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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 ~ Managing faculty: Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

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 1st semester or 2nd 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
  • BEH4200 Community emergency health research project - Part A
  • BEH4300 Community emergency health research project - Part B

Contact details

Telephone: +61 3 9904 4327, email: enquiries.paramedics@med.monash.edu.au