units
BEH3042
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2013 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.
To find units available for enrolment in the current year, you must make sure you use the indexes and browse unit tool in the current edition of the Handbook.
Level | Undergraduate |
Faculty | Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences |
Organisational Unit | Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedics |
Offered | Peninsula Second semester 2013 (Day) |
Coordinator(s) | Dr Chris Huggins |
This unit continues to develop the role of the paramedic as a clinician. It will build on a model of paramedic clinical reasoning and decision-making developed in prerequisite units and will provide the context to support the implementation of knowledge and skills necessary for effective patient care. Simulation will be used to develop competencies needed to manage common health emergencies in the community. The unit also includes a supervised clinical practicum with an emergency medical service.
By the completion of this unit, the student will be able to:
Clinical skills logbook: Pass/Fail
Reflective journal: Pass/Fail
Workplace professionalism evaluation: Pass/Fail
Each assessment task is a hurdle (must pass to complete the unit)
The passing grade for this unit will be PGO only.
Four hours per week of simulation and 120 hours of supervised clinical placement.
Must be enrolled in Bachelor of Emergency Health(Paramedic)