Being a paramedic is a highly rewarding and stimulating career, with many opportunities to specialise. You will be working in unpredictable and challenging healthcare environments; as such, you will learn how to be dynamic with your decision-making, aptitude and application of skills. Experience placements in various clinical settings, such as the ambulance service, emergency departments, GP practices, mental health, and cardiology for example. • Access our fully equipped clinical skills suites, online resources, excellent library and IT facilities. • Benefit from our experienced teaching team's range of academic and clinical areas of special interest and research. • Study a curriculum focussing on quality patient management. • Embrace innovative ways to avoid unnecessary admissions of patients to Emergency Departments following the Right Care at the Right Time in the Right Place by the Right Person initiatives. • Develop leadership and management skills. • Learn on a programme that has service user and carer involvement at its core.

In your first year, you'll develop a knowledge base for working in emergency health in the community, learning safe practice, patient assessment and management skills, professional issues, communication abilities and response to major incidents. You will complete 485 hours of clinical placement time around the South West. In your second year, you'll learn how to improve decision-making skills, increase understanding of altered anatomy and physiology, pharmacological and medical, trauma and cardiac cases, obstetric, paediatric, and elderly groups for advanced clinical skills of patient management. Complete 485 hours of clinical placement time around the South West. In your final year you will develop further knowledge of clinical decision making involving advanced professional issues relating to healthcare practice; gain opportunities to expand your clinical effectiveness by refining your clinical skills, with the incorporation of minor illness and minor injury management; engage in a research project; and prepare for professional practice. An elective component in practice also enables you to explore specialist areas. You’ll complete 485 hours of clinical placement time around the South West. The modules shown for this course or programme are those being studied by current students, or expected new modules. Modules are subject to change depending on year of entry.

56% of assessment is by exam, 44% by coursework

Health and Care Professions Council

Paramedics, College of

26 January This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.

Course code: B784

Institution code: P60

Campus Name: Main Site

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The following entry points are available for this course:

Year 1

Entry Requirements for Advanced Entry are not listed for this Course.

5 GCSEs at grade C/4 or above to include Mathematics, English and Science. Preference is given to applicants who have obtained these grades on application. Please note the institution may consider equivalent numeracy and literacy qualifications. Functional Skills Level 2 Numeracy may be considered in lieu of GCSE Mathematics.

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Minimum Further Information are not listed for this Course.

Test	Grade	AdditionalDetails
IELTS (Academic)	7.0	With 6.5 in all elements.

Full details of English Language requirements can be found on our website.

English Language Requirements

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/international/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements

Student satisfaction : 55%

Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs): 74%

Go onto work and study: 89%

For all information about tuition fees, please visit our fees and funding pages at www.plymouth.ac.uk/study/fees * Fees are correct at the time of publication and may be subject to change.

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