The honours degree of Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)

Course code: 3881 + Course abbreviations: BEH(Pmed)(Hons) + Total credit points required: 48 + 1 year full time, 2 years part time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Peninsula)

Course description

The honours degree of Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) is a 48 credit point course. Students will undertake a guided advanced studies program in an aspect of community-based emergency health. In addition to the guided studies program students will undertake an approved research project under the supervision of a member of the academic or research staff.

Course objectives

By completion of this course, the graduate should demonstrate the knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes to: design, development and implement a research project with consideration of the ethical, legal and cultural responsibilities involved; write up scientific work in a potentially publishable manner; demonstrate communication skills relating to the research and professional community and to undertake both oral and written presentations with a scientific audience; demonstrate proficiency in data acquisition, analysis, presentation and word processing; use appropriate statistical analyse research data; critically review the scientific literature in community-based emergency health; discuss the breadth and diversity of research in health sciences.

Course structure

Course Requirements

Full Time

Students can commence either in first or second semester. Students undertake the ‘Advanced studies’ unit and the ‘Research project Part A’ unit in first semester and ‘Research project Part B’unit in second semester.

BEH4100 Advanced studies in community-based emergency health
BEH4200 Community emergency health research project – Part A
BEH4300 Community emergency health research project – Part B

Part Time

Students can commence either in 1^st semester or 2^nd semester. Students undertake the ‘Advanced studies’ unit and ‘Research project Part A’ as full year units in the first year, and the ‘Research project Part B’ unit as a full year unit in the second year.

BEH4100 Advanced studies in community-based emergency health – Part Time
BEH4200 Community emergency health research project – Part A – Part Time
BEH4300 Community emergency health research project – Part B – Part Time

Contact details

Telephone: +61 3 9904 4327, email: enquiries.paramedics@med.monash.edu.au or visit www.med.monash.edu.au/daps/

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