
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Hours
- Cost Free
Health Industries - Immersion Day (2022)
Issued by
Monash Tech School
Through practical activities and an on-site visit to Holmesglen Institute, earners have experienced insights into health industry pathways. Earners have participated in activities related to an injured patient’s journey through healthcare. Focusing on interactive activities, students have explored the role of nurses, lab skills, pathology, and simulations in patient care training. Earners have attended an immersion day at Holmesglen Institute, delivered in collaboration with Monash Tech School.
- Type Learning
- Level Foundational
- Time Hours
- Cost Free
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Nurse's roles in patient care - Earners have participated in and completed activities surrounding medical procedures used by nurses every day, including observing patient vital signs, neurological assessments, oxygen therapy, urine testing, and altering IV fluids and drip factors.
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Pathology/Lab Skills - Earners have engaged in pathology and laboratory techniques such as preparing and observing live eukaryotic human cheek cells, wet mount microscopic technique, pathology request simulations, and blood spinning.
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Simulations in patient care training - Earners have learnt about the importance of simulations in training health care professionals and investigated processes involved in saving a life through an introduction to basic life support and CPR.
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Insights into health industry pathways - Earners have participated in a careers and pathways session delivered by Holmesglen Institute’s Faculty of Health Science, Youth and Community Studies. Earners have been able to interview Holmesglen Institute students about their career and study experiences.