Graduate Certificate of Emergency Health (Paramedic)

Course code: 3876 + Course abbreviation: GradCertEmHth(Pmed) + Total credit points required: 24 + 2 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

Off-campus (Peninsula –P/T only)

Course description

This course, offered by the Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, supports students both in improving their clinical practice and knowledge related to the delivery of emergency health services, and their preparation for leadership positions. Participants explore their own role and the role of their employer within the context of an integrated emergency medical system, considering the issues and trends that influence scope of practice and service delivery. A learning contract will be used to assist students to identify practice and knowledge gaps and to draw on their workplace experience to promote self-directed learning opportunities aimed at improving their clinical practice.

Course objectives

On completion of the course graduates will have the knowledge, skills and attributes to: 1. Articulate the possible future trends in the delivery of pre-hospital services and the impact on the role of the professional ambulance paramedic; 2. Discuss the influences of a changing health care environment and population on the role of the ambulance paramedic; 3. Relate the contemporary issues and influences of emergency medical service systems to the role of the ambulance paramedic; 4. Critically review their clinical practice and identify suitable learning experiences to meet their learning needs; 4. Demonstrate the attributes required of an interactional professional in community based emergency health; 6. Improve their ability to prepare for an advanced clinical practitioner role having explored an area of interest related to the field of community based emergency health.

Course structure

The course consists of two core units and two electives.

Core units

MEH4306 Integrated emergency medical system
MEH4308 Paramedic clinical practicum

Elective units

CPE7601 Healthcare information systems
CPE7602 Developing health care information systems
CPE7603 Contemporary issues in health informatics
CPE7604 Health information systems management
CRH1000 Rural health issues and practice
CRH1002 Rural health politics and policies
CRH1003 Health promotion in rural environments
CRH1005 Alcohol and other drug related issues in rural communities
CRH1010 Indigenous health for health professionals
EBP1000 Systematic review evidence for treatment intervention
EBP1002 Introduction to evidence-based practice
ECX9720 Introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics
MPH2068 Financial issues in health care management
MPH2069 Health systems policy
MPH2065 Law for health systems

Assessment

Assessment will be a mixture of written assignments, literature review and presentations.

Contact details

Telephone: +61 3 9904 4194; email: andrea.wyatt@med.monash.edu.au or visit www.med.monash.edu.au/mucaps

Course coordinator

Ms Andrea Wyatt

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