Overview
Throughout the unit you will develop the requisite knowledge and skills to assist with your evolution to beginner practitioner and a Registered Paramedic. This unit will explore the requirements for registration and continuing professional development as a paramedic in Australia. You will also further develop your professional and therapeutic communication skills, with a focus on receiving and delivering constructive feedback, in preparation for a graduate internship and future mentoring and leadership opportunities. Additionally, you will investigate and propose positive professional habits to strengthen individual resilience while promoting good physical and psychological health, integral to an effective career in paramedicine.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisites: PMSC13002 Clinical Paramedic Practice 2 Co-requisite: PMSC13004 Clinical Paramedic Practice 3
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 Student Feedback
Some students expressed that they felt uncertain about their progress or unsure if they are meeting expectations in a largely student-led unit.
Introduce regular formative feedback opportunities, such as short reflection tasks or peer reviews, to help students gauge their progress and increase engagement with the learning process