090024 Professional Practice in Critical Care

Description

This subject aims to further develop students’ understanding and application of core critical care concepts in the Australian context including: situational awareness, clinical leadership, cultural capability and moral courage, across a variety of problem and case-based scenarios. Students reflect upon and analyse their clinical decision-making skills and ability to adapt their own behaviour to respond effectively in rapidly changing clinical environments. Drawing upon a range of professional and ethico-legal concepts, students develop the requisite communications skills to engage with confidence in the difficult conversations often experienced in the critical care setting. A range of contemporary challenges including violence in healthcare, organ and tissue donation, withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment and self-care are also examined.