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PMSC13004 - Clinical Paramedic Practice 3

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit is the third of three work-integrated learning units within the undergraduate Paramedic Course, requiring you to apply clinical knowledge, reasoning and practical skills at an advanced level in the acute prehospital care environment. You will complete a total of six weeks of clinical placement at an urban station with an approved ambulance service. Placement activities focus on clinical judgement and decision-making to support your increasingly independent practice, ensuring you are adequately prepared for entry into a graduate internship program.

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: PMSC13002 Clinical Paramedic Practice 2 and PMSC13003 Pharmacology in Paramedic Practice

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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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

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Portfolio 0%
2. Professional Practice Placement 0%

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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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: Self-reflection.
Feedback
Some unit content areas need updating to reflect contemporary practice.
Recommendation
Engage in a continuous improvement process to ensure contemporary unit resources are available and formatted for ease of student access.
Action Taken
The content in this unit was significantly updated to make contemporary supportive resources available.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
During placement, students received support and welfare calls to ensure wellbeing. Students expressed appreciation for these calls.
Recommendation
Continue to make support and welfare calls to students on receipt of both absence notifications and notifications from a placement provider that the student has been involved in a challenging response.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Some action-focused students found that reflecting on their placement experiences took them out of their comfort zone.
Recommendation
Further develop student expectations of reflective learning building long-term value from the placement experience, enabling them to develop self-improvement actions for a lifelong learning mindset.
Action Taken
In Progress
Source: SUTE Feedback
Feedback
Some students recommended tailoring communication techniques to student preferences
Recommendation
Ensure that students are aware of the multiple methods of communications and the full range of benefits of the Drop In sessions.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Demonstrate clinical reasoning and practical skills within the acute prehospital care setting
  2. Critically examine and self-evaluate own clinical decision-making processes during case management.

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Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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2 - Professional Practice Placement •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
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Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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3 - Critical Thinking • •
4 - Information Literacy •
5 - Team Work •
6 - Information Technology Competence •
7 - Cross Cultural Competence •
8 - Ethical practice •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Introductory Level
• Intermediate Level
• Graduate Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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