Program Overview

BSc (Hons) Practice Development: HART Paramedic

Course Overview

Our flexible online programme was developed initially in collaboration with local ambulance services and employers to meet the educational needs of paramedics. It will see you gain the qualities and knowledge you need to become a high-calibre professional able to confidently deal with the changing dynamics of the health care economy.

Key Course Details

• Location: Distance Learning
• Duration: Full-time, 1 Year, Part-time, 2 Years
• Start date: September
• Entry Requirements: Programme specification (PDF)

Course Outline

Course Summary

Our aim is to help you enhance your professional prospects and enable you to play an active role in developing your own practice. Therefore, you can study module-by-module from your own home at a time that will fit around your shift pattern and day-to-day commitments.

Modules

Core Modules

• Evidence Based Practice [20 credits]
• Negotiated Learning [20 credits] or Dissertation [40 credits]
• Disaster Response [20 credits]

Optional Modules

• Humanitarian Action [20 credits]
• Clinical Reasoning and Assessment Skills in Healthcare (CRASH) [20 credits]
• Emergency Clinical Decision Making and Problem Solving [20 credits]
• Consultation and Physical Examination: Health Assessment Skills [20 credits]
• Clinical Supervision [20 credits]
• Leadership and Change [20 credits]
• Work Based Learning [20 credits]
• Negotiated Learning [20 credits]
• Negotiated Learning [10 credits]

Entry Requirements

• 120 Level 4 and 120 Level 5 credits or Accreditation of Prior Experiential Learning (APEL) portfolio.
• Criteria for admission as per University admissions policy.
• Applicants must have successfully completed 120 level 4 credits and 120 level 5 credits (or equivalent) through prior paramedic training and be a qualified Paramedic, registered with the Health Care and Professions Council (HCPC) or an equivalent regulator and presently working in a HART team or similar appropriate setting.

Application Information

• Applications should be made online directly to the university.
• There is no official closing date, but we would encourage you to apply as early as possible, as many courses are competitive.

Student Finance

• 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.

Meet the Staff

• Our academic staff are passionate about their field and have a wealth of real-world experience to back up their knowledge.