Postgraduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies
Postgraduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies
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| Postgraduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies (4305PS) |
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| Distance Education | Bathurst |
Normal course duration
Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)
Admission criteria
Applicants must hold a Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic), an equivalent qualification with the potential to practice in an ambulance service or in the event of lacking a degree-level qualification have considerable approved industry experience and be sponsored by an ambulance service. Non-degree level entrants may be counselled to undertake foundation studies drawn from the existing Bachelor of Clinical Practice (Paramedic) program.
Credit
No special arrangements apply.
Graduation requirement
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.
Course structure
This Postgraduate Certificate is a 32-point course comprising:
Core subjects
24 points of core subjects, as follows:
PHC401 Paediatrics for Pre-Hospital Care
PHC402 Pre-Hospital Advanced trauma and Cardiac Care (16 points)
Restricted electives
plus 8 points of restricted elective subjects chosen from the following:
HLT401 Health Promotion
HLT402 Learning in Health Contexts
HLT403 Clinical Teaching Techniques
HLT404 Clinical Education Planning
HLT405 Issues in Clinical Education
HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making
HSM409 Epidemiology and Public Health
NRS523 Rural Health Practice
+ Residential School
No subjects with a Residential School component have been identified in this course.
+ Workplace Learning
No subjects with a Workplace Learning component have been identified in this course.
Enrolment pattern
Part-time Distance Education study
Session 1 (S1)
PHC402 Pre-hospital Advanced Trauma and Cardiac Care (16)
Session 2 (S2)
PHC401 Paediatrics for Pre-hospital Care
[ ] Elective
Professional recognition
There is currently no professional body responsible for accrediting the postgraduate paramedic courses in Australia.
Contact
For further information about Charles Sturt University, or this course offering, please contact info.csu on 1800 334 733 (free call within Australia) or email inquiry@csu.edu.au
The information contained in the 2013 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: October 2012. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.