Program Overview

Course Specification

The current and official versions of the course specifications are available.

PMC2112 Respiratory Conditions and Emergencies

• Units: 1
• School or Department: School of Health and Medical Sciences
• Grading basis: Graded
• Course fee schedule:

Requisites

• Pre-requisite: BIO1206 and PMC1000
• Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: PMC2000
  • OR (from 2023)
    • Pre-requisite: BIO1206 and PMC1110 and PMC1000
    • Pre-requisite or Co-requisite: PMC2000

Overview

Respiratory disease is prevalent in society and the impact is far reaching, affecting individuals, communities, healthcare systems on a local through to global scale. Respiratory conditions and emergencies span across all age groups and can present as both acute and chronic. As such, Health Care Practitioners are required to possess a sound understanding of respiratory disease epidemiology, pathophysiology, along with the skills necessary to assess and manage a wide range of respiratory conditions and emergencies.

This course will develop students' ability to acquire and critically appraise evidence to apply the findings to healthcare practice. This course utilises practice-based learning pedagogy with a focus on the epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, and therapeutic management of patients with respiratory conditions and emergencies. All learning opportunities, including online discussion, peer learning activities and assessments are designed to develop students' diagnostic and clinical reasoning skills to risk stratify triage patients safely and justify alternate treatment pathways if appropriate. This course aims to equip students with the clinical reasoning, problem solving and clinical judgements skills to determine the most appropriate evidence-based treatment options to deliver safe and effective care to patients with respiratory conditions or emergencies.

Course Offers

• Study period: Semester 1, 2023
• Mode: On-campus
• Campus: Ipswich

Acknowledgement

The University of Southern Queensland acknowledges the traditional custodians of the lands and waterways where the University is located. Further, we acknowledge the cultural diversity of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and pay respect to Elders past, present and future.