Postgraduate - UnitPAR4260 - Aeromedical and retrieval project

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	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Organisational Unit	Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedics
Offered	Alfred Hospital First semester 2014 (Off-campus) Alfred Hospital Second semester 2014 (Off-campus) Alfred Hospital Summer semester A 2014 (Off-campus)
Coordinator(s)	TBA

Synopsis

The purpose of the unit is to allow students to explore a topic that is of personal and professional importance to them in the aeromedical context. This unit will use a negotiated learning contract based on the student's self assessment of learning needs which will be supervised by the unit convenor. An appropriately qualified and experienced industry leader and/or academic will be appointed as co-supervisor with the unit coordinator if required.

Outcomes

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

relate the theory of aeromedical retrieval to practice through the development of a relevant project;
critically appraise a topic in aeromedical retrieval practice;
demonstrate independent scholarship through the development of a suitable project; and
demonstrate effective communication skills with academic staff through negotiation of the project brief and learning contract and the presentation of the project portfolio.

Assessment

Project portfolio (5,000 word equivalent): 100%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Peter Jurkovsky

Co-requisites

Must be enrolled in Master, Graduate Diploma or Graduate Certificate of Emergency Health