BEH3031

Paramedic Clinical Practice 3 - Ambulance and industry ( 3 points, SCA Band 2, 0.063 EFTSL)

Leader: TBA

Offered:
Peninsula Term 2 2005 (Day)

Synopsis: This unit continues to develop the role of the paramedic as a clinician. It will build on the model of Paramedic clinical competence and the context of Paramedic clinical practice, both commenced in BEH2031, and continued in BEH2032 and BEH2042. It will provide the context to support the theory units concurrently undertaken in this semester, BEH3011 and BEH3021. Supervised clinical experience will be undertaken over 2 weeks with an emergency ambulance service and 2 weeks in an industrial health setting.

Objectives: By the completion of this unit, the student will be able to: 1. demonstrate an ability to review his/her own clinical experience and arrange suitable learning experiences to maintain learning needs relevant to the clinical experience with an emergency ambulance service and an industrial health setting; 2. demonstrate progress in the development of clinical, professional and leadership capabilities from novice to beginner paramedic through clinical experience with an emergency ambulance service and an industrial health setting; 3. demonstrate an ability to respond under supervision to real life problems from their initiation and to assimilate information quickly and communicate it clearly and unambiguously as experienced in the setting of an emergency ambulance service and an industrial health setting; 4. demonstrate an ability in a team, to apply theoretical knowledge and clinical skills learnt in this course to the care of patients transported with an emergency ambulance service using the model of Paramedic clinical competence; and 5. demonstrate a culturally sensitive approach to the recognition and management of the reactions of patients, family and/or others to acute illness or injury as experiences in the setting of an emergency ambulance service and an industrial health provider.

Assessment: Structured worksheets: 20% + 2 x Reflective case analysis: 30% + Clinical practice portfolio: 20% + Workplace professionalism evaluation: 30%

Contact Hours: The equivalent of 4 weeks full time supervised clinical placement - a total of 160 hours. The normal semester period is lengthened so that the essential professional requirement of the supervised clinical practice can be met.

Prerequisites: BEH2042

Corequisites: BEH3011 and BEH3021