Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies
+ Award nomenclature
Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies
GradCertIntensiveCareParamedicStud
+ Course Availability Modes and Locations
Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies (4315PS) |
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Distance Education | Bathurst |
Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.
Normal course duration
Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)
Admission criteria CSU Admission Policy
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 CSU Credit Policy
Standard CSU Credit policy apply.
Graduation requirement
To graduate students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.
Course structure
This Graduate 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
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 2015 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: February 2015. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.