PMEDPRA20 Clinical Studies B, Placement in Primary- and Specialist Health Care Services Course description

After completing this course, the student has the following learning outcomes; defined as knowledge, skills and general competence.

Knowledge

The student:

• should be familiar with Newton's laws
• can explain concepts related to translation, rotational movements and dynamics
• has knowledge of work, energy and the conservation of energy

Skills

The student should be:

• able to apply mathematical knowledge to physics
• familiar with the use vectors in mechanical system calculations
• able to describe movements in space
• able to describe work, energy and the conservation of energy
• able to analyze and calculate relevant quantities related to translational and rotational movements.
• apply Newton's laws to describe physical systems
• able to perform calculations for the conservation of energy and momentum
• able to perform calculations for the rotation of rigid bodies.

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General competence

The student:

• should be able to perform calculations on mechanical systems using Newton's laws
• should be able to link general concepts in physics to their own subject area

The final essay is assessed by the course lecturer and one other examinator. External examinators will be used regularly. The assessment of the essay is based on the learning outcomes for the course.

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

Knowledge

The student

• can describe the organisation of and interaction between the primary and specialist health services and explain the most important functions of the municipal emergency medical centres, emergency department and municipal emergency inpatient units
• can describe how the primary and specialist health services attend to the needs of particular groups, such as children, elderly people, pregnant/women in labour, persons with mental and physical disabilities, people who are victims of violence and/or sexual abuse, persons with substance abuse problems, persons with mental illness, and minorities such as the Sami and indigenous peoples
• can describe how emergency medical centres, emergency department, emergency psychiatric service and maternity wards interact with other parts of the health service
• can explain patients’ rights in connection with assessment and the responsibility of the primary and specialist health services for handling acutely ill and injured patients
• can explain typical patient care pathways from arrival to the emergency medical centre/emergency department to discharge/arrival to ward
• can explain the principles for triage (prioritised levels of urgency) for patients who contact a municipal emergency medical centre or an emergency department
• can discuss how the different practice placement locations apply the principle of necessity, self-defence, the duty of disclosure and reporting to the police and the child welfare service
• can describe the most important observations, complications and interventions in connection with childbirth
• can explain the principles for sterile and non-sterile procedures and is familiar with the practice placements standard operating procedures for handling clean and unclean equipment
• is familiar with the most important principles of blood sampling and common diagnostic tests
• can explain how the practice placement uses digital solutions and medical-technical equipment, and how that impacts patient safety
• can describe important principles for good inter-professional teamwork and a good working environment
• can describe relevant clinical guidelines for walk-in clinics and emergency departments
• knows the use and usefulness of a blood gas analysis
• is familiar with national evidence-based guidelines and relevant action plans for improvement work and patient safety in healthcare services

Skills

The student

• can perform basic wound care and assist in suturing
• can place, manage and remove a permanent transurethral catheter, and perform sterile intermittent catherisation and clean intermittent catherisation
• can maintain relevant precautions for contact and droplet infection and is familiar with precautions for airborne infection
• can carry out basic patient reception routines in accordance with updated knowledge, applicable laws and ethical principles
• can assist in a systematic primary and secondary survey of patients, establish monitoring, and contribute to diagnostic and therapeutic interventions
• can recognise the risk of patient harm and implement preventive and health-promoting measures
• can carry out systematic primary and secondary survey of patients, start necessary monitoring and recommend actions for further treatment
• can hand over patients to partners in a satisfactory manner in accordance with requirements for information and documentation
• can assist health care workers´ in receiving patients at risk of suicide, in mental health crisis and/or with substance abuse issues
• can communicate their own assessments to cooperating staff in a clear and structured manner
• can take care of patient and their next of kin, and give advice and information adapted to their needs
• can administer medication in accordance with local guidelines
• masters bag-mask ventilation and ables to contribute in a multidisciplinary team in the delivery of advanced airway interventions
• can recognise and handle a normal birth

General competence

The student

• can disseminate knowledge about primary and specialist health services
• can identify and handle professional and ethical dilemmas that arise in the paramedic’s work at the interface between health services´
• can discuss safeguarding of patients’ rights independently of gender, age, culture, language and ethnicity when working in the primary and specialist health services
• can reflect on how health care workers assess and treat patients with complex issues
• can deliver medical help in accordance with their own competence and limitations
• can reflect on how stress and crisis reactions in patients and next of kin influence communication and interaction in emergency medical situations

The requirement for admission to the course is confirmation of admission to a PhD programme or documentation that you are in the process of being admitted to one of the faculty's two PhD programmes (Engineering Science or Innovation for Sustainability).

Individual written examination under supervision of 3 hours.

Examination results can be appealed.

In the event of a new or postponed exam, an oral exam can be used. If an oral exam is used, the exam result cannot be appealed.

A handheld calculator that cannot be used for wireless communication or to perform symbolic calculations. If the calculator’s internal memory can store data, the memory must be deleted before the exam. Random checks may be carried out.

Grade scale A-F.

One internal examiner. External examiners are used regularly.

No overlap.

None.