Foundations of Professional Paramedic Practice

Unit code: HFB1110 | Study level: Undergraduate
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
St Albans
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Overview

This unit will introduce students to the foundational concepts of health sociology and non-technical skills. In this unit, students learn to identify social aspects of health issues by exploring the health and wellbeing of the self and of diverse communities and examine how health disadvantages experienced by particular groups are rooted in wider historical and current inequalities, including those based on ethnicity, gender and class. Additionally, students will learn the fundamentals of non-technical skills such as communication, health literacy, situational awareness, leadership and decision making, which they will continue to develop as they progress through both their student and professional careers. This unit will explore concepts such as prehospital health service delivery and professionalism, ambulance history, and self-care.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Review the history and development of paramedicine and prehospital health service delivery as a discipline;
  2. Work collaboratively to develop knowledge, skills and attitudes related to non-technical skills in health care and patient encounters;
  3. Examine the social construction, production and distribution of health and illness, and discuss major theoretical perspectives in health sociology; and
  4. Examine and discuss approaches to emotional and death related work, and paramedic health and wellbeing;

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Assignment
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Grade: 20%
Virtual Simulated Patient Resource Modules
Assessment type: Presentation
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Grade: 30%
Group Presentation (10 minutes)
Assessment type: Test
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Grade: 20%
Test (30 minutes duration)
Assessment type: Case Study
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Grade: 30%
Workbook

Required reading

As part of a course

This unit is not compulsory for any specific course. Depending on the course you study, this unit may be taken as an elective.

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