MSc Paramedic: Practice Development

Program Overview

MSc - Paramedic: Practice Development

Course Overview

MSc Paramedic: Practice Development has been developed with local ambulance services and stakeholders to meet the educational needs of paramedics looking to continue their professional development. You will benefit from a flexible approach to learning that fits around your work shifts, allowing you to study through distance and work-based learning.

We have provided excellent training for paramedics since 2000, and our subject specialists have extensive experience in distance learning. You will leave with the knowledge and skills to move forward in your career, reaching senior levels of employment.

Key Details

• Recruiting to: UK / RoI / Settled in UK
• Course Location: Blended Learning, Distance Learning, Work-based
• Institute: Institute of Health
• Delivery Style: Distance Learning
• Course Duration: Part-time: 2-5 Years
• Course Start Point: January, April, September
• Award: MSc

Minimum Entry Requirements

• 1st or 2nd class honours degree.
• Honours degree
• Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course, please contact the Enquiry Centre for further details.
• Accreditation of Prior Learning (APL) may be considered for relevant prior learning at the same academic level.

Tuition Fees

• £8,325 - UK

Course Structure

What You Will Learn

We provide a range of modules which will enable you to explore the underpinning knowledge of safe, effective and evidence-based ultrasound practice, in order to help you develop clinical skills in your own department.

Modules

• Optional Modules
  • A
    • Acute and Critical care: Foundations for Practice
    • Acute Care: Contemporary Issues (Independent Study)
    • Acute Care: Initial Management of the Acutely Ill Adult
    • Advanced Pathophysiology and Diseases in Practice
    • Advancing Mental Health across the Healthcare Spectrum
    • Asthma Management
    • Advanced Assessment of the Acutely Ill Child
  • C
    • Care of Minor Illness and Minor Injuries
    • Clinical Complexity in Emergency Care
    • Clinical Judgement and Decision Making
    • Clinical Reasoning and Assessment Skills in Healthcare (CRASH)
    • Clinical Supervision
    • Coaching and Mentoring
    • Consultation and Physical Examination: Health Assessment Skills
    • COPD: Diagnosis and Management
    • CPD for Medical Imaging Advanced Practice
    • Critical Care: Contemporary Issues
    • Critically Reflective Practice in Nursing
  • D
    • Disaster Response
    • Dissertation
    • Developing Critical Skills for Non-Medical Prescribing through Work Based Learning
    • Digital Health: Use of Technology in Health and Social Care
    • Digital Health: Work-based Project
  • E
    • Emergency care of Women and Children
    • Emergency Clinical Decision Making and Problem Solving
    • Examination of the Newborn
  • F
    • Facilitating Health Behaviour Change
  • H
    • Holistic Assessment and Case Management of the Complex Patient with Long Term Conditions
    • Humanitarian Action
  • I
    • Innovations in Nursing Practice
    • Independent Prescribing for Pharmacists
    • Independent/Supplementary Prescribing for Nurses, Midwives and Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (V300)
  • L
    • Leadership through Transformational Learning
  • M
    • Management of Major Illness and Major Trauma
    • Managing within a Strategic and Organisational Context
    • Multi-agency Working in Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults
    • Multi-Professional Support of Learning and Assessment of Practice
    • Multi-disciplinary Perspectives on Children, Adolescents and Families
  • N
    • Negotiated Learning
  • P
    • Palliative Care
    • Patient Safety in Acute and Critical Care
    • Professional Midwifery Advocate
    • Public Health in Practice
    • Principles of Prescribing Practice in the Context of Allied Health Professionals (Independent/Supplementary Prescribing)
    • Principles of Prescribing Practice in the Context of Allied Health Professionals (Supplementary Prescribing)
  • R
    • Research Methods
    • Respiratory Health Assessment
  • S
    • Safety and Security for Humanitarian, Disaster Response and Development Workers
    • Supporting Individuals on the Autistic Spectrum
    • Service Redesign in Integrated Care
  • U
    • Understanding Autism
  • W
    • Work Based Learning
    • Work Based Learning
    • Working with Individuals on the Autistic Spectrum

Fair Admissions

When you apply, our Admissions specialists will review your whole application. We are looking for your potential to succeed so will assess your qualifications, any relevant work experience, your personal statement, and references.

Where you have received a conditional offer subject to achieving particular grades/UCAS tariff scores, and do not quite meet these scores, please try not to worry, where vacancies exist our Admissions specialists will review your whole application again and take account of any mitigating circumstances and reassess your suitability for the course.

Contextual Admissions

Going to higher education can transform a person’s life. We use contextual admissions to make sure that we are accessible to everyone who has the potential to succeed. Qualifications and grades are important, but they are considered alongside other information that helps universities to identify potential and widen access to university level study. For some individuals, the disadvantages they have experienced in their life mean that they have not been able to demonstrate their full academic potential. Where a person lives and their personal circumstances can all affect their educational attainment.

We take this context into account and look for an applicant’s potential when making admission decisions. The University of Cumbria will make offers at the bottom of any UCAS Tariff range to applicants that live in postal code regions with the lowest participation in Higher Education (Polar 4 quintile 1 – you can check your postcode here), applicants that are estranged from their parents, are care leavers or have caring responsibilities or are in receipt of or received free school meals during their secondary education. Attendance at our Masterclasses and Summer Schools will also allow applicants to receive an offer lower within the tariff range. (T&Cs apply).

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Fees & Funding

Tuition Fees

2025 - 2026

• £8,325 - UK

The figures above don't include accommodation and living costs.

Tuition fees are set annually and are subject to review each year. The University may therefore raise tuition fees in the second or subsequent years of a course, in line with inflation and/or the maximum permitted by law or Government policy. Students will be notified of any changes as soon as possible.

More Information

We have a wide range of scholarships, bursaries, grants and funds available to support you throughout your studies with us. This includes the Cumbria Bursary - a non-repayable bursary designed to support first year students with a household income of less than £25,000.

Student Finance

Additional Costs

You may need to purchase stationery, course books and personal equipment. Extra costs may also be applicable to cover travel to placement and the university campus, parking and/or accommodation at placement/university campus (if required).