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PMSC28001 Primary Healthcare Placement
Primary Healthcare Placement
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General Information

Overview

This unit offers you clinical experiences where you can observe and engage with subject matter experts in the application of knowledge, clinical reasoning, and practical skills to primary healthcare practice. You will be expected to participate in 120 - 144 hours of supervised workplace learning, which is equivalent to three 'business hours' weeks (likely in 5-day blocks of Monday-Friday) or three typical 'ambulance shift' rotations (likely in 4-day blocks in line with provider roster patterns). Placement hours will be balanced across placement provider sites or clinical disciplines, for example, palliative care (one block), wound clinic (one block), and urgent care (one block). You will undertake a range of pre-placement preparation activities to ensure you are set up for success and engage in a process of reflection in and on practice as you consider the potential breadth and depth of opportunities for paramedics in primary healthcare practice.

Details

Career Level: Postgraduate
Unit Level: Level 8
Credit Points: 6
Student Contribution Band: 8
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load: 0.125

Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites PMSC20012 Primary Healthcare 1 PMSC20013 Primary Healthcare 2 Co-requisite PMSC29001 Transition to Practice Please note: Any student who has within the last 12 months NOT attended the PMSC20013 Primary Healthcare 2 residential school MUST contact the Unit Coordinator to arrange repeat attendance of the PMSC20013 residential school at their own cost PRIOR to undertaking any clinical placement.

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 - 2025

Online

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).

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Class and Assessment Overview

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This information will be available on Monday 19 May 2025
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Previous Student Feedback

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 Self-reflection.

Feedback

Process for selection of placement sites needs streamlining.

Recommendation

During the residential school for PMSC20013, obtain a minimum of three primary healthcare clinical interest areas from students, the student's preference for local placement or their capacity to travel, and windows of time that placements can be attended. Advise students of a time limit of submission of this information, and from there the unit coordinator will source and arrange placements.

Unit Learning Outcomes

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Alignment of Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Graduate Attributes

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Textbooks and Resources

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This information will be available on Monday 23 June 2025
Academic Integrity Statement

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