This module will enable the student to develop the knowledge, skills, understanding, and professional behaviours required to achieve clinical competence expected of a student paramedic at Level 5. The module will develop students ability to apply theory into the practice during the clinical environment with the direction of practice placement educators and those in similar supporting roles. Students, with the support of practice placement educators and tutors, will learn through continued exposure to practice placement environments and simulated practice environments. This exposure will assist students in applying theory to practice through reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action. This practice-based module also includes simulation based-education utilising the clinical skills and simulation facilities within the University.
Students will be supported to develop and attain broader skill sets a paramedic will require whilst working in an emergency and non-emergency environment. The successful completion of the module will give students the ability to perform a range of clinical interventions and assessments and further develop clinical decision making in providing care to a range of patient groups and service users experiencing illness and injury.
College of Paramedics:
Pharmacology
C1.1.10, C1.1.11, C1.1.14, C1.1.15, C1.1.16
Diversity and inclusivity
C1.2.1
Communication and history taking
C1.3.1, C1.3.2, C1.3.3, C1.3.4
Models of patient assessment
C1.3.5
Patient groups
C1.3.8
Risk evaluation
C1.3.9, C1.3.10, C1.3.11, C1.3.12, C1.3.13
Intervention and monitoring
C1.3.14, C1.3.15, C1.3.16, C1.3.17, C1.3.18, C1.3.19, C1.3.20
Clinical reasoning and decision-making
C1.3.22
Physical assessment skills
C1.3.25
Legal systems and healthcare law
C1.4.1, C1.4.2
Frameworks for professional practice
C1.4.3, C1.4.4
Healthcare ethics
C1.4.9
Health informatics
C1.5.11
Communication skills
C1.6.1, C1.6.2
Professional behaviours
C1.6.4, C1.6.5, C1.6.7
Personal resilience
C1.6.12
Communication
C1.7.11
Practice-Based Education Areas
C2.3.2, C2.3.6
Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Proficiency:
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.1, 5.2, 6, 7.1, 7.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9
9.1, 9.3, 9.5, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 13.7, 13.8, 13.10, 14.2, 14.3, 14.5, 14.4, 14.6, 14.9, 14.10
14.11, 14.13, 14.14, 14.15, 14.22, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7, 15.8
Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Education and Training:
5.1 Practice-based learning must be integral to the programme.
5.2 The structure, duration and range of practice-based learning must support the achievement of the learning outcomes and the standards of proficiency.
Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Proficiency for Paramedics are mapped to the Practice Assessment Document.
Students are expected to achieve all practice-based competencies which have been designed to assess students skills, knowledge and behaviours. Students will be supported by practise educators in the clinical practice environment and will be assessed by practice assessors on their ability to apply theory into practice when managing a wide range of patients in the Emergency and Urgent Care Setting.