Graduate Certificate of Extended Care Paramedicine

Designed to provide the paramedic with the necessary knowledge and skills for a career in Extended Care Paramedicine.

The course focuses on the clinical issues directly related to extended care practice, and develops a greater depth of understanding of the pathophysiology, assessment and management of a variety of acute and chronic medical and minor trauma patients in the community healthcare setting.

Students will learn advanced-level clinical knowledge to apply to their daily paramedic practice, while at the same time learning advanced skills in evidence-based practice.

The combination of advanced clinical knowledge and skills provides students with the ability to continuously improve their own clinical practice, as well as impact on the organisation they are employed by and the broader Paramedicine community.

• Communicate specialised medical and paramedical knowledge, research principles and methods to demonstrate a high level of extended care Paramedicine.
• Apply cognitive, technical and creative skills to investigate and evaluate complex ideas, concepts and theories in authentic extended care Paramedical contexts.
• Use self-management skills to initiate, appraise and operate in complex extended care Paramedicine professional environments.