Mentor Reports capture student-led supervisor feedback on performance and attendance in electronic format for assessment and progress tracking.

This assessment task guides you and your work team 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 mentor so that you can discuss the feedback and grade choices. Yourself, mentors or Officer in Charge (OIC) are also required to complete details of shift attendance and professional conduct for the purpose of academic verification. Students are expected to uphold the standards and requirements of the Clinical Placement Guidelines as provided within Moodle.

This task is designed to enhance the educational quality and value of your clinical placement by:

• Consolidating clear expectations of students’ clinical performance and knowledge, enabling mentors to frame assessment, feedback, and support at a graduate level.
• Providing a framework for communication and feedback to guide and strengthen the student - mentor relationship.
• Recording your performance on a fortnightly basis, to demonstrate achievement of unit learning objectives and assessment requirements.
• Ensure adherence to required standards of conduct and attendance during clinical placement.

It is important to note that these documents are not solely to confirm your completion of unit 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 valuable 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 the Mentor Report template and Scope of Practice document to the station OIC and all mentors that you work with. These provide information on appropriate performance expectations, the goals of this final placement phase, and on the performance and self-review process. Appropriate feedback and grading from your mentor depends upon their access to this information. Your submission must meet the following criteria to pass this assessment task:

• You must attend all scheduled shifts as a minimum of two (2) Mentor Reports apply
• You will complete 2 Mentor Reports, one for each fortnight (or equivalent)
• You will submit both mentor reports together on the first Friday following completion of your final placement week, if not before
• All fields must be completed in full according to directions on the cover page at the front of the document
• The 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, followed by the completion of the Absenteeism Notification form in Moodle and notify your Unit Coordinators via email (paramedic.placements@cqu.edu.au)
• Absences must be entered into your mentor report, however there is no allowance for make-up shifts with QAS
• Minimum expectations of clinical performance and professional conduct grades are detailed within the submission checklist found on Moodle under the Assessment tile
• Direct reports from industry of student misconduct, or of significant concerns regarding clinical performance and/or behaviour, are investigated fully and may impact successful completion of this unit
• Details on the electronic completion and submission of your mentor reports will be on the Moodle page
• Attendance and mentor reports are subject to random validity checks with placement hosts.

You must submit and pass this assessment to pass the unit. This is a pass/fail assessment.

This unit is divided into three main phases: pre-placement preparation, the 3-5 weeks of clinical placement, and post-placement review. The activities of this assessment task span all three phases and are designed to lead you confidently through your final paramedic clinical placement.

• The portfolio activities aim to consolidate the concepts of reflective practice post your first two placement units, and through a process of self-assessment and planning that will enable management of your own clinical learning and development in this final unit.

• During your 3-5 weeks of placement, you will progress your portfolio to include on-the-job tasks and obtain mentor confirmation of completion.

• Finally, on completion of your placement, your portfolio will document a review of your overall clinical development and placement outcomes for the term. This will finalize your university placement and provide a starting point for your Continued Professional Development (CPD) as a Graduate.

Reflective practice is a core component of ongoing quality assurance and clinical improvement in all Australian and many International health services, and employers are actively requiring Graduates to demonstrate reflective practice skills.

Please see the unit Moodle page for a complete description and discussion of this assessment task, including completion guidelines and examples.

• Your Portfolio is due at 5 pm on the second Friday following your final week of clinical placement

• You must submit all components of this assessment to pass the unit, as this is a pass/fail assessment.

You will complete one online quiz which will consist of multiple choice questions, True/False and Sequence questions, exploring content included in the unit (such as, but not limited to, lecture materials, links and required readings). Content for the quiz is based on the previous weekly topics (as detailed in the schedule). The quiz will be open for 1 week, failure to complete the quiz in this time will result in a fail of the assessment item and ultimately the unit.

You will need to obtain a pass for each assessment item in order pass the unit.

Marks are awarded if a question is answered correctly and the total marks are tallied after the quiz has been attempted. Non-attempts will score a zero mark. The quiz is open-book, so the use of Clinical Practice Guidelines and book chapters are allowed. Please take note that this is an individual assessment. Collaboration is not allowed and may lead to disciplinary action.

The quiz will have a specific time limit imposed to complete the quiz. This is a multiple attempt quiz allowing endless attempts until the student successfully achieves 100%, which is the passing grade for this assessment.

In the absence of an approved extension, there will be no opportunity to complete the task after the due date.

You are required to achieve an overall mark of 100% to pass this assessment item, and therefore pass the unit.