Program Overview

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Master of Paramedicine (with Specialisations)

The Master of Paramedicine (with specialisations) includes the following awards:

• Graduate Certificate in Paramedicine (Critical Care)
• Graduate Certificate in Paramedicine (Extended Care)
• Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine (Critical Care)
• Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine (Extended Care)
• Master of Paramedicine (Critical Care)
• Master of Paramedicine (Extended Care)

Availability

The program is available online at Bathurst. Availability is subject to change, and students should verify prior to enrolment.

Normal Course Duration

The normal course duration for each award is as follows:

• Master of Paramedicine (with specialisations): Full-time 1.5 years (3.0 sessions), Part-time 3.0 years (6.0 sessions)
• Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine (with specialisations): Full-time 1 year (2.0 sessions), Part-time 2.0 years (4.0 sessions)
• Graduate Certificate in Paramedicine (with specialisations): Full-time 0.5 years (1.0 sessions), Part-time 1.0 years (2.0 sessions)

Admission Criteria

The admission criteria for each award are as follows:

• Master of Paramedicine (with specialisations): Students must have completed a 3-year undergraduate degree in paramedicine. Admission can be directly at the Master level or follow from the completion of the Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine (with specialisations).
• Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine (with specialisations): Students must have completed a 3-year undergraduate degree in paramedicine. Applicants with extensive industry experience and practicing as intensive care paramedics will also be eligible to enter the course.
• Graduate Certificate in Paramedicine (with specialisations): Students must have completed a 3-year undergraduate degree in paramedicine. Applicants with extensive industry experience and practicing as intensive care paramedics will also be eligible to enter the course.

Credit

The credit arrangements for each award are as follows:

• Master of Paramedicine (with specialisations): Students who have completed the Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine (with specialisations) will be eligible for 64 points of credit.
• Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine (with specialisations): Students who have completed the Graduate Certificate in Paramedicine (with specialisations) will be eligible for 32 points of credit.
• Graduate Certificate in Paramedicine (with specialisations): No special arrangements apply.

Articulation

The Master, Graduate Diploma, and Graduate Certificate make up an articulated set of courses, and credit is given in each higher-level course for the subjects completed in the lower.

Graduation Requirement

The graduation requirements for each award are as follows:

• Master of Paramedicine (with specialisations): To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 96 points.
• Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine (with specialisations): To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 64 points.
• Graduate Certificate in Paramedicine (with specialisations): To graduate, students must satisfactorily complete 32 points.

Course Structure

The course structure for each award is as follows:

Graduate Certificate

Students complete two core subjects:

• APS402 Foundations of Advanced Paramedic Practice
• APS403 Populations with Special Needs And choose one area of specialisation and complete two subjects from that area.

Critical Care Specialisation

Choice of 2 subjects:

• APS501 Advanced Cardiac Care
• APS502 Advanced Respiratory Care
• APS503 Advanced Medical Care
• APS504 Advanced Trauma Care

Extended Care Specialisation

Choice of 2 subjects:

• APS506 Principles of Extended Care
• APS507 Systematic Extended Care
• APS508 Extended Care Clinical Management
• One subject from the Restricted Elective Pool

Graduate Diploma

Students must complete the requirements for the Graduate Certificate and then complete:

• Session 30: APS509 Extended Care Skills (extended care stream) or APS505 Critical Care Skills (critical care stream)
• Session 60: APS404 Advanced Care Practicum
• The remaining subjects not completed from their area of specialisation.

Masters Level

Students must complete the requirements for a specialisation in the Graduate Diploma of Paramedicine and then complete:

• HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A
• HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
• HLT508 Health Masters Project (16 points) or two subjects from the Restricted Elective Pool

Restricted Electives Pool

• HSM409 Evidence-based Health Care Delivery
• HSM401 Reflecting on Health Care Systems
• RSC301 Asthma Management
• RSC460 Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• NRS544 Cultural Competence in Indigenous Health Care: Implications for Nursing
• NRS523 Rural Health Practice
• NRS547 Applied Emergency Nursing in Rural and Remote Setting
• One postgraduate paramedic subject in the other specialisation area of this degree

Enrolment Pattern

The typical enrolment pattern for each specialisation is as follows:

Critical Care Specialisation

• Year 1 Session 1: APS402 - Foundations of Advanced Paramedic Practice, APS403 - Populations with Special Needs
• Year 1 Session 2: APS501 - Advanced Cardiac Care, APS502 - Advanced Respiratory Care
• Year 2 Session 1: APS505 Critical Care Skills, APS504 - Advanced Trauma Care
• Year 2 Session 2: APS503 Advanced Medical Care, APS404 Advanced Care Practicum
• Year 3 Session 1: HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A, HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
• Year 3 Session 2: HLT508 - Health Master's Project (16) or two subjects from the restricted elective pool

Extended Care Specialisation

• Year 1 Session 1: APS402 - Foundations of Advanced Paramedic Practice, APS403 - Populations with Special Needs
• Year 1 Session 2: APS506 Principles of Extended Care, APS507 Systematic Extended Care
• Year 2 Session 1: APS508 - Extended Care Clinical Management, APS509 - Extended Care Skills
• Year 2 Session 2: Restricted Elective, APS404 Advanced Care Practicum
• Year 3 Session 1: HLT505 Research Methods in Health Science A, HLT506 Health Masters Proposal
• Year 3 Session 2: HLT508 - Health Master's Project (16) or two subjects from the restricted elective pool

Workplace Learning

• APS404 Advanced Care Practicum - Subject offered from 2018
• NRS547 Applied Emergency Nursing in the Rural and Remote Setting - Subject offered from 2017

Residential School

Please note that the following subjects may contain a Residential School component:

• APS505 Critical Care Skills - Subject offered from 2018
• APS509 Extended Care Skills - Subject offered from 2019
• NRS547 Applied Emergency Nursing in the Rural and Remote Setting - Subject offered from 2017

Professional Accreditation

There are no accreditation requirements for these specialised areas of paramedicine.