3878 - Master of Emergency Health

This course is designed for emergency health practitioners interested in improving their clinical knowledge and aspiring to leadership positions in their field of practice. Students will have the opportunity to examine emergency health care from clinical and systems perspectives using local and international context and be able to enrol in a stream of study relevant to emergency health that advances their clinical knowledge. In the last year of the course students will study clinical research in emergency health and have the option of undertaking a clinical project or studying clinical improvement, education or leadership to develop the professional attributes and skills required to practice at an advanced level.

Assessment

Assessment will be a mixture of written assignments and examinations, For clinical units, clinical simulation and professionalism assessment will form part of the assessment mix.

By the completion of this course, the graduate will be able to:

• demonstrate the characteristics of a critical and reflective practitioner engaging in life-long learning within a dynamic emergency health environment
• apply an evidence-based analytical approach to the exercise of clinical judgement and decision-making in the delivery of emergency health care
• use local and international frames of reference to evaluate the trends and drivers of emergency health practice within an integrated emergency medical system
• demonstrate the professional attributes required of an advanced clinical practitioner in emergency health
• perform in their role as an advanced clinical practitioner in emergency health, through the detailed exploration of clinical improvement methods, clinical education practice and/or clinical leadership
• undertake an advanced clinical practitioner role, through the completion of elective units of study.

Students can meet the course requirements by completing a total of 48 credit points (comprising a minimum of 24 credit points offered through the Department Of Community Emergency Health And Paramedic Practice (DCEHPP) to be selected from units in any of the following courses:

• Graduate Diploma in Emergency Health
• Graduate Diploma in Emergency Health (MICA Paramedic)
• Graduate Diploma in Emergency Health (Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Health)
• Graduate Certificate in Emergency Health
• Graduate Certificate in Emergency Health (Aeromedical Retrieval)
• Graduate Certificate in Emergency Health (Emergency and Disaster Preparedness).

Students who do not elect to study a particular stream (ie as outlined for each of the above courses) but undertake a general stream, must enrol in the core unit MEH4306 (Integrated emergency medical system).

Students also complete one core unit and elective units to the value of 24 credit points as outlined below. All listed units are six points unless otherwise indicated.

Core unit

• MEH5010 Clinical research in emergency health services

Elective units

Select 24 credit points from:

• MEH5020 Clinical improvement in emergency health services
• MEH5030 Clinical education in emergency health services
• MEH5040 Clinical leadership in emergency health services
• MEH5050 Emergency health services clinical project* (12 points)

* Students interested in undertaking the clinical project elective will be required to discuss their proposed topic with the course coordinator to identify their choice of electives. Generally, students undertaking a project related to clinical improvement will be required to enrol in MEH5020. Students undertaking a project related to paramedic education will be required to enrol in MEH5030. Students undertaking a project with a clinical leadership focus will be required to enrol in MEH5040 in emergency health services. Students undertaking a project related to disaster management will be required to enrol in MEH5060.

Master of Emergency Health

* 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.