Program Overview

Introduction to the Bachelor of Emergency Medical Services Program

The Health Sciences field is emerging as one of the UAE's strategic and largest growth areas. The Higher Colleges of Technology's Health Sciences Division offers a broad range of Health Sciences Bachelor, Higher Diploma, and Diploma programs, all designed to provide graduates with the skills and competencies needed to succeed in this challenging and rewarding field.

Program Description

The Bachelor of Emergency Medical Services program is a four-year post-Foundations program preparing graduates for emergency medical care professional practice. In the first two program years, students develop an extensive knowledge of health sciences, communication, terminology, and emergency medical care up to an intermediate life support level. The final two years of the program develop students' skills to advanced life support levels, which include diagnostic, clinical judgment, research, quality, and leadership. The program promotes the development of analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, communication skills, professional ethics, social responsibility, professional citizenship, the ability to adapt to change, and respond to challenges in the prehospital and in-hospital emergency settings, and a commitment to lifelong learning.

Program Goals

• Prepare competent, professional, and autonomous pre-hospital emergency care providers equipped to provide quality and advanced life-support care to all critically ill or injured patients following the national and international EMS standards of care.
• Educate the EMS graduates on the knowledge and skills to be compassionate and effective communicators and able to utilize critical thinking and problem-solving skills when providing pre-hospital emergency care.
• Prepare the EMS graduates with effective leadership and team work skills to work within an interdisciplinary healthcare team and foster the growth and development of the EMS in the UAE.
• Foster excellence and professional development through reflective practitioners and life-long learning for the current and future EMS practice.
• Prepare the EMS students as advanced life-support practitioners who contribute to the expansion, innovation, and entrepreneurship in EMS professional practice and careers.
• Prepare the EMS graduates to be collaborative and innovative through evidence-based practices and scholarly activities.

Program Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this program, the graduate will be able to:

1. Use an evidence-based approach to provide internationally aligned best practice with safe, responsible, and quality patient care in the pre-hospital setting.
2. Apply knowledge, psychomotor skills, and technology through simulation and skills-based training to make ethical autonomous decisions and deliver quality care in accordance with Advanced Paramedic Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG).
3. Demonstrate effective communication, respect, integrity, and accountability to manage emergency medical situations for all patient populations.
4. Apply critical thinking without guidance to analyze medical emergency situations and investigate medical innovations to deliver the best quality medical care in the pre-hospital environment.
5. Demonstrate competency in technical leadership skills to be able to lead, advocate, and work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.
6. Use lifelong learning as a reflective practitioner in order to modify practice and enhance the pre-hospital emergency medical care profession.
7. Apply entrepreneurship and innovation skills to identify and contribute to potential solutions for emerging complex healthcare challenges in the pre-hospital setting.

Faculty and Leadership

The Faculty of Health Sciences is a vibrant and growing division that offers applied bachelor degrees, diplomas, and professional certification qualifications, including micro-credentials, designed to address the needs of the UAE public and private industries and communities. The Executive Dean oversees the faculty, ensuring that programs are designed to provide graduates with the skills and competencies needed to succeed in the many opportunities of this rewarding field.