Paramedic Science (with a foundation year)

This course includes a Foundation Year before you would progress onto the full 3 year Undergraduate Degree

Gain the vital skills to become a paramedic and help save lives every day.

You’ll spend up to a third of your time on placements and dealing with real-life emergencies. It will involve doing shifts alongside experienced paramedics from West Midlands Ambulance Service.

Some students also complete elective placements as far afield as South Africa and Gibraltar, or work with search and rescue, air ambulance and hazardous response teams.

You’ll learn how to diagnose and assess patients, administer medication, manage airways, give life support, deal with injuries and more complex cases.

On campus, you’ll follow a patient’s journey using our simulation facilities. You could be treating manikin patients at home, inside our training ambulance or in our giant immersive space that doubles up as a variety of emergency scenes. We’ve even got a simulated A&E.

As the degree is validated by the Health and Care Professions Council, you’ll be able to apply to become a registered paramedic upon graduation.

On successful completion of study, we will issue the following award: BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science

Course Modules

Foundation Year : Basics of Body Systems; Diseases, Disorders & Injuries; Foundations of Clinical Practice; Fundamentals of Healthcare Governance and Key Skills

Year One: Foundations in Applied Practice and Simulation; Foundations of Assessment and Management for Paramedic Practice; Foundations of Biosciences; Foundations of Professional Paramedic Practice

Year Two: Applied Practice and Simulation; Assessment and Management for Paramedic Practice; Pathophysiology and Pharmacology; Research Principles and Evidence-Based Practice

Year Three: Advancing Assessment and Management for Paramedic Science; Advancing Professional Paramedic Practice; Applied Advancing Practice and Simulation; Transitioning to Autonomous Practice

Your course will provide you with opportunities to test your understanding of your subject informally before you complete the formal assessments that count towards your final mark. Each module normally includes practice or ‘formative’ assessments, for which you receive feedback from your tutor. Practice assessments are developmental and any grades you receive for them do not count towards your module mark. There is a formal or ‘summative’ assessment at the end of each module. This includes a range of coursework assessments, such as essays, reports, portfolios, performance, presentations, final year, independent project, and written examinations. The grades from formal assessments count towards your module mark.

Professionally accredited courses provide industry-wide recognition of the quality of your qualification.

• Health and Care Professions Council