Postgraduate - Course3876 - Graduate Certificate of Emergency Health

Students who commenced study in 2014 should refer to this course entry for direction on the requirements; to check which units are currently available for enrolment, 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.

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This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2014 and should be read in conjunction with information provided in the 'Faculty information' section of this Handbook by the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Managing faculty	Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Abbreviated title	GradCertEmergHth
Total credit points required	24
Standard duration of study (years)	0.5 years FT, 1 year PT
Study mode and location	Off-campus (Alfred Hospital) Multi-modal (Alfred Hospital)
Admission, fee and application details	http://www.monash.edu/study/coursefinder/course/3876
Contact details	Tel: 1800 MONASH (1800 666 274) or visit: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cehpp/
Course coordinator	Peter Jurkovsky

Notes

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.
Part-time study only. This course must be completed in a minimum of 0.5 year and a maximum of 3 years. The course duration is inclusive of any periods of intermission.

Description

This course is available to health professionals who are aiming to improve their clinical practice and knowledge in the delivery of emergency health services.

Outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate AttributesAustralian Qualifications Framework level 8, the Bologna Cycle 1 and Monash Graduate Attributes (http://opvclt.monash.edu.au/curriculum-by-design/aligning-course-outcomes-with-aqf-bologna.html).

Upon successful completion of this course it is expected that graduates will be able to:

apply an appropriate ethical and professional construct as an emergency care provider to the field of community based emergency health
demonstrate personal and professional development through critical review of their own clinical practice and identification of suitable learning experiences to meet their developmental needs
identify local and global networks that support and enhance community based emergency health practice
demonstrate clinical competence in the community based emergency health setting using a patient-centric, systematic clinical approach, that utilises effective communication techniques and advanced clinical problem solving
identify, describe, design and evaluate enhancements to community based emergency health practice using the best available evidence and appropriate frameworks
review, analyse, consolidate and synthesise a variety of resources in order to respond to community based emergency health issues

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.

Structure

This course consists of core and elective units.

Areas of study

Emergency health

Requirements

General stream

Students must complete:

24 credit points from relevant graduate programs within the Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic PracticeDepartment of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/index-byou-department-of-community-emergency-health-and-paramedics.html), the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/index-byfaculty-med.html) and/or the UniversityUniversity (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/) as approved by the course coordinator.

Aeromedicine and retrieval stream

Students must complete the following core units:

PAR4200 Introduction to aeromedical and retrieval concepts
PAR4210 Aeromedical and retrieval professional practice

plus two 6-point elective units from the following:

PAR4220 Aeromedical and retrieval clinical 1
PAR4230 Aeromedical and retrieval coordination
PAR4240 Aeromedical retrieval rescue
PAR4250 Aeromedical and retrieval clinical 2
PAR4260 Aeromedical and retrieval project
PAR4270 Aeromedical and retrieval practicum
any unit from relevant graduate programs within the Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic PracticeDepartment of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/index-byou-department-of-community-emergency-health-and-paramedics.html), the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health SciencesFaculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/index-byfaculty-med.html) and/or the UniversityUniversity (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/) as approved by the course coordinator.

Suitable units can also be identified using the browse units toolbrowse units tool (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/units/search) in the current edition of the Handbook. Note: Some units may require permission from the owning faculty. The level of the unit is indicated by the first number in the unit code; postgraduate units are those that commence with the numbers 4-5.

Award(s)

Graduate Certificate of Emergency Health
Graduate Certificate of Emergency Health (Aeromedicine and Retrieval)

Where more than one award is listed the actual award conferred may depend on units/majors/streams/specialisations studied, the level of academic merit achieved, or other factors relevant to the individual student's program of study.