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Paramedic Science (Pre-Registration) MSc

2024-25 (also available for 2025-26)

This course is eligible for Master's loan funding. Find out more.

Start date

23 September 2024

Duration

2 years full-time

About the course

Reasons to study

  1. Graduates, fast track your career in healthcare and become a Newly Qualified Paramedic in just two-years.
  2. Gain real-world experience through practice placements, with the local Ambulance Trust and healthcare providers.
  3. You will be taught by an experienced team of paramedic lecturers and practitioners who are all currently working in practice.

This exciting new course, which is subject to validation, provides an opportunity for those who have already undertaken a health related degree to undertake paramedic education. Paramedics are an integral and ever evolving part of the NHS workforce and work as autonomous practitioners, able to conduct complex examinations and undertake diagnostic management procedures. Paramedics work in a multitude of environments, providing urgent and emergency care to patients across the lifespan.

  • This two-year programme is the first of its kind in the North of England and was developed in conjunction with the Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust.
  • It provides strong post course employability as a Newly Qualified Paramedic (NQP).
  • The course provides a wealth of practice placement opportunities in both ambulance and non-ambulance settings.
  • This pre-registration course enables you to commence study at Masters level, the first of its kind within the North of England to offer this paramedic course

Master’s level students are expected to engage with more complex concepts, beyond that of a Bachelor degree and learners are required to be complete practitioners, capable of leading change and improving service quality.

Course detail

Core modules:

Foundations of Paramedic Practice

This module introduces you to the foundations of paramedic practice. You will develop your understanding of the principles of physical science including human development, normal, altered and applied anatomy and physiology leading to the holistic assessment and safeguarding of patients in your care. You will also gain an understanding of the psychological influences which impact on care and critically consider the ways in which safe, effective person centred care can be delivered through effective partnership working.

Contemporary Concepts in Paramedic Practice

This module introduces you to the core concepts to inform contemporary paramedic practice. You will develop an understanding of the HCPC and the purpose of the professional body for paramedics. You will develop your understanding of the current legal, ethical and moral frameworks which underpin paramedic practice. You will also develop your understanding of evidence-based practice which impacts on care and critically consider the ways in which safe, effective, holistic care can be delivered.

Paramedic Practice 1

This module introduces you to contemporary paramedic practice. You will develop your professional knowledge, skills and behaviours supporting the scope of clinical practice undertaken by a paramedic linked to the HCPC Standards of Proficiency (2014). This practical module provides opportunity for learning and developing skills through simulated and paramedic practice placements. Within the practice element you will undertake placements with the ambulance service and other healthcare environments. You will reflect on and applying what you have learnt in theory to your experiential learning

Assessment and Care of the Acute and Critically Ill

This module provides the opportunity to enhance your knowledge and understanding of acute and critical illness and traumatic injury. You will develop knowledge and understanding of the pathophysiological effects of the acute and critically unwell, and further develop your ability to assess, manage, and provide holistic care within an emergency setting. You will develop your understanding of how to formulate management plans to provide optimum care and an understanding of purpose of robust clinical decision making through examination of current evidence and developments in this field of care.

Entry requirements

Entry requirements for this course are normally:

  • An Honours degree (or equivalent) in a relevant human or health related subject
  • Provide a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and health clearances. We will request an Overseas Police Check if you have lived in a country outside of the UK for 6 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years before applying to us and whilst aged 18 or over
  • A conditional offer will be made upon completion of an APEL portfolio
  • GCSE Maths at grade 4 or above, or grade C or above if awarded under the previous GCSE grading scheme, or equivalent Ofqual regulated qualification
  • Relevant prior experience in a health environment
  • Potential to study at master’s level
  • Evidence of recent study (within 5 years)

Placement providers for this course may require you to have received a number of vaccinations, unless medically exempt, and provide evidence of these. As a student on a course with a clinical or healthcare placement, we strongly recommend that you complete any courses of vaccinations required under current guidelines for your future profession. Failure to do so may result in your inability to undertake a placement in certain clinical settings, therefore impacting upon your academic progression, and may result in academic failure of your course.

If your first language is not English, you will need to meet the minimum requirements of an English Language qualification. The minimum for IELTS is 6.5 overall with no element lower than 6.0, or equivalent. Read more about the University’s entry requirements for students outside of the UK on our Where are you from information pages.

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Placements


Placements will be positioned at regular intervals throughout the course in approximately six week blocks. Both ambulance placements and non-ambulance placements are included and progression through the course will follow a development trajectory with more specialist placements coming later in the course.

