Prehospital Critical Care (PHCC) Emergency Medical Care - Master Degree Program
Dette er studieprogrambeskrivelsen for studieåret 2016-2017
Vekting (stp)
120
Studieprogramkode
M-PHCC
Studienivå
Mastergrad iht §3, 2 år
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Master Program in Pre-Hospital Critical Care (PHCC) Emergency Medical Care
Heltid/deltid
Deltid
Varighet
8 Semestre
Grunnstudium
Nei
Undervisningsspråk
Engelsk
The Pre Hospital Critical Care (PHCC) master programme is interprofessional, aiming to prepare physicians, nurses and paramedics academically and professionally to advanced team performance through research, management and practice development in advanced pre hospital critical care.
It aims to enhance the students' ability to develop and utilise critical, analytical and reflective skills within an interprofessional academic and work related practice. This will enable the students' to develop themselves as healthcare practitioners and team workers, adopt an innovative attitude in the development of their profession and independently seek evidence to make best practice judgements individually and within the team.
The master program is a part time study encompassing four years. The flexible approach to this program allows students who wish to focus only on specific modules to further develop their professional areas of interest and particular field of practice.
Læringsutbytte
Upon completion of the master program the students will be able to:
Knowledge:
- Apply knowledge of philosophy of science and methodology.
- Critically reflect on knowledge about health care ethics and relevant laws related to own practice.
- Explain advanced medical equipment and critically evaluate the medical equipment's strength and limitations.
- Appraise pre hospital emergency medical care situation according to state of the art knowledge and research and agreed regulations and standards.
- Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of multi--organisational working, specifically in relation to management, communication and team working.
- Appraise quality improvements systems related to advanced pre hospital emergency care.
- Appraise the different operational management strategies used in the management of mass casualty and major incidents both national and international.
Skills:
- Execute adequate advanced pre hospital critical care to critically ill or injured patients and their relatives.
- Design and execute an independent research and development project according to define research rules and regulations and demonstrate the ability to mediate the results`.
- Demonstrate the ability to attend to the critically ill or injured patients' human dignity and ethical / juridical rights.
- Master advanced medical technical equipment's.
- Apply an appropriate qualitative system related to the specific situations.
- Perform advanced inter-- and intra professional crisis management related to major incidents and disasters.
General Competence:
- Develop and display a value system based on humanity and integrity.
- Display a willingness to relate and communicate with the critically ill or injured patients, their relatives and colleagues in emergency situations.
- Relate well in inter professional teams and cooperate well internally and externally at both a national and international level.
- Demonstrate a professional practice.
- Value willingness to innovative thinking and to develop new concepts
Hva kan du bli?
- Different positions within prehospital and emergency medicine/critical care and teaching, requiring the ability to initiate, develop and evaluate research and quality improvement projects.
- Application for PhD studies.