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Students should be aware before entering the program that Ambulance services in Australia have specific requirements for employment that preclude people with certain health conditions.  Please see specific State Ambulance websites for further details.  Details for the Queensland Ambulance Service can be found at the following website: http://www.cqu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/12380/Undergraduate-Student-Clinical-Placement-Information-Package-2.pdf

Students who have successfully completed core courses recommended by the University in collaboration with the QAS may be eligible for casual employment with the QAS. This is completely at the discretion of the QAS and will be based around your successful completion of the above courses, your professionalism, the Area Directors approval based on your clinical placement performance and any casual employment available with QAS stations.

Domestic Students

Students without Senior English, Senior Science (in particular Chemistry )and Senior Mathematics are strongly recommended to undertake one of the following access programs:

• Skills for Tertiary Education Preparatory Studies (STEPS)
• Tertiary Entry Program (TEP)
• Women into Science and Technology (WIST)
• Lifting the boundaries to university (LIFT)

International Students

International students with English as a second language are required to provide evidence of an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 7.0 in all individual bands.

The Faculty will recognise outstanding academic achievement of students, by awarding a Bachelor of Paramedic Science Degree with Distinction to students who achieve a GPA of 6.0 and above, in their first attempt result in their sixteen enrolled courses in the second and third year level of the program.

Students are required to undertake three Clinical Paramedic Practice courses which will equate to a minimum of 14 weeks (1176 hours) of work placement in the health industry primarily with the Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS).  Experience in authentic work environments is very valuable as it develops the professional skills and ‘work readiness' of graduates.

Students will be required to purchase an approved university clinical placement uniform as recommended by the course coordinator and as a requirement of the QAS. Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) will also need to be purchased also as a W,H&S requirement by the QAS when on clinical placement.  Failure to complete work placement and submit the compulsory activities (verified log book and supervisor evaluation) will result in students being deemed ineligible to graduate until this component is satisfactorily completed, regardless of whether all other required elements of the program have been successfully completed.

Before commencing work placement, students must have gathered the following to provide to the appropriate academic supervisor and their workplace supervisor:

• 1. QAS Medical Assessment;
• 2. Criminal History Clearance Report (not older than 3 years);
• 3. Current approved First Aid Certificate; and
• 4. Evidence of Immunisations as per the CQUniversity Policy for Vaccination of students in health studies http://policy.cqu.edu.au/Policy/policy_file.do?policyid=157 ;
• 5. QAS health related fitness assessment;
• 6. University Student Clinical Placement Induction.

It is recommended that you work on your Hepatitis B vaccinations as soon as you are enrolled in the program. The university also recommends that students attain a first-aid certificate within their first year of enrolment also.

Please see the link below for the QAS Mandatory Requirements.

http://www.cqu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0014/12380/Undergraduate-Student-Clinical-Placement-Information-Package-2.pdf 

PMSC12002 Clinical Paramedic Practice 1 will take place with the following dates and format:

• 13^th August 2012 - 17^th August 2012 - QAS Regional Orientation
• 20^th August 2012 - 16^th September 2012 - Urban/Regional Placement

Course credit may be granted to students who are able to demonstrate appropriate prior learning or experience. Credit transfer will only be granted where a student is able to demonstrate that tertiary studies, equivalent in content and depth to the CQUniversity program, have been successfully completed. Students should examine the course synopses in this handbook to determine the courses for which they may be eligible to claim exemption.

Refer to the Credit Transfer website at http://www.cqu.edu.au/credittransfer for further details on the guidelines and application process.

You can apply for direct credit against CQUniversity courses, if equivalent tertiary level study has been completed. You must supply relevant documentation (study guides, course profiles, etc) to do this. If your study was undertaken more than 10 years ago, you may not be eligible for credit.

Students will be required to complete Residential Schools in their FIRST YEAR for:

• BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1
• PMSC11001 Foundations of Paramedic Science
• CHEM11041 Chemistry for the Life Sciences
• BMED19010 Macromolecules and Cell Function
• BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2

The combined residential school requires only one trip to Rockhampton per term.

Students studying in a PART-TIME MODE are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to enrol in a complimentary course combinations for year one and year three. Please see below for these combinations.

You can view the Residential School timetable here.

YEAR ONE - First Course Combination

This is highly recommended for those students who have no previous history in chemistry to enrol in this first year combination.

Term One

• BMSC11001 Human Body Systems 1
• ESSC11004 Study and Research Skills for Health Science

Term Two

• BMSC11002 Human Body Systems 2
• MEDI11004 Professional Practice

Term Three

• OCHS11025 Introductory Health and Safety Risk Management
• PMSC11001 Foundations of Paramedic Science

YEAR ONE - Second Course Combination (Second Plan)

Students who have previously studied chemistry enrol in this first year combination

Term One

• CHEM11041 Chemistry for Life Sciences and ESSC11004 Study and Research Skills for Health Science

Term Two

• BMED19010 Macromolecules and Cell Function
• MEDI11004 Professional Practice

Term Three 

• OCHS11025 Introductory Health and Safety Risk Management
• PMSC11001 Foundations of Paramedic Science

By studying in this sequence students will require only one trip to Rockhampton per term during their first year courses of study.

YEAR THREE - Term 2 Combined Residential School

Note:  It is highly recommended for students to enrol in PMSC13005 and PMSC13006 as you will be required to attend only one residential school for both the courses.

The five day residential school will build on your proficiency in assessment, planning, clinical judgement and management of patients with traumatic and environmental emergencies and includes your knowledge in pharmacological intervention. Students will be formatively and summatively assessed on their skills as a graduate ready paramedic through high fidelity simulation scenarios within the simulation labs as well as on and off campus.

Due to the large numbers of students enrolled across the courses could you please nominate for one of the scenario weeks (either week 11 or week 12). This will be based on a first in first served process, once we have our nominated number for the first residential block we will then fill the second block.

• PMSC13005 Trauma Care in Paramedic Practice
• PMSC13006 Environmental Emergencies in Paramedic Practice

It is a requirement of enrolment in this program that students have access to the CQUniversity website via internet. Students may be required to undertake various components of study in the program using email and the Internet.

It is strongly recommended that students have access to a broadband connection or higher to access online student resources that would include but not limited to, email, internet, video streaming, electronic assessment submission.

Students will be required to have computer access whilst on clinical placement; students are unable to access QAS computers therefore to complete other course requirements and assessment pieces for clinical placement a laptop computer is highly recommended. Students unable to have access to a laptop are to contact the course coordinator prior to clinical placement.