Paramedic Clinical Practice 6 - Extended Practice

Unit code: HFB3234 | Study level: Undergraduate
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
St Albans
HFB3134 - Paramedic Clinical Practice 5 (applicable for HBPX, HBPD students ONLY)
HFB3135 - Paramedic Clinical Science 5 (Special Populations) (applicable for HBPD students ONLY)
HFB3130 - Paramedic Clinical Science 4 (Mental Health and Mental Illness) (applicable for HBPX students ONLY)
(Or equivalent to be determined by unit coordinator)
Overview
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Overview

This unit is the culminating experience in clinical practice of the student's paramedic program and provides students with the opportunity to apply and integrate their knowledge and skills gained from earlier years. The unit will extend the student's knowledge and skill set by the amalgamation of advanced life support skills with extended care practices in the community-based emergency health environment. There will be a focus on the intersection of hospital and pre-hospital care, and integration of health practices. It will also consolidate student’s clinical practice at the expected level of graduate entry practice.

Specific areas of interest will include improved clinical reasoning and critical decision making, awareness of and working with scopes of practice beyond the expected level of graduate entry practice (both in jurisdiction and depth), awareness of patient treatment and management after handover to other health professionals (with an emphasis on understanding of diagnostic tests and procedures the patient is likely to encounter).

Learning Outcomes

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

  1. Evaluate extended scopes of clinical ambulance practice beyond the Ambulance Victoria Advanced Life Support level in order to extend employability to other international and interstate jurisdictions;
  2. Evaluate community care Paramedic approaches and assess how community care is employed in other jurisdictions;
  3. Articulate and demonstrate the current scope of paramedic clinical care for mental health and acute paediatric presentations;
  4. Discuss the patient journey from ambulance handover to hospital/definitive care; and
  5. Articulate a basic understanding of advanced wound and fracture management beyond traditional scopes of paramedic practice, such as suturing and plastering.

Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Test
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Grade: 10%
Test (1 hour duration)
Assessment type: Research Paper
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Grade: 20%
Individual Research Essay (800 words)
Assessment type: Presentation
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Grade: 20%
Group Presentation (10min) and Peer Review
Assessment type: Practicum
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Grade: 0%
Placements and completed Logbook
Assessment type: Examination
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Grade: 50%
Scenario Exam - Clinical Interview (30mins)

Required reading

Refer to the Required Web Sites for the required text.

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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