PMSC13002 - Clinical Paramedic Practice 2

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit is the second of three (3) clinical placement units within the Bachelor of Paramedic Science Course. The unit requires you to apply clinical knowledge and skills at an Intermediate level in a clinical setting with an approved provider. You will engage in reflective practice activities to support self-directed learning, demonstrate your competency of newly acquired skills and work on areas for improvement identified during your first clinical placement unit.

Details

Level Undergraduate
Unit Level 3
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre requisites:

  • PMSC12002 Clinical Paramedic Practice 1
  • PMSC12003 Special Populations in Paramedic Practice
  • PMSC12005 Paramedic Medical Emergencies 2

Please note: Any student who has not successfully completed a PMSC residential school within the preceding 12 months or undertaken a clinical placement unit, must complete a PMSC12001 Procedures & Skills refresher. This ensures currency with all contemporary skills and procedures in line with industry standards and professional capabilities.

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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2025

Term 3 - 2025 Profile
Mixed Mode

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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

This information will not be available until 8 weeks before term.
To see assessment details from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.

This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 78.57% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 20.74% response rate.

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.

Source: SUTE
Feedback
I did not have any issues with the learning material or content for this unit. I do appreciate the time and effort that has been put into the new electronic mentor reports however, I would of liked a section for the mentor to actually write some comments like they did with the old ones as it really helped me last time to receive some written feedback.
Recommendation
It is recommended to include open text boxes in the electronic and automated Mentor Reports, via Sonia.
Action Taken
Actioned - Free text fields included against all Domain areas of both Formative and Summative Clinical Supervisor assessments.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
I love the new electronic form for recording our cases however can we please have a couple more allocations for jobs that don't quite fit anywhere ie - Other and have a field we can type in the category we think it fits in.
Recommendation
It is recommended to align the mentor report clinical fields with a greater range of case types for option. For example a 'Poisons' section.
Action Taken
Actioned - Case types were expanded to align with international standard Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System (AMPDS) coding.
Source: Forum posts, emails, phone conversations.
Feedback
Students have expressed concern regarding lack of a consistent mentor whilst on clinical placement with QAS. And therefore raising concerns regarding impact on mentor report completion and validity.
Recommendation
This is largely at the mercy of QAS operational demand, COVID health staff shortages and increase in case load for prehospital care providers. Ensure student communication is clear and early on in placement allocations with both OICs and mentors. Feedback can also be provided to industry through the academic team and QAS clinical placement coordination regarding this.
Action Taken
Actioned - Still at the mercy of operational environment but increased communication avenues for students to communicate. Includes 24/7 on call on call academics whilst on placement, Notification tools as well as 7 day per week monitoring of placement in box whilst students are on placement. In addition, regardless of activity, weekly zoom sessions are hosted and recorded as well as weekly Moodle posts.
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Assessments were clashing with assessment due dates of other units
Recommendation
The whole of discipline to collectively ensure that assessment due dates are staggered.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE
Feedback
Review the document submission process on Sonia.
Recommendation
Collaborate with Work Integrated Learning (WIL) team to streamline access and searching functionality for students.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
This information will not be available until 8 weeks before term.
To see Learning Outcomes from an earlier availability, please search via a previous term.