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3878

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Students who commenced study in 2016 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.

Monash University

Postgraduate - Course

Commencement year

This course entry applies to students commencing this course in 2016 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.

Unit codes that are not linked to their entry in the Handbook are not available for study in the current year.

Course code

3878

Credit points

72

Abbreviated title

MEmergHlth

Managing faculty

Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Coordinator

Mrs Emma Stam

Contact details

Tel: 1800 MONASH (1800 666 274) or visit: http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cehpp/

Admission and fees

Find a CourseFind a Course (http://www.study.monash/courses/find-a-course/2016/3878)

Course type

Specialist
Single degree
Master's by coursework

Standard duration

1.5 years FT, 3 years PT

This course must be completed in a minimum of 1.5 years and a maximum of 5 years. The course duration is inclusive of any periods of intermission.

Mode and location

Off-campus (ALFRED)
Multi-modal (ALFRED)

Award/s

Master of Emergency Health

Notes

  • This course is not available to international students who are holders of an Australian student visa, for study onshore in Australia. However holders of some other categories of Australian visas living in Australia, and students studying off-campus by distance learning (where this option is available) and living outside of Australia, may be eligible for this course.

Description

NOTE: This course has had one or more changes made to it since publication on 1 October 2014. For details of changes, please consult the Handbook change registerHandbook change register (http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/2015handbooks/2015-change-register.html).

This course will support students in improving their clinical practice and knowledge related to the delivery of emergency health services and help prepare them for clinical leadership, education and research positions. Students will extend their clinical practice by initially undertaking specialist intensive care paramedicine training in advanced clinical leadership and decision making as well as advanced techniques in order to enable graduates to provide the highest level of paramedic care for cardiac, respiratory, medical, trauma and environmental emergencies. The student will explore clinical practice within an integrated emergency medical system and consider the issues and trends that influence scope of practice and service delivery. Students will also study clinical research methodology and may choose to complete a research project. Students will complete study in clinical research methodology for emergency health and have the option of undertaking a clinical project or other electives from the electives suite in order to facilitate clinical practice at an advanced or extended-care level.

Outcomes

These course outcomes are aligned with the Australian Qualifications Framework level 9, the Bologna Cycle 2 and Monash Graduate AttributesAustralian Qualifications Framework level 9, the Bologna Cycle 2 and Monash Graduate Attributes (http://monash.edu/pubs/handbooks/alignmentofoutcomes.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.

Structure

This course consists of core units and electives. Some of the required electives may be taken to form a particular stream. All units are 6 points unless otherwise indicated.

Requirements

Students complete the following:

(a.) foundation units (12 points):

  • PAR4400 Theoretical foundations of intensive care paramedic practice
  • PAR4410 Foundations of pharmacotherapy and clinical toxicology in emergency health

(b.) core clinical units (24 points):

  • PAR4420 Intensive care management of cardiac conditions
  • PAR4430 Intensive care management of respiratory conditions
  • PAR4440 Intensive care management of trauma and environmental conditions
  • PAR4480 Emergency management of medical conditions

(c.) one of the following research unit options (12 points):

  • MPH5040 Introductory epidemiology and MPH5041 Introductory biostastistics
  • SRH5003 Designing and conducting health research (12 points)

(d.) 24 points of elective units from:

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.

Alternative exit(s)

Students wishing to exit this course may apply to graduate with one of the following, provided they have satisfied the requirements for that award:

  • 3876 Graduate Certificate in Emergency Health
  • 3877 Graduate Diploma of Emergency Health.