GMED3002

GMED3002: Applied Paramedic Bioscience 3

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Which units require GMED3002?

GMED3002 is a prerequisite for 1 unit.

GMED3003

What is GMED3002 about?

This unit is the third bioscience unit in the paramedicine curriculum, designed to deepen students’ understanding of clinical theory and management principles. The bioscience units take an integrated, systems-based approach to learning, where pathophysiology, diagnostic strategies, and pharmacology are taught concurrently through application to real-world case studies. In this unit, students integrate biomedical knowledge with patient-centred and culturally safe care to support the assessment and management of complex multisystem-based conditions encountered in paramedic practice. Emphasis is placed on discussing aetiology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, diagnostic strategies, pharmacotherapeutics, and quality use of medicines relevant to complex patient presentations. Students will build on their second-year critical thinking skills by critically analysing primary evidence and clinical standards, focusing on how these align with or challenge current paramedic practice to develop evidence-based, person-centred, and culturally safe management strategies.

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Unit details

Credits25

Contact Hours1 Weekly

Result TypeGrade/Mark

AreaCurtin School of Nursing (1069)

Field of Education060101 General Medicine

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How this unit is taught

Tutorial8 x 2 hours semesterly
Online Lecture8 x 1 hour semesterly

Prerequisites

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B-PARAMEDv3Bachelor of Science (Paramedicine)Concurrent

Prerequisites group 2Complete All