PAR5108 · Community paramedicine 2

In this unit, you will develop advanced capabilities in the assessment and management of people living with chronic, complex and life-limiting illness in community, primary care and urgent-care settings. You will consider how multimorbidity, frailty, polypharmacy, functional status and psychosocial circumstances influence clinical presentation, decision-making and patient outcomes. You will apply advanced clinical assessment, diagnostic reasoning and therapeutic medication-management principles to conditions including cancer, renal and endocrine disease, diabetes, heart failure, chronic respiratory disease and dermatological presentations. You will also explore the care of older adults, palliative and end-of-life care, advance care planning, interprofessional coordination, referral, escalation and safety-netting. Through online learning, clinical cases, tutorials and facilitated discussion, you will formulate and justify person-centred management plans incorporating pharmacological, non-pharmacological, preventive and supportive care.

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items, but there may still be one.

1. Simulated complex-care consultation (15-minute recorded video)

   Demonstration

   30%

2. Complex chronic-care case study (2,000 words)

   Written

   40%

3. Clinical case briefing (15-minute recorded presentation)

   Presentation

   30%

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

1. Integrate advanced knowledge of pathophysiology, clinical assessment and diagnostic reasoning in the assessment of patients with chronic, complex and life-limiting conditions.
2. Formulate and justify person-centred management plans that incorporate preventive and supportive care interventions.
3. Evaluate the influence of complex clinical and contextual factors on clinical decision-making and patient outcomes.
4. Integrate clinical, psychosocial and interprofessional considerations to provide holistic, person-centred care for patients with complex needs.
5. Evaluate evidence-informed approaches to end-of-life care to support ethical, culturally safe and person-centred practice.
6. Formulate and defend evidence-informed clinical decisions when managing complex cases within the scope of autonomous Paramedic Practitioner practice.

6 hours of teacher directed study per week, including 4 hours of lectures and 2 hours of tutorials. 6 hours per week of self-directed study. Total per week = 12 hours

Credit points

6

Level

Level 5

Faculty

Department of Paramedicine

School

Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences

Student contribution band

Band 2

Study abroad

Not available

Handbook version

2027.02

These are students' own experiences, not official rules. Go by the Handbook.