Non-ambulance placements are sought in a variety of areas, such as; Accident and Emergency, Acute Care Ward (for example Medical Assessment Units), fundamental care (care homes, hospice), critical care (ITU/HUD/PPCI), Labour/Birthing Ward, acute elderly care, mental health.

Student support

At the University of Huddersfield, you'll find support networks and services to help you get ahead in your studies and social life. Whether you study at undergraduate or postgraduate level, you'll soon discover that you're never far away from our dedicated staff and resources to help you to navigate through your personal student journey. Find out more about all our support services.

A wide range of resources are also offered within the School of Human and Health Sciences, which provides you with support in a variety of areas. These include:

Student Hub: a one stop shop for students, studying within the School. Their services include offering advice on extenuating circumstances, extension requests, course progression, suspension and welfare support, organising appointments with academic staff and signposting to other support networks.

Academic Skills Development Team: support students to develop their academic skills and build their confidence in order to improve their grades. The team provide support with academic skills including essay writing, being critical, reflective writing, numeracy, research skills, presentations and group work skills; as well as personal development for example time management.

Learning Technology Support Unit: helps students with any problems they experience with the University’s Brightspace Learning System, including logging on or difficulties experienced when accessing and using modules, and with the PebblePad platform, which is used by students when they go out on placements.

Important information

We will always try to deliver your course as described on this web page. However, sometimes we may have to make changes as set out below.

Changes to a course you have applied for

If we propose to make a major change to a course that you are holding an offer for, then we will tell you as soon as possible so that you can decide whether to withdraw your application prior to enrolment.

Cancellation of a course you have applied for

Although we always try and run all of the course we offer, we may occasionally have to withdraw a course you have applied for or combine your programme with another programme if we consider this reasonably necessary to ensure a good student experience, for example if there are not enough applicants to ensure you have a good learning experience. Where this is the case we will notify you as soon as reasonably possible and we will contact you to discuss other suitable courses with us we can transfer your application to. If we notify you that the course you have applied to has been withdrawn or combined, and you do not wish to transfer to another course with us, you may cancel your application and we will refund you any deposits or fees you have paid to us.

Changes to your course after you enrol as a student

We will always try to deliver your course and other services as described. However, sometimes we may have to make changes as set out below:

Changes to option modules

Where your course allows you to choose modules from a range of options, we will review these each year and change them to reflect the expertise of our staff, current trends in research and as a result of student feedback or demand for certain modules. We will always ensure that you have a range of options to choose from and we will let you know in good time the options available for you to choose for the following year.

Major changes

We will only make major changes to the core curriculum of a course or to our services if it is necessary for us to do so and provided such changes are reasonable. A major change in this context is a change that materially changes the services available to you; or the outcomes, or a significant part, of your course, such as the nature of the award or a substantial change to module content, teaching days (part time provision), classes, type of delivery or assessment of the core curriculum.

For example, it may be necessary to make a major change to reflect changes in the law or the requirements of the University’s regulators; to meet the latest requirements of a commissioning or accrediting body; to improve the quality of educational provision; in response to student, examiners’ or other course evaluators’ feedback; and/or to reflect academic or professional changes within subject areas. Major changes may also be necessary because of circumstances outside our reasonable control, such as a key member of staff leaving the University or being unable to teach, where they have a particular specialism that can’t be adequately covered by other members of staff; or due to damage or interruption to buildings, facilities or equipment.

Major changes would usually be made with effect from the next academic year, but this may not always be the case. We will notify you as soon as possible should we need to make a major change and will carry out suitable consultation with affected students. If you reasonably believe that the proposed change will cause you detriment or hardship we will, if appropriate, work with you to try to reduce the adverse effect on you or find an appropriate solution. Where an appropriate solution cannot be found and you contact us in writing before the change takes effect you can cancel your registration and withdraw from the University without liability to the University for future tuition fees. We will provide reasonable support to assist you with transferring to another university if you wish to do so.

Termination of course

In exceptional circumstances, we may, for reasons outside of our control, be forced to discontinue or suspend your course. Where this is the case, a formal exit strategy will be followed and we will notify you as soon as possible about what your options are, which may include transferring to a suitable replacement course for which you are qualified, being provided with individual teaching to complete the award for which you were registered, or claiming an interim award and exiting the University. If you do not wish to take up any of the options that are made available to you, then you can cancel your registration and withdraw from the course without liability to the University for future tuition fees and you will be entitled to a refund of all course fees paid to date. We will provide reasonable support to assist you with transferring to another university if you wish to do so.

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The Office for Students (OfS) is the principal regulator for the University.

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