PMSC28001 - Primary Healthcare Placement

General Information

Unit Synopsis

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

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 8
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 2
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).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2025

Term 1 - 2025 Profile
Online
Term 2 - 2025 Profile
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).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 6-credit Postgraduate 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

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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 - 2024 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 50% 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: Self-reflection based upon WIL mentor report form
Feedback
Ensure a variety of WIL placements.
Recommendation
Work-integrated learning placements are to be undertaken at a minimum of two placement sites.
Action Taken
A variety of placements were achieved for both students this term.
Source: Self-reflection
Feedback
Create an electronic version of the mentor report form.
Recommendation
Work with the WIL team to create an electronic version of the mentor report form in Sonia, for document integrity and ease of use while on placement.
Action Taken
This project is ongoing and has been handed over to the new unit coordinator for follow-up.
Source: 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.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes
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