Paramedic Science with Foundation Year

Program Overview

BSc (Honours) Paramedic Science with Foundation Year

Course Summary

This course prepares students for a career as a paramedic, providing high-quality unscheduled care in diverse, unpredictable, and challenging environments. The foundation year is designed for students who need extra preparation before undertaking degree-level study or who do not meet the entry requirements for the BSc (Hons) course.

How You Learn

• Practicals, seminars, and lectures
• Digitally enabled online materials
• Online webinars
• Practice-based learning experiences
• Peer-supported practice and study
• Simulated learning environments

Modules

Year 1

• Developing The Fundamentals Of A Healthcare Professional
  • Credits: 60
  • Assessment: Coursework (60%), Practical (40%)
• Promotion Of Contemporary Issues In Healthcare
  • Credits: 60
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)

Year 2

• Clinical Placement Practice 1
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: Practical
• Collaboration For Individual And Community Wellbeing
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
• Foundations Of Paramedic Practice 1A
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Coursework (50%), Practical (50%)
• Foundations Of Paramedic Practice 1B
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
• Personal And Professional Development
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)

Year 3

• Assessing And Addressing Complexity In Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
• Clinical Placement Practice 2
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: Practical
• Developing Paramedic Practice 2A
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
• Developing Paramedic Practice 2B
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
• Evidence And Enquiry For Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)

Year 4

• Clinical Placement Practice 3
  • Credits: -
  • Assessment: Practical
• Complexity & Leadership In Professional Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)
• Independent Paramedic Practice
  • Credits: 20
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
• Specialist Populations In Paramedic Practice
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Practical (100%)
• The Advancing Professional
  • Credits: 40
  • Assessment: Coursework (100%)

Future Careers

This course prepares students for careers in:

• Ambulance Trusts
• Specialist roles in critical care, urgent care, or mental health
• Advanced practice
• Primary care
• Research
• The Police
• The prison system
• International settings
• Private practice
• Wilderness and remote medicine
• Cruise ships
• Education
• Leadership

Equipment and Facilities

• Simulated environments
• High-fidelity simulation equipment
• Cutting-edge pre-hospital equipment
• Specialist manikins
• A specialist health and wellbeing learning resource centre

Where Will I Study?

• Collegiate Campus
• Sheffield
• S10 2BP

Entry Requirements

• UCAS points: 64
• GCSE Science: grade C or 4 or equivalents
• GCSE Maths: grade D or 4 or equivalents
• GCSE English Language or Literature: grade C or 4 or equivalents
• Access: an Access to HE Diploma from a QAA recognised Access to HE course in a science-based subject
• IELTS score: 7.0 or above, with a minimum score of 6.5 in each skill

Fees and Funding

• Home students: £9,535 per year (capped at a maximum of 20% of this during your placement year)
• International students: £19,500 per year (including an annual placement supplement of £1,500)
• NHS Learning Support Fund: a non-repayable training grant of £5,000 per year to all eligible new and current pre-registration students
• Additional financial support: up to the value of around £5,000, including parental support, travel/accommodation expenses, and a financial hardship fund.