Course Coordinator:Nigel Barr (nbarr@usc.edu.au) School:School of Health - Paramedicine
UniSC Sunshine Coast |
Blended learning | Most of your course is on campus but you may be able to do some components of this course online. |
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The management of orthopaedic trauma is integral to the provision of safe clinical practice in Urgent Care. To prepare you for your professional role you will develop knowledge in orthopaedic trauma and clinical management. You will critically appraise your clinical knowledge and practices and develop capabilities and competencies to practice in Urgent Care. The course is listed as blended delivery. This means there is an online learning component and a mandatory onsite component that will be conducted at a site suitable to practice and assess clinical skills in a simulated setting.
Activity | Hours | Beginning Week | Frequency |
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Learning materials – Structured online asynchronous learning materials. | 6hrs | Week 1 | 12 times |
Laboratory 1 – Face-to-face skills intensive (orthopaedic). Schedule and location will be provided on course Canvas site. | 8hrs | Week 8 | Once Only |
Laboratory 2 – Face-to-face skills intensive (wound care). Schedule and location will be provided on course Canvas site. | 8hrs | Week 8 | Once Only |
Information session – Optional one-hour online consultation sessions. | 1hr | Week 1 | 6 times |
Module 1: Orthopaedic trauma
Module 2: Wound care
Module 3: ECG interpretation and cardiovascular emergencies
Module 4: Intravenous Fluids & Antibiotics for common presentations
700 Level (Specialised)
12 units
Course Learning Outcomes On successful completion of this course, you should be able to... | Graduate Qualities Completing these tasks successfully will contribute to you becoming... | |
1 | Demonstrate knowledge of assessment and management of injury and infection in Urgent Care settings. |
Knowledgeable Communication Problem solving Applying technologies |
2 | Apply bio-ethical principles and critical reasoning to patient assessment in the provision of Urgent Care |
Ethical Communication Problem solving Applying technologies |
3 | Apply evidence based primary healthcare for a patient with selected injuries or infection across the lifespan. |
Empowered Communication Problem solving Applying technologies |
Refer to the UniSC Glossary of terms for definitions of “pre-requisites, co-requisites and anti-requisites”.
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Standard Grading (GRD)
High Distinction (HD), Distinction (DN), Credit (CR), Pass (PS), Fail (FL). |
To support your learning, early formative feedback will be provided alongside the online learning materials. This will include quizzes and case-based scenarios that reflect the style and content of your summative assessment. These formative online activities offer you an opportunity to self-assess your academic progress and identify areas for improvement. In addition, during the workshop students will be provided with feedback on skill acquisition progress.
Delivery mode | Task No. | Assessment Product | Individual or Group | Weighting % | What is the duration / length? | When should I submit? | Where should I submit it? |
Blended learning | 1 | Quiz/zes | Individual | 40% | Quiz A - 1.5 hours, Quiz B - 1.5 hours. |
Refer to Format | Online Test (Quiz) |
Blended learning | 2 | Practical / Laboratory Skills | Individual | 30% | 30 minutes |
Week 8 | In Class |
Blended learning | 3 | Practical / Laboratory Skills | Individual | 30% | 30 minutes |
Week 8 | In Class |
Blended learning - Assessment Task 1:Knowledge Review | |||||||
Goal: | To demonstrate the attainment of disciplinary knowledge. |
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Format: | Online, week 7 and 12. Each quiz is worth 20% each, total 40% of grade |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving, Information literacy |
Blended learning - Assessment Task 2:Clinical skills - orthopaedic | ||||||||||
Goal: | The aim of this task is to enable you to demonstrate key concepts of clinical decision making and core clinical competencies (psychomotor and communication) covered during the course. |
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Product: | Practical / Laboratory Skills | |||||||||
Format: | In class during the face to face intensive |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving, Applying technologies |
Blended learning - Assessment Task 3:Clinical skills - wound care | ||||||||||
Goal: | The aim of this task is to enable you to demonstrate key concepts of clinical decision making and core clinical competencies (psychomotor and communication) covered during the course. |
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Product: | Practical / Laboratory Skills | |||||||||
Format: | During in class face to face intensive |
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Generic Skills: | Communication, Problem solving, Applying technologies |
A 12-unit course will have total of 150 learning hours which will include directed study hours (including online if required), self-directed learning and completion of assessable tasks. Student workload is calculated at 12.5 learning hours per one unit.
Please note: Course information, including specific information of recommended readings, learning activities, resources, weekly readings, etc. are available on the course Canvas site– Please log in as soon as possible.
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Academic integrity is the ethical standard of university participation. It ensures that students graduate as a result of proving they are competent in their discipline. This is integral in maintaining the value of academic qualifications. Each industry has expectations and standards of the skills and knowledge within that discipline and these are reflected in assessment.
Academic integrity means that you do not engage in any activity that is considered to be academic fraud; including plagiarism, collusion or outsourcing any part of any assessment item to any other person. You are expected to be honest and ethical by completing all work yourself and indicating in your work which ideas and information were developed by you and which were taken from others. You cannot provide your assessment work to others. You are also expected to provide evidence of wide and critical reading, usually by using appropriate academic references.
In order to minimise incidents of academic fraud, this course may require that some of its assessment tasks, when submitted to Canvas, are electronically checked through Turnitin. This software allows for text comparisons to be made between your submitted assessment item and all other work to which Turnitin has access.
Eligibility for Supplementary Assessment Your eligibility for supplementary assessment in a course is dependent of the following conditions applying: The final mark is in the percentage range 47% to 49.4% The course is graded using the Standard Grading scale You have not failed an assessment task in the course due to academic misconduct
Late submissions may be penalised up to and including the following maximum percentage of the assessment task’s identified value, with weekdays and weekends included in the calculation of days late: (i) One day: deduct 5%; (ii) Two days: deduct 10%; (iii) Three days: deduct 20%; (iv) Four days: deduct 40%; (v) Five days: deduct 60%; (vi) Six days: deduct 80%; (vii) Seven days: A result of zero is awarded for the assessment task Refer to the Assessment: Courses and Coursework Programs – Procedures
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