THE ESSENTIALS OF PROFESSIONAL PARAMEDIC PRACTICE - 2020/1

Module Overview

The student will engage with the professional requirements of the HCPC with regards to patient assessment and accountability. Students will be introduced to the Ethical and legal responsibilities surrounding patient contacts.

Module provider

School of Health Sciences

Module Leader

BAINES Henry (Health Sci.)

Number of Credits: 15

ECTS Credits: 7.5

Framework: FHEQ Level 4

Module cap (Maximum number of students): N/A

Module Availability

Year long

Prerequisites / Co-requisites

Core Module

Module content

Indicative content includes:

 

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  Introduction to the role of the Ambulance Service
  


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  HCPC and Ambulance Service Clinical Guidelines
  


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  The College of Paramedics and SECAmb. Local policies and procedures
  


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  Assessment of patient and physiological norms.
  


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  Record keeping
  


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  Information governance
  


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  Ambulance Service communications strategies
  


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  Emergency Operations Centre
  


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  Mobile data transmission
  

Assessment pattern

Alternative Assessment

Not applicable

Assessment Strategy

The assessment strategy is designed to provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate

provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate knowledge of professional paramedic practice

 

Summative assessment for this module consists of:

2000 word evidenced based essay exploring the importance of professional behaviour in relation to patients and the paramedic profession.

 

Formative assessment

 

Students will participate in group work reviewing an HCPC fitness to practice (Hearing). Reflection and discussion on an actual but anonymised case will be examined within a presentation by the students. The presentation will focus on the evidence, national and local policies, using the HCPC standards and professional documentation. Group discussion and tutor feedback will be provided.

The group presentation can be a powerpoint, video or another medium of the groups’ choice.

 

Feedback

 

Individualised essay plan guidance will be provided based on a single sided A4 sheet of paper.

Verbal tutor and peer feedback will be provided following the formative debate.

Module aims

• Students will understand the role and legal, ethical and professional responsibilities of the paramedic in the out of hospital care environment.

Learning outcomes

Methods of Teaching / Learning

The learning and teaching strategy is designed to:

 

• Prepare the paramedic student for the socio-ethical issues surrounding paramedic practice and provide the standards expected of a healthcare professional      

 

The learning and teaching methods include:

 

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  Key lectures
  


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  Small group workshops
  


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  Enquiry based learning
  


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  Guided website activities
  


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Indicated Lecture Hours (which may also include seminars, tutorials, workshops and other contact time) are approximate and may include in-class tests where one or more of these are an assessment on the module. In-class tests are scheduled/organised separately to taught content and will be published on to student personal timetables, where they apply to taken modules, as soon as they are finalised by central administration. This will usually be after the initial publication of the teaching timetable for the relevant semester.

Reading list

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Programmes this module appears in

Please note that the information detailed within this record is accurate at the time of publishing and may be subject to change. This record contains information for the most up to date version of the programme / module for the 2020/1 academic year.