Paramedics are often the first contacts for a patient and provide emergency health care and transport.
Gain a strong foundation in clinical and paramedic sciences. You’ll explore all areas of paramedic practice including human pathophysiology, behavioural health, pharmacology, clinical leadership, and legal and ethical practice.
Gain a strong foundation in clinical and paramedic sciences. You’ll explore all areas of paramedic practice including human pathophysiology, behavioural health, pharmacology, clinical leadership, and legal and ethical practice.
Our program is delivered by experienced paramedics to provide you with clinical knowledge, skills and practice. Gain hands-on experience through real-life simulations in our specialised paramedic labs. From your first year, you’ll complete 12 weeks of clinical placements with the Queensland Ambulance Service to give you the extra knowledge and experience to confidently start working on road.
Graduate ready to work as an Advanced Care Paramedic or go after opportunities to clinically advance to an Intensive Care or Critical Care Paramedic. Choose to work within aero medical, rescue and retrieval, remote and rural health care and clinical education. You’ll also be eligible to apply for membership of Paramedics Australasia.
Post-admission requirements
Prior to undertaking any clinical practicum students must obtain a Blue card, a current Apply First Aid (Senior) certificate, provide evidence of Hepatitis B immunisation or failure to seroconvert, and undergo a criminal history check. In addition to these requirements students before undertaking clinical placements with the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) must undergo a health and medical assessment and health-related fitness assessment. Clinical placement information is also available on the QAS website.
Career opportunities
Ambulance paramedic, pre-hospital emergency care, aeromedical, rescue and retrieval, remote and rural healthcare, clinical education.
Membership
Paramedics Australasia; Student Paramedics Australasia (SPA).
Program structure
For students commencing 2015. All other students please refer to previous handbooks.
Introductory courses (10)
COR109 Leadership for Learning Communities
LFS103 Assessment: Principles and Practices
LFS112 Interlanguage Phonology
LFS122 Language, Culture and Second Language Learning
PAR101 Designing an Education Research Proposal
PAR102 Professional Learning
PAR103 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
PUB104 Pedagogies for Engagement
PUB112 Contemporary Issues in Education
SCI110 Second Language Acquisition and Learning
Advanced courses (14)
BIM263 Second Language Teaching Methodologies
HLT221 Education Research Project
HLT301 Professional Learning
PAR201 Curriculum Development and Evaluation
PAR202 Leadership for Learning Communities
PAR203 Assessment: Principles and Practices
PAR211 Interlanguage Phonology
PAR212 Language, Culture and Second Language Learning
PAR222 Education Research Project
PAR301 Education Research Project
PAR302 Education Research Project
PAR311 Communicating Education Project Outcomes
PAR312 International Development and Aid
PAR321 Development Practice and Evaluation
Total units: 288
Recommended study sequences
Program requirements and notes
Program requirements
In order to graduate you must:
- Complete all required courses as listed below
- Complete all clinical practicum courses
- To undertake clinical practicum in Queensland with QAS and other health care facilities, you must meet the minimum requirements, by week 13 of Semester 1.
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While the university will attempt to place you close to your preferred placement area this cannot be guaranteed and you may be required to undertake some of your clinical placements outside the region or in a rural area.
Program notes
- Courses within this program are assessed using a variety of assessment methods, including case studies, essays, seminar presentations, reports, in-class tests, clinical scenarios (OSCA’s) and examinations. Not all courses will necessarily include all methods.
- The Study Overseas Program is not currently available to paramedic students.
- Students will be required to cover all additional costs associated with this program. Information outlining the current requirements will be made available to all prospective applicants, and students will be provided more detailed information on starting the program.
- Some courses within this program must be completed over the Summer and Winter Semesters and require students to commit to full-time unpaid employment.
- Not available to international students on a Student Visa.
- When enrolling, please refer to the Study Plan.