PARAMEDICAL CLINICAL PLACEMENT B

PAR5CMB

2014

Credit points: 15

Subject outline

Students undertaking the Bachelor of Paramedic Practice and Bachelor of Public Health Promotion program are required to undertake clinical placements to develop their professional knowledge, clinical practice and professional behaviours. In this second clinical placement subject, students will have an opportunity to integrate theory into practice, under supervision, in a wider range of clinical and community settings. Students will undertake placements in aged care, rural health and ambulance service settings. These varied clinical experiences will enable students to develop as clinicians within the framework of the Paramedics Australasia Competency Standards for Paramedics. While on clinical placement, students will have the opportunity to practice and develop their clinical skills in the management of patients with chronic and acute health conditions in supervised clinical environments.

Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences

Credit points: 15

Subject Co-ordinator: Susan Furness

Available to Study Abroad Students: No

Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters

Exchange Students: No

Subject particulars

Subject rules

Prerequisites: PAR4ATM & PAR4PMB

Co-requisites: PAR3GSN & PHE3BRH

Incompatible subjects: N/A

Equivalent subjects: N/A

Special conditions: N/A

Bendigo, 2014, Semester 2, Day

Overview

Online enrolment: Yes

Maximum enrolment size: N/A

Enrolment information:

Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Susan Furness

Class requirements

Placement - Off Site
One 17.0 days placement - off site per study period and delivered via face-to-face.
"Students undertake 4 weeks ( approximately 17.5 x 8-hour days or 140 hours of clinical placement )"

Assessments

Assessment elementComments%
relective essayEssay on the role of paramedics in the aged care and/or rural health settings (2,000 word equivalent)100