CSB348 Paramedic Management - Sexual, Reproductive Health and Neonatal Care
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| Unit code: | CSB348 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | CSB333 or CSB363 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $1,118 |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $4,104 |
| International unit fee | $4,488 |
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal
| Unit code: | CSB348 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | CSB363 or CSB333 |
| Coordinator: | Rachel Bennett | rachel.bennett@qut.edu.au |
Overview
This theoretical unit is a paramedic specific case-based learning unit that explores presentations encountered in the paramedic care setting. The unit focus is on developing your knowledge and attributes for the culturally safe person-centred assessment and management of sexual health, reproductive health, and neonatal presentations. This unit incorporates authentic, real-world learning design features and assessments, which are underpinned by social determinants of health and national/international evidence-informed clinical practice.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Examine the prevention, epidemiology, anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology, clinical features, pharmacology, management, definitive care, prognosis and rehabilitation of sexual, reproductive health and neonatal presentations.
- Apply critical reasoning when developing management strategies for patients with sexual, reproductive health and neonatal presentations.
- Apply knowledge and values of the underpinning cultural safety, communication, assessment and management principles of sexual, reproductive health and neonatal patient presentations to create appropriate, evidence-informed, person-centred and culturally safe management plan.
- Critically examine the principles of human factors, recognition of personal and professional limitations and identify when to seek support and advice in the context of sexual, reproductive health and neonatal patient presentations.
Content
Epidemiology of sexual, reproductive and perinatal health, including prevention and prognosis related to health outcomes.
Reproductive health assessment, management and care.
Obstetric and neonatal care.
Perinatal mental health assessment and management.
Sexual health considerations, assessment and management.
LGBTQIA+ perspectives.
Extension and clinical application of anatomy, physiology, pathophysiology and pharmacology developed in year one of the program or prior study.
Core non-technical skills and/or principles such as professionalism, reflective practice, human factors, communication, cultural safety and social determinants of health.
Communicating for safety and transfer of care (patient handover, clinical documentation and referral techniques).
Learning Approaches
This unit fosters a collaborative and reflective learning environment through utilising case-based learning activities and peer to peer activity in support of learning and development preparing you to work in diverse and multidisciplinary teams.This unit will allow you to transfer procedures and interventions, and clinical problem-solving skills into the simulated clinical environment.
This unit recognises the need to respond to communities by incorporating understanding of determinants of health. This is underpinned by acknowledging the diverse student community, and is achieved through reflecting the diversity of the community with the diversity of the student cohort through cultural safety as a principle to maximise contemporary learning outcomes.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Feedback is provided in the following ways:
- Opportunity to receive formative feedback exists during all learning activities (for example, but not limited to peers, academic professional).
- Formative feedback is provided during and after clinical simulation activities.
- In addition to the assessment marking rubrics, specific feedback is provided on summative assessment items.
- General feedback on summative assessments is provided during learning activities and/or via online platforms.
Assessment
Overview
There are two assessment items to be completed for this subject.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Paramedic management portfolio
You will complete a knowledge, critical thinking and reflective portfolio on sexual and reproductive health and neonatal patient presentations.
The reflective portfolio is an authentic assessment as it is an integral part of the paramedic professional standards to apply critical and reflective thinking to resolve clinical challenges, and to critically reflect on personal strengths and limitations to identify learning and development required to improve and adapt professional practice. (Found in AHPRA’s Professional Capabilities for Registered Paramedics found in Domains 3.2, 3.4.) As part of professional registration, paramedics need to maintain a reflective portfolio.
This is an assignment for the purposes of an extension.
Assessment: Examination (written)
Comprises of case-based questions assessing your clinical assessment and effective management of sexual and reproductive health and neonatal patient presentations including knowledge of related pathophysiology, skills and clinical pharmacology.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
Appropriate and professional clinical activity clothing: torso covering shirts including shoulders and upper arms, bare below the elbows. Furthermore, covered shoes, and trousers to the ankles must be worn during workshops. There is no exception to this rule. No singlets, shorts and/or open footwear permitted to be worn during workshops and/or unit associated self-directed (SDL) and other examples of simulation.
Risks may be associated with:
• construction tasks (including art work)
• laboratory work
• hazardous materials or tools
• field trips or industrial visits
• handling animals
QUT has a formal risk assessment process which can be used to determine the types of risks and how you should handle them.
The following equipment will be required for tutorial throughout the course. Advice will be given by your lecturer at the beginning of the semester:
Stethoscope
Watch with second hand or display
Risk Assessment Statement
The role of student paramedic can be hazardous. There is regular exposure to body fluids, medical sharps and defibrillators. During the on campus phase the risk is minimised and only simulated exercises are conducted. While undertaking this unit you should review the industry Health, Safety Environment (HSE) guidelines that protect qualified staff and students in day-to-day practice.
Students must successfully complete the following before commencing this unit:
- Mandatory requirements as outlined at QUT.
Mandatory safety requirements
Closed in shoes, long trousers to ankle and shirt covering torso including shoulders
If necessary, please register via this link https://www.whatsinaname.net.au/my-account/ to order replacement uniform or safety kit items.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.CS43 Bachelor of Paramedic Science
- Apply scientific knowledge and skills from paramedicine and related disciplines that focus on the needs and holistic care of the individual.
Relates to: Paramedic management portfolio , Examination (written) - Perform reflective and safe evidence-based paramedic practice, that informs clinical decision-making across diverse paramedic care settings.
Relates to: Paramedic management portfolio , Examination (written) - Access, evaluate, and utilise digital health information that informs holistic paramedic care and assists in intra- and inter-professional communication and clinical decision-making.
Relates to: Paramedic management portfolio - Develop and apply critical thinking and clinical reasoning and evaluation skills, that promote and achieve person-centred care.
Relates to: Paramedic management portfolio , Examination (written) - Practice and promote the qualities of ethical conduct, social inclusivity, reflexivity and reflection, and bearing responsibility for risk management and quality assurance across a range of community settings.
Relates to: Paramedic management portfolio - Practice within a framework of human rights and cultural safety, acknowledging intersectionality, and the inalienable right to culture, values, and beliefs.
Relates to: Paramedic management portfolio - Communicate appropriately and with sensitivity to all persons, their families, carers, interprofessional teams and community leaders, to professional standards, both independently and collaboratively, to ensure safe and coordinated care, based on consensual agreement.
Relates to: Paramedic management portfolio