Study Guide

Objective

Grounded on evidence-based practices, the student can lead emergency care in special situations and major disasters ensuring interagency cooperation. The student is also competent in unified messaging.
The student knows how to plan and predict emergency service resources both in normal and exceptional circumstances. The student is able to evaluate and determine leadership and interagency cooperation of emergency care in case of multiple patient incidents and major disasters as well as devise methods for developing them. The student assesses cooperation between emergency care and social and health care and among other interest groups and authorities as well as develops the cooperation further.

Content

- evidence-based leadership
- competence requirements for operational leadership
- leadership, triage and sector leaders’ duties in special situations and major disasters
- communication and cooperation with authorities
- legislation and exchange of information
- special situations in normal circumstances and unusual conditions
- application and development of CRM skills
- development of interagency cooperation

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

The student displays competence to deal with the basic content of the study unit but lacks competence in independent data acquisition, interpretation and the ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the context of workplace.

Assessment criteria, good (3)

The student fulfills the requirements for the study unit well. S/he displays competence in active data acquisition and is able to interpret the key features of the data to a clinical setting. The student has the ability to analyze the acquired knowledge and to apply it to the context of workplace.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

The student displays broad and versatile competence in the content of the study unit. S/he has great competence in targeted data acquisition. The student’s ability to make decisions shows independent thinking, responsible actions and leadership skills. The ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the context of workplace is creative and versatile.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

Pass: The student is proficient in the basic content of the study unit (competence evaluation), but independent data acquisition, interpretation and the ability to apply the acquired knowledge to the context of workplace has shortcomings.