TM5577 - Paediatric and Neonatal Retrievals

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

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This subject provides students with the knowledge required to successfully provide clinical care in the paediatric and neonatal secondary (interfacility) retrieval setting. Basic principles of interfacility care will be reviewed and form the contextual environment for the subject. Specific areas of paediatric and neonatal clinical care likely to be encountered in the secondary retrievals environment will be examined in detail. There will also be a focus on the impact of the aeromedical environment on patients, procedures and equipment. The subject will provide students with not just the knowledge needed to provide paediatric and neonatal care in the aeromedical environment, but also knowledge of the evidence and theory underpinning these constructs.

Learning Outcomes

• Resource management skills;
• Communication skills;
• Team membership and leadership;
• Ability to provide paediatric/neonatal clinical care in the secondary retrievals / interfacility setting.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The ability to evaluate that information;
• The ability to select and organise information and to communicate it accurately, cogently, coherently, creatively and ethically;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to lead, manage and contribute effectively to teams;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies.

Assumed Knowledge:

Students must have previous knowledge regarding the provision of medical care in critical care settings. This subject DOES NOT teach critical care medicine, it teaches the application of critical care medicine in the unique secondary retrievals environment.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 2
Census Date 29-Aug-2013
Coordinator:	Dr Peter Aitken
Method of Delivery:	and WWW - LearnJCUPrinted materials
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50% - 70%); assignments (30% - 50%).
Special Assessment Requirements:	N/A

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.