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HCPAR6902 - Paramedic Work Integrated Learning 1
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<p>This unit introduces students to advanced clinical practice within operational ambulance and emergency health settings. Students undertake the placement in a supernumerary capacity, with learning experiences occurring under the supervision and direction of service-nominated Paramedic crews at approved placement locations. When it is assessed as safe, appropriate, and within the student’s level of competence, students may be provided with supervised opportunities to practise skills and participate in general patient care activities at a level commensurate with their training. Students will be required to maintain a focus on professional practice, including consistent respectful communication with stakeholders, effective teamwork, and accurate documentation in line with service expectations. Throughout the placement, students apply relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and legislation to the governance of pre-hospital patient care, while demonstrating awareness of paramedics’ rights and responsibilities in the clinical environment. The unit includes structured learning and assessment through clinical logbook entries and a reflective journal, allowing students to evaluate their contribution to each placement experience and engage in critical reflection to inform performance improvement and enhance learning outcomes. Placement requirements include completion across both rural and metropolitan ambulance contexts, enabling students to compare and contrast service delivery, health influences, challenges, and patient/community expectations.</p>
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<p>Students are at all times expected to undertake placement duties under the direct supervision of a qualified Ambulance Paramedic. Regardless of previous experience, unless extraordinarily extenuating circumstances exist, this supervision requirement is considered without exception.</p><p>Under normal circumstances, students are not permitted to perform any procedure outside of the student’s current “scope of practice”, based on their assessed skill set. This ensures placement activities remain aligned with curriculum learning progression and patient and workforce safety requirements.</p><p>Clinical placement component:</p><ul><li>Clinical placement supervision and scope</li><li>Clinical practice in diverse contexts</li><li>Rural and metropolitan service comparison</li><li>Governance, legislation, policies, and rights/responsibilities</li><li>Professional behaviour and communication</li><li>Reflective practice and placement evaluation</li><li>Principles and practice over a range of clinical applications, including specific skills for management of Trauma and Medical patients in the pre-hospital setting</li><li>Pharmacology relevant to applicable Clinical Practice Guidelines, including medication calculation and administration</li></ul>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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<p>This unit introduces students to advanced clinical practice within operational ambulance and emergency health settings. Students undertake the placement in a supernumerary capacity, with learning experiences occurring under the supervision and direction of service-nominated Paramedic crews at approved placement locations. When it is assessed as safe, appropriate, and within the student’s level of competence, students may be provided with supervised opportunities to practise skills and participate in general patient care activities at a level commensurate with their training. Students will be required to maintain a focus on professional practice, including consistent respectful communication with stakeholders, effective teamwork, and accurate documentation in line with service expectations. Throughout the placement, students apply relevant policies, procedures, guidelines, and legislation to the governance of pre-hospital patient care, while demonstrating awareness of paramedics’ rights and responsibilities in the clinical environment. The unit includes structured learning and assessment through clinical logbook entries and a reflective journal, allowing students to evaluate their contribution to each placement experience and engage in critical reflection to inform performance improvement and enhance learning outcomes. Placement requirements include completion across both rural and metropolitan ambulance contexts, enabling students to compare and contrast service delivery, health influences, challenges, and patient/community expectations.</p>
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<p>Students are at all times expected to undertake placement duties under the direct supervision of a qualified Ambulance Paramedic. Regardless of previous experience, unless extraordinarily extenuating circumstances exist, this supervision requirement is considered without exception.</p><p>Under normal circumstances, students are not permitted to perform any procedure outside of the student’s current “scope of practice”, based on their assessed skill set. This ensures placement activities remain aligned with curriculum learning progression and patient and workforce safety requirements.</p><p>Clinical placement component:</p><ul><li>Clinical placement supervision and scope</li><li>Clinical practice in diverse contexts</li><li>Rural and metropolitan service comparison</li><li>Governance, legislation, policies, and rights/responsibilities</li><li>Professional behaviour and communication</li><li>Reflective practice and placement evaluation</li><li>Principles and practice over a range of clinical applications, including specific skills for management of Trauma and Medical patients in the pre-hospital setting</li><li>Pharmacology relevant to applicable Clinical Practice Guidelines, including medication calculation and administration</li></ul>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Paramedicine
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
