Paramedic Science

UCAS code: B950

Here's what University of the West of Scotland says about its Paramedic Science course.

Overview

Prepare for a career as a paramedic with UWS’s BSc Paramedic Science programme.

This programme will help you develop confidence, compassion and the skills required to deliver high-quality care for a challenging career in frontline emergency care.

On successfully completing this programme you’ll be eligible to apply for registration as a paramedic with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Programme highlights

• You’ll put the academic theory learned in the classroom into practice in Lanarkshire Campus’s state-of-the-art clinical simulation environments including our immersive suite and dedicated paramedic clinical skills laboratory. • Practice-based opportunities will be based within the Scottish Ambulance Service and in a range of associated health and social care settings across Ayrshire and Arran, Dumfries and Galloway and Lanarkshire. • Opportunities to work within a team of healthcare professionals will help you develop an integrated approach to health and social care approaches required for contemporary paramedic practice.

Programme details

You’ll undertake a wide variety of practice-based education experiences over the three years of this programme, which will be split between ambulance and cross-sector placements across a wide range of areas including: Mental Health, Critical Care, Emergency Departments, Young Persons & Families, Maternity Services, and Community Care.

While on practice-based learning, you will be working full-time and experience the 24/7 continuum of care supported by trained health care professionals.

This will allow you to get ‘hands-on’ practical experience of working with a range of different service users and health professionals as you progress from dependent to independent practice.

Careers

This programme will prepare you for a career as a paramedic that can progress to a wide variety of clinical roles in health and social care, service management or, education and research.

Further career options include working in primary or secondary care, events medicine and providing medical cover for a range of industries such as the sports and entertainment sector.

The programme provides a foundation for ongoing education and learning, with an option for further postgraduate study.

Special Notice for Applicants Due to the special contractual arrangements between the University and the NHS Education for Scotland (NES), we are only permitted to recruit Scottish applicants to the BSc Paramedic Science.

In Year 1, you will study: Paramedic Science: Paramedic Science: Principles & Practice, Paramedic Science: Health and Human Development 1, Paramedic Science: Understanding Self and Society, Paramedic Science: Community Health & Social Care, Investigation and Communication.

In Year 2, you will study: Paramedic Science: Patient Assessment and Clinical Decision Making (triple module), Paramedic Science: Health and Human Development 2 (1.5 modules), Paramedic Science: Building Healthy Communities (1.5 modules).

In your final year, you will study three double modules: Paramedic Science: Emergency Care and Complexities of Practice, Paramedic Science: Evidence Led Enquiry, Paramedic Science: Leadership in Healthcare.

The BSc Paramedic Science programme will incorporate a balance of theory and practice-based education learning hours, providing educational opportunities to support the development/demonstration and integration of knowledge, skills and clinical competency required for paramedic registration.

You will be taught through a combination of lectures, tutorials, practical workshops and guided clinical laboratory skills work. Theory and skills will be developed and applied in ambulance and non-ambulance placements throughout the course developing your knowledge, skills and understanding required of a paramedic.

The course will use a variety of assessment methods. The following is a guide to the types of assessment methods you can expect:

// Exams // Reports // Clinical practice // Skills // Case studies // Oral and poster presentations // Lab assessments