BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science

This module will be focused on the development of academic and professional skills for transition to higher education. A wide range of different activities will be used to assess and develop skills including reading, writing, information technology, library searching and problem-solving. You will be encouraged to reflect on your personal development as university students and as adult learners. Effective time management will be encouraged, as will be the development of personal resilience for learning within higher education. 

This module aims to provide you with an orientation to foundational human sciences, normal anatomy and physiology, and the major theories and frameworks linked with a biopsychosocial conceptualisation of health. The module provides a foundation on which profession-specific content will develop, focusing increasingly on abnormal human sciences in common and then more complex and rare conditions. 

This module will provide the foundations for future paramedic practice and as such will ensure the you can identify and apply appropriate ambulance aid equipment supporting the assessment treatment and referral of patients. The module will emphasise the importance of ‘Right treatment, right time, right place principles’. In addition, you will be taught how to integrate motor, cognitive and affected domain skill sets and apply principles of communication across the life span and in special circumstances.

This module explores the concept and practice of inter-professional working. You will be encouraged to reflect on developing a professional identity as an allied healthcare professional (AHP) before exploring the roles and responsibilities of the range of other health and social care professionals and organisations that support care in community and hospital settings.

This module will enable you to gather evidence of your capability and competence, mapped against the relevant HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Paramedics (SOPs) and College of Paramedics. This module runs for the duration of each year. All practice learning elements of the course are embedded within the practice modules. You will undertake learning and demonstration of practical skills, through simulation and in clinical placement.

This module advances your knowledge and understanding of the scientific method. Specifically, the module will provide you with the ability to apply systematic approaches to identifying, critiquing and applying the evidence-base for practice within their profession. In this way, you will develop a foundational knowledge of research methods (required for critical appraisal) and competence with critical appraisal.

This module will be based on the principles of the National Ambulance Emergency Medical Technicians (NAEMT) Advanced Medical Life Support (AMLS) short course and will closely follow the NAEMT curriculum. All students on the module will be provided with the core textbook for the NAEMT AMLS course, relevant to minor illness and minor injury, and in addition to the assessment tasks for the module, they will be given the opportunity to register to undertake assessment for NAEMT certification to obtain this additional qualification. 

Building on the Lower Acuity module, this module will be based on the principles of the NAEMT Advanced Medical Life Support and Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support short courses and will follow the NAEMT curriculum. Core lectures and seminars will prepare you to work through a series of case-based discussions to develop their assessment and decision-making skills. 

This module will explore ethics and law as it is applied to health and social care and to develop ethical and professional decision-making capabilities based on reflections arising from practice. The module will include the study of the major ethical theories as well as post-modern approaches. It will specifically focus on the use of ethical principles to help resolve issues in health and social care through the detailed examination of specific cases largely related to paramedic practice

This module, which runs throughout semester 1 and semester 2 is intricately linked to the knowledge, skills and competencies within the Year 2 Practice Assessment Document (PAD). Through guided tutorials, case-based discussions and simulated practice in university, you will be supported to become safe in simulation and confident in your abilities. The knowledge and skills gained can then be applied and assessed in practice, within a range of practice environments, encompassing patient care across the lifespan.

This module is linked to the leadership pillar of professional practice, providing you with the opportunity to link the improvement of health and care services to your personal and professional leadership development. As an interprofessional module, you will be able to work with students from other professional groups to bring profession-specific and transferable skills and insights to resolve real-world challenges. These challenges will be collated from service partners, which together with the design of the assessment strategy, will enable you to build further connections with employers. 

This module explores more complex elements of paramedic practice, with obstetrics, complexities of vulnerable clients and major incident planning as its themes. It will be a mix of online synchronous and asynchronous activities to provide background knowledge prior to the practical sessions. Neonate/paediatric life support life support will be both taught and assessed in simulation and specialist teaching will be provided by a Consultant Midwife regarding delivery techniques in more complicated birthing situations.

Consideration of working environment is a second theme, through critical exploration and evaluation of the collaborative working policies which underpin and occur during multiple casualty and major incidents. There will be an introduction to the National Ambulance Command and Control guidance and the role of the National Ambulance Resilience Unit (NARU).

This module will build on content covered in Year 1 and Year 2 related to care and management of a range of patients across the lifespan, by exploring the more complex needs associated with caring for people with learning disability, mental health disorders and older patients

At the start of the module you will be introduced to the concept of CPD and the HCPC CPD assessment process. HCPC CPD standards will be explored along with the registration cycle for Allied Health Professionals. There will be careers guidance events, including job application and interview preparation. You will be given the opportunity to use a peer-to-peer clinical supervision approach to reflect on their practice, academic journey, and their aspirations for future post-graduate development.

This module will enable the you to gather evidence of your capability and competence, mapped against the relevant HCPC Standards of Proficiency for Paramedics (SOPs) and College of Paramedics. This module runs for the duration of the academic year. All practice learning elements of the course are embedded within the practice module. You will undertake learning and demonstration of practical skills, through simulation and in clinical placement.

The practice module runs parallel to the theory-based modules and therefore will support and consolidate the underpinning knowledge base, linking theory to practice and building learner competence and confidence in line with the spiral curriculum approaches. Focus on leadership and management roles in clinical practice situations , across the lifespan will be central to this module.