Unit Synopsis
Prehospital critical care requires the application of advanced theoretical frameworks and practical skills in high stimulus, high cognitive load environments with potential life and death consequences. Optimal clinician performance is expected in every patient interaction. Resilience to duplicate excellence during each interaction, sometimes multiple times a day is required throughout a clinician's career. Through an understanding of human factors related to mental and physical performance and personal-surveillance, you will apply research-based personal interventions to optimise your performance in multiple critical care domains.
Details
| Level | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 9 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
There are no pre-requisites for the unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Term 1 - 2026 Profile
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Written Assessment | 50% |
| 2. Written Assessment | 50% |
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 1 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 50.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 11.76% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: SUTE
Limited evaluation data exist for Term 1, 2024 students performed well and engaged with the unit content. Feedback is needed to iterate on the quality of the offering.
Based on limited evaluation data, no definitive actions can be taken to improve the unit's quality. Contemporary information will continue to be provided for this unit in anticipation of more data in future offerings.
As evaluation data were limited, no definitive quality improvements were made beyond learning and teaching requirements. The unit will continue to provide contemporary, evidence-based content, with results from future offerings used to guide targeted enhancements.
Source: SUTE
One student suggested that a greater focus be placed on heuristics, mindset, and strategies for managing physiological stress responses, with less emphasis on diet, sleep, and exercise.
The content balance will remain unchanged, as each component of the unit is designed to contribute equally and holistically to student development. Together, these elements build the knowledge, skills, and resilience required to perform effectively in complex and demanding environments.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Identify human factors associated with optimal physical and psychological performance within complex clinical environments
- Utilise communication strategies to mitigate the incidence of medical error or negligence in complex clinical environments
- Employ techniques to mitigate acute stress responses within complex clinical environments
- Develop, articulate and implement physical and psychological resilience initiatives across an organisation.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
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| 2 - Communication | • | • | • | |
| 3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills | • | • | • | |
| 4 - Research | • | • | ||
| 5 - Self-management | • | • | ||
| 6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility | • | • | • | • |
| 7 - Leadership | • | • | • | |
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