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Professional accreditation

There is no mandatory professional accreditation for awards in the paramedic area.

USQ has obtained Preliminary Accreditation from The Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA). Advancement to Provisional Accreditation from CAA is in progress.

Membership will be sought with Paramedics Australasia.

Program aims

The Bachelor of Paramedicine will graduate paramedics who can effectively function as graduate paramedics within the health care system.

Further, the program will graduate paramedics who have a strong foundation of relevant and necessary knowledge, skills and attitudes, which will enable them to effectively and safely manage patients within the pre-hospital environment.

Finally, our graduates will be committed to the ethos of pre-hospital care, personal development, professionalism and life-long learning.

Program objectives

Graduates of this program, through successful completion of the course objectives, will exhibit the following knowledge, qualities, skills and abilities:

1. Understand the basic and clinical sciences and be able to apply them to deliver safe and quality care within the pre-hospital environment.

2. Have the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to identify and manage common and serious illness.

3. Incorporate research and evaluation into clinical practice and the delivery of pre-hospital care.

4. Direct their own learning and evaluate their own performance before and after graduation.

5. Maintain an understanding of information technology, sources of evidence and its application to practice.

6. Apply the highest legal, ethical and professional standards in their practice of pre-hospital care.

Australian Qualifications Framework

The Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) is a single national, comprehensive system of qualifications offered by higher education institutions (including universities), vocational education and training institutions and secondary schools. Each AQF qualification has a set of descriptors which define the type and complexity of knowledge, skills and application of knowledge and skills that a graduate who has been awarded that qualification has attained, and the typical volume of learning associated with that qualification type.

This program is at AQF Qualification Level 07. Graduates at this level will have broad and coherent knowledge and skills for professional work and/or further learning.

The full set of levels criteria and qualification type descriptors can be found by visiting .

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission to the program applicants are required to have Australian Year 12 or equivalent with English (4,SA); plus recommended study of one of Biology, Chemistry or Physics.

Domestic and International Applicants from a non-English speaking background are required to satisfy .

If you do not meet the English language requirements you may apply to study a ¾«¶«´«Ã½app-approved . On successful completion of the English language program, Applicants may be admitted to an Award Program.

Program fees

Commonwealth supported place

A Commonwealth supported place is where the Australian Government makes a contribution towards the cost of your higher education and you as a student pay a , which varies depending on the courses undertaken. You are able to calculate the fees for a particular course via the .
Commonwealth Supported students may be eligible to defer their fees through a Government loan called .

Program structure

The Bachelor of Paramedicine consists of 22 compulsory courses (24 units) studied over three years. Note that one course, consisting of 4 weeks full-time placement, must be taken in Semester 3 of the first year of study.

Program completion requirements

To complete the program, a student must receive passing grades in all 22 compulsory courses (24 units) in accordance with the course list.

A student must enrol in the program full-time, except where:

• the student is required to complete specific courses to comply with the defined progression in the program; or

• the enrolment is approved by the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (or their nominee).

Required time limits

This is a three year full-time program. Unless approved by the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app, a student must undertake the program without interruption.

Clinical requirements

A student must comply with all Queensland Ambulance Service or other student placement organisation requirements before and during placements.

1. Subject to the Anti-Discrimination Act 1992 (QLD)

   • Before starting placement in Year 1 a student must complete the placement requirements of the Queensland Ambulance Service or other student placement organisation;

   • Prior to starting a placement in Year 2 and 3 of the program a student must complete the fitness to undertake clinical placement form; and if required

   • A student must attend a consultation with a medical practitioner acceptable to the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app; and

   • If, after considering the answers to the placement requirements, the fitness to undertake clinical placement form, and the report from the medical practitioner (if any), the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app decides that the student is unable to fulfil the genuine educational requirements of the program, the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app may cancel the student’s enrolment.

   
   

2. Blood-borne virus

   A carrier of a blood-borne virus must not undertake invasive procedures. Before commencing placement, a student must provide evidence of their status with respect to blood-borne viruses.

3. Medical Assessment

   Validity: 3 years

   The Medical Assessment is comprised of a health related questionnaire to be completed by the student and a medical assessment performed by a Medical Officer (from a QAS approved Medibank Health Solutions Clinic) using the QAS Medical Assessment - Undergraduate Student form.

   The QAS Medical Assessment must be completed by a Medibank Health Solutions (MHS) Clinic. Details of your nearest MHS can be found in the Undergraduate Clinical Placement Information Kit.

   The Medical Assessment must be completed before undertaking the HRFA and students must submit their 'Fit Slip' to the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app.

4. Hepatitis B Immunisation

   Validity: Once a student has proven immunity, they are not required to submit another Hep B serology report to the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app.

   As part of the Medical Assessment, students are required to complete a course of vaccination against Hepatitis B and provide evidence of immunity to the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app. Students are encouraged to commence this vaccination course as soon as possible after accepting a place in the program, as acquiring immunity may take up to 7 months.

5. Undergraduate ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Student Induction

   Students must complete an Undergraduate ¾«¶«´«Ã½app Student Induction which will be conducted by the Queensland Ambulance Service prior to the commencement of the first clinical placement.

6. Criminal History Check

   Validity: 3 years

   Note that international history checks will vary.

   If a student has resided in a country outside of Australia for a period of 12 months or more (cumulative) in the past 10 years, they are required to provide a Criminal History Report from the appropriate authority in that country. If a student has spent a total of 12 months or more in Country A and a further 12 months or more in Country B in the last 10 years, a report is required from each of those countries. Information on the relevant authority for each country can be viewed at the Department of Immigration & Citizenship site.

7. Uniform & Personal Protective Equipment

   Students must purchase and wear appropriate clothing/uniform as stipulated by QAS/USQ and must purchase and carry stipulated Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) whilst on clinical placement.

   Students will be given access to order their uniforms shortly after the commencement of the program.

IT requirements

Students should refer to the USQ to check that their computers are capable of running the appropriate software and versions of Internet web browsers and to check the minimum and recommended standards for software.

Other program requirements

A student must, throughout the program, hold:

• an Apply First Aid (formerly Senior First Aid) certificate that includes a CPR component, issued by the St John Ambulance Association or a comparable body; and

• a current Blue Card, issued by the Queensland Government Public Safety Business Agency.

Immunisation Schedule

Before commencing a course in which, in the opinion of the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app, the student may be at risk of contracting or transmitting a blood-borne virus or other disease, the student must complete a schedule of immunisations approved by the ¾«¶«´«Ã½app.

This requirement may be waived only if:

• the student provides evidence of his or her status with respect to immunity against blood-borne viruses or other diseases prescribed in the schedule; or

• approved by the Senior Deputy Vice-Chancellor (or nominee).

Credit

Exemptions/credit will be assessed based on the .

Recommended Enrolment Pattern

Students are able to enrol in any offered mode of a course (on-campus, external or online), regardless of the program mode of study they enrolled in.