Program Overview

Clinical & Professional Paramedic Practice BSc (Hons)

Overview

The Clinical & Professional Paramedic Practice BSc (Hons) program is designed for qualified paramedics who wish to advance their academic standing to degree level. The program provides a comprehensive understanding of the challenges faced by paramedics and enhances professional decision-making and critical judgment.

What You'll Study

• Course Content
  • The course's core modules introduce you to the skills and methods of research and subsequently involve the completion of a dissertation.
  • The Research Methods module will help you develop skills in specific aspects of research methodology and equip you to prepare a proposal to undertake a small-scale piece of research.
  • The Advancing Practice Project module offers you the opportunity to develop your ability to independently produce a sustained piece of work.
• Compulsory Modules
  • Advancing Practice Project
    • Enables you to develop the ability to work independently on a sustained piece of work.
    • You will suggest an area of practice from within your clinical area that would benefit from an in-depth review from an evidence-based practice, system redesign, or staff/service user education perspective.
    • Module code: HEA3161
    • Credits: 40
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework
  • Research Methods
    • Designed to enable you to develop an understanding of the research process, the nature and variety of research methods, together with the need for an evidence base to guide the decision-making process.
    • Module code: HEA3102
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework
• Optional Modules
  • Clinical Examinations and Diagnostics
    • Introduces you to the broad principles of clinical history taking and clinical examination skills.
    • Module code: HEA3304
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 70% Practical, 30% Exam
  • Enhancing Paramedic Practice
    • Designed to enable the practitioner working within the diverse environment to provide and enhance the professions existing evidenced-based practices, through the provision of high-quality patient-centered care and the integration of theory and recognized organizational practices.
    • Module code: HEA3179
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework
  • Ethical and Moral Dilemmas in Health
    • Enables you to critically analyze and question your own, your profession's, and society's approaches to ever-increasing ethical situations.
    • Module code: HEA3218
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 70% Coursework, 30% Practical
  • Negotiated Learning Shell
    • Offers an opportunity for you to study a topic or work-related issue at degree level.
    • Module code: HEA3065
    • Credits: 20
    • Assessment: 100% Coursework

How You'll Study

• Module delivery approaches vary from face-to-face classroom-based activities to solely online delivery.
• Many modules involve a blended approach combining online study with taught sessions at the Edge Hill University campus or St James' in Manchester.
• The Advancing Practice Project module is delivered at Alder Hey Institute in the Park in Liverpool.
• The course is designed for busy professionals to study on a part-time basis whilst in employment.

How You'll Be Assessed

• The program utilizes a variety of assessment techniques and strategies, including written assignments and examinations, observed structured clinical examinations, seminar presentations, interviews, and the development of a portfolio.

Who Will Be Teaching You

• The teaching team comprises research-active senior lecturers with extensive clinical and professional expertise and experience.
• Guest lecturers with specific subject and clinical specialty experience from all professional disciplines will also contribute to the richness and variety of the program.

Entry Criteria

• To join this course, you should be practicing as a paramedic.
• You must be registered with the Health and Care Professionals Council as a qualified paramedic or hold an overseas paramedic or allied health professional qualification and IELTS 6.0 or equivalent (with 6.0 achieved in the written and spoken language element of the test, completed within the last two years).
• You should have 240 UK credits with 120 at level 4 (Cert HE) and 120 at level 5 (Dip HE).
• Alternatively, students who are over 21 will be considered if they can demonstrate the ability to study at degree level by the successful completion of a 20-credit Edge Hill University degree-level module.

Facilities

• The Faculty of Health, Social Care, and Medicine offers outstanding facilities for the education and training of health and social care professionals.
• The contemporary teaching and learning resources include leading-edge clinical skills facilities, an 860-seat lecture theatre, and a variety of teaching rooms and social learning spaces.

Finance

• Tuition Fees
  • UK Part-Time: £50 per credit for the course
• Financial Support
  • Please view the relevant Money Matters guide for comprehensive information about the financial support eligible to UK students.

Your Future Career

• A degree will help you stand out from the crowd in a competitive job market, allowing you to progress in your profession whilst improving patient care.
• You will also gain universal skills, such as how to problem-solve, apply relevant knowledge and skills, communicate effectively, and reflect on your practice.