Graduate Diploma in Emergency Health (Paramedic)

Course code: 3877 + Course abbreviation: GradDipEmerHlt(Pmed) + Total credit points required:48 + 4 semesters part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Peninsula – P/T only)

Course description

This course, offered by the Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, builds on the Graduate Certificate of Emergency Health (Paramedic) and continues to support students to improve their clinical practice and knowledge related to the delivery of emergency health services while preparing them 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

By the completion of this course, the graduate will be able to: 1. explore an additional area of interest that is related to the field of community based emergency health to further develop the ability of the graduate to prepare for an advanced clinical practitioner role, through the completion of elective units of study; 2. identify the possible future trends in the delivery of pre-hospital services and the impact on the role of the professional ambulance paramedic; 3. discuss the influences of a changing health care environment and population on the role of the ambulance paramedic; 4. relate the contemporary issues and influences of emergency medical service systems to the role of the ambulance paramedic; 5. review his/her own clinical experience and arrange suitable learning experiences to maintain learning needs as a result of the varying clinical experience in the field; 6. critically review ambulance paramedic practice in light of current evidence; and 7. demonstrate the attributes required of an interactional professional in community based emergency health.

Course structure

The course consists of two core units and six electives.

Core units

MEH4306 Integrated emergency medical system
MEH4308 Paramedic clinical practicum

Elective units

Two units from each of the following groups:

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

ECX9720 Introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics
MPH2068 Financial issues in health care management
MPH2069 Health systems policy
MPH2065 Law for health systems

CPE7601 Healthcare information systems
CPE7602 Developing health care information systems
CPE7603 Contemporary issues in health informatics
CPE7604 Health information systems management
EBP1000 Systematic review evidence for treatment intervention
EBP1002 Introduction to evidence-based practice

Assessment

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

Contact details

Ms Andrea Wyatt: 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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