PARA3100 Emergency Medicine B Course description

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After completing the course, the student is expected to have achieved the following learning outcomes defined in terms of knowledge, skills and general competence:

Knowledge

The student

• has broad knowledge of tentative diagnosis and intervention linked to emergency medical conditions
• has knowledge of drug treatment for children and pregnant and breastfeeding women
• has knowledge of gynaecological conditions and obstetrics
• has knowledge of diseases and injuries that affect patient groups with special needs, such as newborn babies, children, the elderly, people with chronic illnesses and people with disabilities
• has knowledge of and can recognise neglect and abuse in vulnerable patient groups
• has knowledge of children's development
• has knowledge of normal physiological parameters in children
• has knowledge of how aging affects the development and treatment of emergency medical conditions
• has knowledge of how to practise the duty of confidentiality in relation to minors/persons without legal capacity
• has knowledge of the duty to report to other agencies (the police, child welfare service) in the event of e.g. suspicion of abuse or neglect
• has knowledge of Section 29 c of the Health Personnel Act Information to be used in learning work and quality assurance

Skills

The student

• is capable of assessing the connections between signs and symptoms in emergency medical conditions in one or more organ systems
• is capable of recognising and assisting in normal and complicated births outside a hospital setting
• is capable of examining, assessing and treating ill and injured children
• is capable of examining, assessing and treating very old patients and patients suffering from dementia
• is capable of explaining the differences between hospital levels, the municipal health service's care levels and the health trusts' division/centralisation of special functions in order to choose the correct destination in different clinical situations

General competence

The student

• is capable of planning and carrying out relevant emergency medicine tasks linked to ambulance call-outs
• has an efficient and expedient prehospital approach to a broad range of patients

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The following required coursework must be approved before the student can take the exam:

• minimum attendance of 80% at seminars and study groups
• minimum attendance of 90% at simulation and skills training
• individual written assignment, up to 1,000 words

Exam content: The learning outcomes

Exam form: Supervised individual written exam, 4 hours

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Grade scale A-F

All papers are assessed by two examiners. A minimum of twenty per cent of the exam papers will be assessed by an external examiner. The external examiner's assessment shall benefit all the students.