You are required to develop a scoping literature review of the topic of your choosing from the modules completed within this subject. This topic may be something that interested you on during the session or may be something that you have had an interest in for some time. This task will assist you to develop skills that you will use to enhance your paramedic practice. You will use your skills to search databases, collate relevant articles, synthesise the main findings and themes, and analyse the studies to write a literature review.
Topic …. the development of paramedicine in Australia from 1970 to 2020. Education, qualifications and recognition of same.
2000 words.
This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:
- Develop the necessary skills to critically evaluate published research to determine its relevance to paramedic practice;
- Be able to examine and critically analyse current developments in paramedic practice including the professionalisation of the discipline;
- Be able to articulate the philosophical underpinnings of paradigms in the discipline of paramedicine.
- Compare and contrast philosophical and epistemological assumptions in the discipline of paramedicine.
- Critically analyse and evaluate the concept of generating theory from practice.
- Demonstrate an appreciation of the contribution of borrowed perspectives toward the development of paramedic knowledge.
