CSB359 Integrated Paramedic Practice 3

Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Kelvin Grove, Internal

Overview

Through clinical simulation and work-integrated learning, this unit builds upon the knowledge, skills and values developed during year two, providing opportunities for the translation of CSB347, CSB349 and CSB341 knowledge into practice. Students initially develop skills and clinical procedures, which are then incorporated into increasingly complex and integrated clinical simulation focusing on community paramedicine, paediatrics, gerontology and bariatrics presentations as well as mental health in the paramedic care setting. The unit includes a work-integrated learning component in a paramedic care setting, providing an experiential learning opportunity where students interact with diverse populations, explore the role of paramedics in jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional ambulance settings and learn from registered paramedics and other professionals, exploring the complex relationship between the social determinants of health and health outcomes.

This is a designated unit which is essential to your course progression. Designated units include professional experience units, units requiring the development of particular skills, and units requiring demonstration of certain personal qualities. If you fail to achieve a satisfactory level of performance in a designated unit, you may be excluded from enrolment or will be put on academic probation. If you fail a designated unit twice within your course, you may be excluded. Supplementary assessment is not available on designated units.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:

1. Apply knowledge, skills and values of the underpinning cultural safety, communication, assessment and management principles of community paramedicine, paediatrics, gerontology, bariatrics and mental health presentations to create appropriate person-centred and culturally safe management plan.
2. Safely and effectively apply advanced life support, and procedural skills associated with community paramedicine, paediatrics, gerontology, bariatrics and mental health presentations within a clinical simulation learning environment
3. Work collaboratively to ensure the safe and effective continuum of patient care is provided, including documentation, handover and referral techniques across paramedic care settings and agencies
4. Critically analyse relationships between the social determinants of health and health outcomes.
5. Work collaboratively, professionally and safely within a paramedic care setting environment.

Content

Learning Approaches

This unit engages you in your learning through a mixture of skills and simulation workshops each week as well as though work-integrated learning. At QUT you will develop your critical knowledge of the field and have opportunities to apply your knowledge and skills during supervised practical tutorials. Learning content will incorporate web-based engagement software to help you maintain engagement and deliver real-time insight into student comprehension. Previously learned content from CSB341, CSB347 and CSB349  will be incorporated into simulation and scenario-based activities. Workshop will utilise small group teaching and learning activities to achieve learning objectives. This will allow you to transfer knowledge, procedures and interventions, and clinical problem-solving skills into the simulated clinical environment. Both content and organisation are designed for you to assess your progress in the unit and the course and for you to gather evidence of meeting unit learning outcomes.

Your work-integrated learning experience is vital. It is during this time you will continue to transfer your knowledge and skills into the environment where you will practise as a paramedic. Your clinical instructor will guide and support you throughout this and your future field practicums. In this placement in the paramedic care setting you will continue to build clinical leadership skills and broaden your portfolio of managed cases in the supervised capacity as a student paramedic. 

Feedback on Learning and Assessment

Feedback is provided in the following ways:

• Opportunity to receive formative feedback exist during all learning activities.
• Verbal, formative feedback is provided during and after clinical simulation activities.
• Verbal, formative feedback is provided throughout the work-integrated learning experience. If additional feedback is required, students should attend university learning activities and/or contact the unit coordinator.
• 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 Canvas.

Assessment

Overview

There are two (2) pieces of assessment to be completed in this unit. Each assessment item must be completed to a satisfactory standard to achieve an overall passing grade in this unit.

Special Conditions of Assessment
As this is a designated work-integrated learning unit, students must demonstrate safe practice in a simulated learning environment and the paramedic care setting. As such, special conditions apply to the assessment items as outlined below.

Please note:

• Where the assessment type is a placement performance (eg Work-integrated learning) and the result is unsatisfactory, the student will not receive a resubmission attempt and an unsatisfactory grade will result.

Safety and orientation workshop

Prior to the work-integrated learning component, compulsory attendance at a safety and orientation workshop is required. Failure to attend the safety and orientation workshop will result in removal from the work-integrated learning component and an unsatisfactory grade for the placement performance assessment item.

