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Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies

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Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies

The Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies equips graduates with the knowledge, skills and clinical judgement to successfully enter the role of an intensive care paramedic. The course aims to enable paramedics to acquire knowledge, skills, attitudes and values relevant to the provision of intensive care in the pre-hospital environment; provide opportunities for the personal and professional development of paramedics working in the pre-hospital environment; and provide students with the professional foundation to appreciate the linkages between the emergency medical system and the delivery of pre-hospital care. Graduates are able to deliver the specific skills and competencies necessary in intensive care paramedic practice; provide clinical leadership and practice; and expand the capacity for professional reflective practice in the field.

  • Award Names
  • Availability
  • Duration
  • Admission
  • Credit
  • Graduation
  • Course Structure
  • Enrolment Pattern
  • Accreditation

The course includes the following awards:

Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies GradCertIntensiveCareParamedicStud

Course Study 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

Graduate Certificate in Intensive Care Paramedic Studies

Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions)

Part-time 1.0 years (2.0 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

No special arrangements apply.

Graduation requirements

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:

HLT511 Clinical Judgement and Decision Making
HSM409 Epidemiology and Public Health
NRS523 Rural Health Practice
PHC410 Paramedicine as a Discipline

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

Accreditation

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 2016 CSU Handbook was accurate at the date of publication: June 2016. The University reserves the right to vary the information at any time without notice.

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