Undergraduate - UnitBEH1102 - Clinical concepts of paramedic practice 2

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2014 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.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Undergraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedics
Offered	Peninsula Second semester 2014 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ms Jaime Wallis

Synopsis

This unit builds on the foundation of the paramedic clinician and expands the roles expected of paramedics as clinicians. The unit will utilise a model of paramedic clinical competence as a framework to develop the foundations and skills of clinical approach, clinical problem solving, clinical decision-making, and scene management. The unit will develop scientific knowledge and understanding of selected concepts of disease/injury and require students to integrate this knowledge in the clinical laboratory and simulation settings. The unit uses a patient-centred safety focus and is designed to assist students to understand the scope of practice and clinical pathways available in community based emergency healthcare.

Outcomes

By the completion of this unit, the student will be able to:

demonstrate a standardised clinical approach to the assessment and care of patients in the community presenting with an injury/illness;
describe the clinical pathways processes used to triage individuals to appropriate care and discuss the strengths and weaknesses of these processes;
locate and evaluate the evidence-base that informs the paramedic management of common health emergencies;
apply scientific knowledge of selected pathophysiological processes to the assessment and care if individuals with acute and chronic health problems;
demonstrate the required standard in each of the core clinical skills of physical examination, clinical decision-making and scene management at the standard required of a novice practitioner;
investigate and describe variables within the work environment, scope of practice, teamwork and community that contribute towards the successful delivery of care within emergency medical service settings;
reflect on their performance in the clinical setting to identify the internal and external factors influencing clinical decision making in an acute health crisis;
demonstrate appropriate professional behaviours and provide peer review within simulated learning environments.

Assessment

Mid-semester test (1 hour) (20%)
Clinical portfolio (30%) (Hurdle)
Written exam (2 hours) (50%)
Objective Structured Clinical Examination (Pass / Fail)

Hurdle requirements: To pass this unit the student must complete the clinical portfolio at the pass grade AND pass the written examination. 80% attendance at tutorials is mandatory to pass this unit.