069905 - Paramedical Studies
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 1</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
Yes
Placement hours:
80
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/hcpar6902">View unit fees</a>
Requisites
Prerequisite
None
Corequisite
<p>must be enrolled in all of "<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=HCPAR5001" target="_blank">HCPAR5001</a>" / "<a href="/ords/r/curriculum/catalogue/course?p6_code=HCPAR5011" target="_blank">HCPAR5011</a>"</p>
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None
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Describe the historical and organizational aspects of paramedicine and how this affects paramedics working in the emergency health field. </p>
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<p>Compare and contrast rural and metropolitan ambulance services in particular health influences, challenges and patient/community expectations.</p>
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<p>Apply policies, procedures, guidelines, and relevant legislation to the governance of pre-hospital patient care, and explain paramedics’ rights and responsibilities in that context</p>
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<p>Demonstrate professional behaviours and communication practices consistently during clinical placement, including respectful stakeholder communication, documentation practices, and teamwork.</p>
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<p>Evaluate your contribution to each placement experience and develop reflective practice/journaling to improve performance and enhance learning outcomes.</p>
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<p>Clinical Critique: Part A: Short video about transition from Nursing to Paramedicine; identify similarities and differences. </p><p>Part B: Video presentation on what you found different and why, and develop strategies to address challenges</p>
<p>Video presentations</p>
<p>40-50%</p>
1, 3, 4
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<p>Case reflective critique: Students complete a brief case reflective critique for four clinical cases from placement (and/or intensive blocks), analysing what occurred and identifying actions for improved future practice</p>
<p>Case Study Reflections</p>
<p>40-50%</p>
2, 3, 4, 5
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<p>Clinical Placement with approved pre hospital emergency ambulance service (Ambulance Victoria). Evidenced by completed Paramedic Clinical Placement Booklet.</p>
<p>Clinical Placement evidenced by Paramedic Clinical Placement Booklet</p>
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3, 4, 5
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplementary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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FedTASK
<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
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Description of FedTASK outcome
FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
Students will demonstrate high-level skills to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups Students will be required to display (in person and/or online) high-level skills in-person and/or online in: Effective verbal and non-verbal communication via a range of synchronous and asynchronous methods Active listening for meaning and influencing High-level empathy for others Negotiating and demonstrating extended conflict resolution skills Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams
FedTASK 2: Leadership
Students will demonstrate the ability to apply leadership skills and behaviours Students will be required to display skills in: Creating, contributing to, and enabling collegial environments Showing self-awareness and the ability to self-reflect for personal growth Inspiring and enabling others Making informed and evidence-based decisions through consultation with others Displaying initiative and ability to solve problems
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complex and ambiguous environments, using their imagination to create new ideas Students will be required to display skills in: Reflecting critically on complex problems Synthesising, evaluating ideas, concepts and information Proposing alternative perspectives to refine ideas Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts through deep inquiry Proposing creative solutions in problem solving
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
Students will demonstrate the ability to work proficiently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks Students will be required to display high-level skills in: Finding, accessing, collating, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and appropriately and securely sharing complex digital information at a high-level Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media Using digital tools appropriately to conduct research Contributing proficiently to digital teams and working groups Participating in and utilising digital learning opportunities
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
Students will demonstrate the ability to think ethically and sustainably. Students will be required to display skills in: The responsible conduct of research Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in multiple global economic environmental and societal contexts Demonstrating commitment to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen Generating research solutions which are sustainable,ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable Extending lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others Demonstrate extended actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Paramedicine
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
069905 - Paramedical Studies
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 1</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
Yes
Placement hours:
80
Fee information:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/hcpar6902">View unit fees</a>
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