BSc(Hons) Paramedic Practice

WelcomeKevin Barrett, course leader

• From January 2014 the School of Health Professions and the School of Nursing and Midwifery will merge into a new school

• The name is currently being decided through consultation with students and staff and will be announced in November 2013

• The merger will not impact on your course and will facilitate further inter-professional collaboration within the school

• Nursing• Midwifery• Paramedic

Practice• Physiotherapy• Podiatry• Occupational

Therapy

New school from January 2014

How do you see yourself?

• BSc (Hons) = 3 years of clinical education; not a training programme

• 3 Years, different academic levels at each year – increasing academic demands

• Clinical experience ~ 50% of the course: by time

• You are taught as a cohort of paramedic students

• International Experience

BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practice

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Course Code: B 780. 320 points ABB

• Multiple Mini Interviews : December – March

• Jointly held with SECAmb . 20 places

• Series of exercises & interactions to ‘meet as much of you as possible’

• Shift patterns and travel – you need to be prepared to do both

BSc (Hons) Paramedic Practice

Course Structure: modules

Course structure: modules

• Threaded’ Elements: Children & Young People/ Human Relationships/ Vulnerable Groups/ Health Ethics and Law

Course structure: a typical week for Year 1

Course structure: a typical week for Year 1

•Continuity of Clinical Support•Non-ambulance placements

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

“How will I learn?....”

Hi-Fidelity Simulation…..

Inter-professional learning:

Independent Study...

How do you see yourself?