Paramedicine BSc (Hons)
Bachelor's degree
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Description
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Type
Bachelor's degree
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Location
Leicester
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Duration
3 Years
Pursue a rewarding career by gaining the knowledge and expertise to become a key member of the workforce within the health and social care system.
DMU has more than 50 years’ experience in delivering high-quality health professional education and you will be taught by paramedic lecturers as well as other healthcare professionals, such as midwives, nurses and doctors. You will also benefit from specialist equipment on campus, including mock ambulances and iPad-based advanced life support simulators.
Study a range of topics, from foundations of ambulance practice and trauma and resuscitative care to paediatrics and child health. Strong links and integrated work placements will allow you to put theory into practice.
You will gain practical experience during all three years of the course by working alongside senior paramedics on emergency ambulances and rapid response cars, as well as wider exposure through a number of community-based placements, such as in an emergency department or doctor’s surgery.
Graduates will be eligible to apply for registration as a paramedic with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC). A two-year Associate Ambulance Practice (DipHE) programme is also available.
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GCSEs
Five GCSEs at grade C or above including Maths, English and Science.
Passes in Functional Skills and Key Skills qualifications at level 2 in maths and English can be accepted as equivalents.
Plus one of the following:
A levels
Typical Offer ‘BBB’ – 120 UCAS Points (excluding General Studies, Key Skills and music exams). One subject should be a natural science (psychology is acceptable, but not sociology)
De Montfort University has been approved from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) for the Parmedicine BSc (Hons). Accreditation of this degree programme signifies that HCPC recognise the high standard of teaching quality, and would ensure that upon successful completion of the programme graduates are eligible to register as a paramedic with the HCPC.
The healthcare teaching team have an excellent reputation and good links with the local NHS trust and other potential employers, which is beneficial when you are applying for jobs.
Key features:
Eligibility to apply to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) upon graduation, enabling employment in a wide variety of clinical areas.
Strong links and integrated work placements with local health and social care providers allow you to put theory into practice.
Benefit from more than 50 years’ teaching experience in high-quality health professional education.
Study in our purpose-built clinical skills suites that replicate real-life settings, part of a £12 million investment in our facilities.
International experience opportunities are available in the third year of the programme as part of your final project.
You will be taught by both paramedic lecturers and other healthcare professionals, such as midwives, nurses and doctors, and benefit from specialist equipment on campus, including mock ambulances and iPad-based advanced life support simulators.
You will study a range of topics including foundations of ambulance practice, trauma and resuscitative care, paediatrics and child health and paramedic clinical pharmacology.
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Subjects
- Paramedic
- Trauma
- Emergency Care
- Paediatrics
- Ambulance
- Teaching
- Child health
- Ambulance Practice
- Consultation Skills
- Assessment
- Foundations of Pathophysiology
Course programme
- Foundations of Ambulance Practice
- Assessment and Consultation Skills
- Foundations of Pathophysiology
- Accountable, Legal and Ethical Practice
- Simulated Emergency Care 1
- Applied Emergency Care 1
- Paediatrics and Child Health
- Social and Psychological Emergency Care
- Research in Paramedicine
- Trauma and Resuscitative Care
- Simulated Emergency Care 2
- Applied Emergency Care 2
- Urgent and Primary Care
- Paramedic Leadership and Legal Practice
- Paramedic Clinical Pharmacology
- Improving Paramedicine
- Applied Emergency Care 3
Learning is supported by a strong system of personal tutors and teaching teams, clinical work placements and enthusiastic mentors. Teaching methods include:
- Lectures
- Seminars
- Presentations
- Skill Labs
- Tutorials
- Enquiry-based problem solving
- Independent e-learning
You will complete blocks of clinical placements 37.5 hours per week (average) and blocks comprised of theory and independent learning hours up to an equivalent of 37.5 hours each week. This means some weeks you may complete more hours than others, typically following the work rota of your mentor on that placement.
Students in practice placements are allocated a mentor to help develop and support learning.
Assessment
A variety of approaches are used to assess theory and practice.
Practice is assessed through the completion of a clinical skills passport and practice assessment documents.
Theory is assessed through poster presentations, OSPE (practical) assessments, tutor marked assignments, written exams, literature reviews, case studies, e-assessments, numeracy assessments, team based learning assessments, essays and critical reflection.
Teaching contact hours
Contact hours in a typical week will depend to some extent on the modules you are studying. However, typically you will have up to 16 contact hours of teaching and this will break down as:
Personal tutorial/small group teaching: approx. 1 hour of tutorials or small group teaching each week
Medium group teaching: approx. 6 hours of practical classes, workshops or seminars each week
Large group teaching: approx. 10 hours of lectures each week
Personal study: approx. 21.5 hours studying and revising in your own time each week, including some guided study using hand-outs, online activities, etc.
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