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Students in the bachelor of Paramedicine complete a foundation unit title Paramedicine in the Australian health care system. The unit delivers a structured introduction to public health and the Australian healthcare system. This introduction addresses contemporary public health principles and practices including key concepts such as population health, social determinants of health, and the core roles and functions of public health systems, policies and programs.

Students undertaking this unit often find difficulties understanding and applying funding models to real life situations. Poor formal student feedback evaluations are common in this unit, with qualitative comments including statements around content being dry, boring, and not reflective of current paramedic practice. The combination of these factors led to a revision in some teaching approaches.

The teaching team introduced the “Healthcare funding and ethics” game, to facilitate discussions on how funding models work within the Australian context, allowing debate on how ethical decisions are made.

This presentation will cover key lessons learned, inherent biases identified and the process of publication of findings. As part of the presentation approaches to education research and publication will be discussed.