Postgraduate - UnitPAR4270 - Aeromedical and retrieval practicum

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 (Online)
Coordinator(s)	TBA

Synopsis

This unit will assist the student to promote the transfer of theoretical knowledge and skills developed the other core units of the Graduate Certificate in Aeromedical Retrieval to the actual aeromedical work environment. Work place experience will allow highly contextualised knowledge to be constructed through authentic learning experiences and will promote the development of the student as a practitioner. The student will be supervised by a Monash University appointed Clinical Teacher within a structured framework of learning activities.

Outcomes

By the end of this unit, the student should be able to:

Apply the theoretical knowledge and clinical skills learnt in this course to the management of patients undergoing aeromedical retrieval.
Demonstrate the ability to work as part of the aeromedical team, in accordance with their professional practice level.
Reflect on his/her own clinical experience; and
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the operational and safety aspects of aeromedical retrieval systems.

Assessment

Examination: 50%
Portfolio (5,000 word equivalent): 50%

Chief examiner(s)

Mr Peter Jurkovsky

Off-campus attendance requirements

Students are required to spend 12 hours per week on this unit working through self-directed learning materials, participating in tutorials on Blackboard and local clinical simulations and tutorials conducted by workplace mentors and in preparation of unit assessment tasks 156 hours total.

Co-requisites

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