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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)
Distance Education Bathurst

Availability is subject to change, please verify prior to enrolment.

Normal course duration

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)

  • Normal course duration is the effective period of time taken to complete a course when studied Full-time (Full-time Equivalent: FTE). Students are advised to consult the Enrolment Pattern for the actual length of study. Not all courses are offered in Full-time mode.
  • 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.

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