During this second clinical placement, you will complete a minimum of 200 hours of Work Integrated Learning (WIL) with a jurisdictional ambulance service. This placement allows you to continue developing your clinical knowledge, practical skills, and professional conduct within the prehospital environment, progressing toward an intermediate level of practice under the guidance of your supervising paramedic crew.

Assessment during placement is conducted through two Professional Practice Placement Reports: an Interim (Formative) Report completed after the first two weeks, and a Final (Summative) Report completed at the end of the six-week placement. 

Each report comprises self-assessment and supervisor feedback to provide a 360-degree review of your performance and attendance, using a structured online template in Sonia. The interim report acts as a checkpoint to identify any areas requiring additional support, while the final report determines your overall placement outcome. These reports not only verify your academic progress but also serve as important evidence of your professionalism, conduct, and clinical performance to support future employment.

Whilst total attendance and hours are logged within the Final Assessment, you will also report all absenteeism according to the requirements outlined in Moodle. Support is provided through Moodle, weekly Zoom sessions and as needed, before and during your clinical placement.

Task Components:

Both the Interim and the Final forms comprise two main sections: student self-assessment, and clinical supervisor assessment. These are broken down as follows:

Interim Assessment: Student Self-Assessment:

• Domains of the AHPRA Professional Capabilities for Registered Paramedics
• Professionalism
• Reflection prompts.

Interim Assessment: Clinical Supervisor Assessment:

• Domains of the AHPRA Professional Capabilities for Registered Paramedics
• Professionalism
• On-track to meet required outcomes of the clinical placement.

Final Assessment: Student Self-Assessment:

• Domains of the AHPRA Professional Capabilities for Registered Param
• Professionalism
• Skills log
• Case type log
• Reflection prompts
• Clinical activity summary.

Final Assessment: Clinical Supervisor Assessment:

• Domains of the AHPRA Professional Capabilities for Registered Paramedics
• Professionalism
• Achievement of required outcomes of the clinical placement.

Submission

This needs to be submitted as an electronic form via Sonia directly to your clinical supervisor. You are responsible for completing your submissions with your clinical supervisor by the due date.

The 72-hour grace period does NOT apply to this assessment.

Level of  GenAI use allowed

Level 1: You must not use AI at any point in this assessment. You must demonstrate your core skills and knowledge.

This means that all student free-text fields in the Sonia form must be your own work in your own words, with no assistance from AI.

• Interim Report: Due Monday, Week Three of placement / 0900 AEST Monday 9th March 2026
• Final Report: Due Monday, first week following placement / 0900 AEST Monday 6th April 2026
• The scores given to you by your Clinical Supervisor(s) are not the final say on your placement outcome; i.e. Unit Coordinators, not Clinical Supervisors, determine your outcome
• Where inconsistencies or concerns may arise around your clinical placement performance and/or professionalism, the Unit Coordinator will seek further information and clarity through discussions with the Clinical Supervisor(s) and other relevant people
• You are assessed according to the marking rubric provided in Moodle; note that passing scores vary for best fit with each domain or criteria 
• Refer to the Moodle page for full information and FAQ regarding this assessment task

Weighting

• Pass/fail
• You must pass this task to pass the unit.

For this task you will reflect on a clinical case that you attended during your ambulance placement this term. The purpose of the reflection is to support your development as a competent and reflective practitioner by encouraging you to analyse your clinical decision-making, diagnostic reasoning, and professional practice within a real-world context.

You will reflect upon how you applied clinical reasoning to identify patient needs, prioritise care, and make safe, evidence-informed decisions under time pressure. You will also consider the professional dimensions of your practice, including communication, teamwork, ethics, and legal responsibilities that influence patient outcomes in the prehospital setting. 

By selecting a case that you personally attended, you can draw on authentic experiences, emotions, and decisions, allowing for deeper insight into your reasoning, performance, and growth as a clinician. This personal connection also helps you recognise how your individual actions, thought processes, and teamwork influence patient outcomes.

You will be provided with a list of reflection prompts, and you will select which ones are best suited to guide your reflection. These encourage concise, critical responses that link your clinical experiences with developing professional judgement, accountability, and patient-centred care. Reflective case analysis helps bridge the gap between theory and practice, enabling you to evaluate not only what happened, but why it happened and how you might respond in future similar situations. 

Task Components:

Your reflection will take the format of a written document with an introduction to your chosen case, and reflection responses for two practice domains: clinical reasoning and case management; and ethics, communication, and professional practice. 

For both practice domains, you will respond to a set of given and elective reflection prompts. These are constructed to guide your reflection around key aspects of clinical and professional performance. Whilst some prompts are set for you, you can choose others as best suits your placement experience and professional development needs. Your table of reflection prompts is available from Moodle, and assessment support information will help you to unpack these and choose those options best suited to your case experiences and development needs.

The key components are listed below:

• Introduction: (100 words)
  
  • You will provide a concise narrative (not dotpoint) introduction to your clinical case. Keep this brief without extraneous information; some key details will likely come up within your reflections below. Here you are just setting the scene.
• Part I: Clinical reasoning and case management: (750 words) 
  
  • You will respond to four given reflection prompts
  • You can choose one more reflection prompt from the remaining as best suits your case context, reflection needs, and professional interest
• Part II: Ethics, communication, and professionalism: (750 words)
  
  • You will choose two reflection prompts from each category: ethics, communication, and professionalism, as best suits your case context, reflection needs, and professional interest

Notes on construction and formatting:

Use the prompt wording as subheadings for each part so that it is clear which prompt you are reflecting upon. 

As this is a short, structured case reflection, no conclusion is required. Aim for around 150 words per reflection prompt, and try not to go too far under that amount. You are welcome go over 150 words on any prompt if you feel that you would benefit from deeper exploration or have more to say on any prompt. There is no hard upper limit here; the focus is on the reflective aspect of the task. 

Much of your writing for this task will not require citations and references as it is reflective, but you will however still require references for any statements of fact, such as when justifying your clinical decisions, or discussing a better management option that you could take next time. Use your judgement here. 

Where you do use citations and references, format these in APA 7th Edition style. Citations will be in-text as usual. For references, simply place these at the end of each section, i.e. all references cited within Part I will be at the bottom of that part, and all for Part II will be at the bottom of that part. 

Formatting and layout is not a strong focus for this task, but do please keep this clean and simple for ease of reading and marking. 2.5cm margins, left alignment, Arial or Times New Roman font, size 12, with double-spacing is required.

Level of GenAI use allowed

Level 2 AI Planning - You may use AI for planning, idea development, and research. Your final submission should show how you have developed and refined these ideas. 

• Your submission should be 1,600 words +/- 10%
• You are assessed according to the marking rubric in Moodle
• You must get 50% to pass the task
• This is a pass/fail task
• You must pass the task to pass the unit
• If your submission does fail, you may have one reattempt
• Your Unit Coordinator will advise to you the timeline for reattempt submission
• The reattempt will be graded against the same assessment task criteria and rubric
• If you fail the reattempt, you fail the task and therefore fail the unit.