Postgraduate - UnitPAR4307 - MICA paramedic clinical practicum

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
Offered	Peninsula First semester 2012 (Day) Peninsula Second semester 2012 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Ingrid Brooks

Synopsis

This unit involves the student operating as the second member of a MICA crew under the direct supervision of a selected MICA Paramedic Clinical Teacher and the intermittent supervision of the MICA Paramedic team manager, clinical support officers, Ambulance Services' Medical Director and MUCAPS staff. It is expected that the skills developed in semester one will be applied in the work environment.

Outcomes

By the end of this unit, the student will be able to:

1. review his/her own clinical experience and arrange suitable learning experiences to

maintain learning needs as a result of the varying clinical experience in the field;

2. demonstrate the development of clinical, professional and leadership capabilities from novice to clinically competent MICA Paramedic.
3. respond to real life problems from their initiation and to assimilate information quickly and communicate it clearly and unambiguously;
4. apply theoretical knowledge and clinical skills learnt in this course to the management of cardiac, adult medical emergencies, the trauma patient and the paediatric patient using the MICA Paramedic clinical problem solving and clinical decision making model;
5. demonstrate a culturally sensitive approach to the recognition and management of the reactions of patients and family to acute illness or injury;
6. describe the operational aspects of MICA in particular, the Advanced Medical Priority Dispatch System, Communications Centre systems and the interface between Air Ambulance Victoria and other patient retrieval systems.

Assessment

ECG sets and trauma triage evaluations (20%)
Case studies (40%)
Evidence-based practice assignments (40%)
Clinical reports (Pass/Fail)
OSCE (Pass/Fail)
Professional development assessment (Pass/Fail)

Chief examiner(s)

Ms Ingrid Brooks

Prerequisites

PAR4301, PAR4302, PAR4303, PAR4304

Tihs unit is only available to students sponsored by Ambulance Victoria, or other industry sponsored students.

Co-requisites

PAR4305, PAR4306