3445 - Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic)
This course entry should be read in conjunction with information provided in the Faculty information section of this Handbook by the managing faculty for this course
| Abbreviated title | BEmergHealth(Pmed) |
|---|---|
| CRICOS Code | 052602K |
| Managing faculty | Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
| Study location and mode | On-campus (Peninsula) |
| Total credit points required | 144 |
| Duration (years) | 3 years FT, 6 years PT This course requires study of a clinical practice unit in the summer semester between second and third year. |
| Recognition of prior learning | Students with a life science or biomedical science degree or with other related professional qualifications may receive credit of up to 48 points, reducing the duration of study to two years. |
| Contact details | Telephone: +61 3 9904 4368; email: enqueries.paramedics@med.monash.edu.au or visit http://www.med.monash.edu.au/beh/ |
Description
Fieldwork
Special requirements
Medical and fitness assessment
Students must complete a medical and fitness assessment. This is a prerequisite for clinical placements offered by Victorian ambulance services.
Police checks and Working with Children checks
Organisations that host clinical and community placements require students to have current Police and Working with Children checks regarding their suitability to undertake such placements. All enrolled and prospective students are advised that they will be required to obtain Police and Working with Children checks prior to undertaking their course. Working with Children checks are valid for five years and are available free. Police checks must be applied and paid for annually.
Objectives
A graduate of the Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) will be expected to demonstrate the generic attributes of a Monash graduate, the specific attributes expected by the industry and the profession, and to have the ability to adapt to change and develop their career as leaders while making a contribution to the community-based emergency health services. The objectives of the Bachelor of Emergency Health (Paramedic) have been classified according to the themes of the course. The five themes within the course are:
- personal and professional development
- population health and illness in society
- foundations of the paramedic clinician
- community-based emergency health in integrated health and emergency systems
- science, knowledge and evidence.
On successful completion of the course the student will be expected to demonstrate all attributes within these themes.
All students entering through the B.Emerg Health (Pmed) accelerated entry pathway will be required to attend the intensive one week preparatory module "Professional Transition Program" to be conducted in the week immediately preceding the commencement of the normal university teaching year. Attendance is compulsory and no exemptions will be given.
Requirements
Students must complete all units, depending on whether credit has been granted.
First Year
First semester
- BEH1011 Clinical concepts of paramedic practice
- HSC1031 Foundations of health
- HSC1051 Working with people
- HSC1301 Human structure and function 1
Second semester
- HSC1052 Health and social care systems
- HSC1302 Human structure and function 2
- NUR1202 Legal issues and concepts
- SRH2002 Indigenous health and wellbeing
Second year
First semester
- BEH2011 Professionalism and community based emergency health systems
- BEH2021 Population aspects of CBEH services
- BEH2501 Community health, culture and society
- BEH2041 Human development and health across the lifespan
Second semester
- BEH2012 Paramedic management of cardio-respiratory conditions
- BEH2022 Paramedic management of trauma and environmental conditions
Summer A semester
- BEH2032 Paramedic clinical practice 1
Third year
First semester
- BEH3011 Paramedic management of medical conditions and mental health
- BEH3021 Paramedic management of health conditions at life stages
- BEH3031 Paramedic clinical practice 2
- BEH3051 Paramedic management of mental health
Second semester
Award(s) received on completion *
* Where more than one award is listed, or in the case of double degrees, where more than one award is listed for one or both components of the double degree, the actual award/s conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved (eg in the case of 'with honours' programs), or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.