Unit Grading Scheme

S (Satisfactory) / U (Unsatisfactory)

Assessment Tasks

Assessment: OSCE

This OSCE assesses your demonstration and application of skills/procedures relating to community paramedicine, paediatrics, gerontology, bariatrics, and mental health presentations in the paramedic care setting

Weighting: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Threshold Assessment:

Students must achieve a satisfactory result for this assessment item to receive an overall S (satisfactory) grade for the unit.

Where a student receives an unsatisfactory result for an assessment task, they may receive one (1) resubmission attempt. To receive a resubmission attempt, a student must meet all of the following criteria:

1. The student is not eligible for a deferred assessment (MOPP E/6.3.8);
2. The student demonstrated a meaningful first attempt; AND
3. The assessment is not a placement (work-integrated learning) performance assessment type.

Where a resubmission attempt is approved, students are advised to seek feedback on their initial submission or performance from the unit coordinator prior to the resubmission.

Assessment: In-field Assessment

This is a six (6) week placement as a third person with a paramedic crew. Clinical mentors will provide feedback via a specifically designed electronic clinical assessment tool (eCAT), on your demonstrated team skills, your assistance to contribute to operational crews, undertake documentation, clinical debrief, handover and referral techniques with hospital staff, inter-professionally in the management of uncontrolled scenes and patients with complex clinical presentations and interpersonal skills in managing patients' trust and confidence in the out of hospital phase. Only the final eCAT is graded. An interim clinical assessment tool (paper based) should to be completed in consultation with your mentors mid-placement to provide you with feedback on your performance and identify areas where improvement is necessary. The interim CAT is not graded, however it needs to be kept for your records and supplied to the Unit Coordinator if requested.

Weighting: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Threshold Assessment:

Students must achieve a satisfactory result for this assessment item to receive an overall S (satisfactory) grade for the unit. As this assessment type is a placement performance (eg Work-integrated learning), where a result is unsatisfactory, the student will not receive a resubmission attempt and an unsatisfactory grade will result.

Safety and orientation workshop

Prior to the work-integrated learning component, compulsory attendance at a safety and orientation workshop is required. Failure to attend the safety and orientation workshop will result in removal from the work-integrated learning component and an unsatisfactory grade for the placement performance assessment item.

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

Students must successfully complete the following before commencing their first clinical placement:

1. Mandatory requirements as outlined by the Queensland Ambulance Service (https://www.ambulance.qld.gov.au/clinicalplacements.html) / placement organisation/agency and QUT.
2. Provide evidence of current apply first aid (HLTAID002) and provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) (HLTAID001) certificates (or higher). Certificates must be from a nationally recognised training provider.

Mandatory safety requirements

QUT Paramedic Science Student placement uniform and safety kit required for previous placements.

If necessary, please register via this link https://www.whatsinaname.net.au/my-account/ to order replacement uniform or safety kit items.

Blue Card

A blue card is required to complete this unit. A blue card confirms that you have passed a screening of your criminal history (the Working with Children Check) and have been approved to work with children and young people. For more information on the blue card and how to apply please visit the QUT website.

Costs

All costs associated with placements; including, but not limited to, travel, accommodation, incidentals, uniform, safety equipment, and clinical placement provider mandatory requirements.

Resources

Resource Materials

Recommended text(s)

Queensland Ambulance Service (2015). Clinical practice manual. Brisbane: Available online at: https://ambulance.qld.gov.au/clinical.html

Risk Assessment Statement

Out of hospital care can be hazardous. You are required to work as part of an operational crew responding to emergency 000 calls. There is regular exposure to high speed driving, body fluids, medical sharps, defibrillators and sometimes aggressive patients in the off campus phase of the unit. Your clinical practice is supervised at all time during this unit and the QUT student paramedic uniform and appropriate personal protective equipment as purchased from 'What's in a Name' (www.whatsinaname.net.au http://www.whatsinaname.net.au) or other advised supplier must be worn during this placement.