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Practice Education for Paramedics (HHH3010)

2024-25 (also available for 2025-26, 2026-27)

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Start date

16 September 2024

Duration

9 months part-time

Credits: 20 Honours level credits

Code: HHH3010

Places available (subject to change)

20

About the course

This course is aimed at qualified paramedics working within the Ambulance Service. It helps prepare you to act as a practice educator to students studying on pre-registration paramedic education programmes, approved by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC), as well as newly qualified paramedics during their preceptorship period.

  • This course was developed in consultation with local employers and will enable you to meet the standard for ‘Practice Educators’ (College of Paramedics 2017).
  • You will undertake most of your learning in practice through your work with students.You will be supervised by an experienced practice educator (paramedic) who will support you in applying teaching and learning theory and research to your teaching in clinical practice.
  • Practice based learning will be supported through research informed taught sessions and directed activities. It will provide you with an opportunity to develop your critical thinking skills and enhance your knowledge and skills in facilitating learning in paramedic practice.

Practice education is a multi-faceted role which includes drawing on excellent interpersonal skills to teach, assess, facilitate and role model expert practice. Practice based education is a critical component of the learning and development of the future paramedic and underpins lifelong learning.

Teaching and assessment

This course follows the requirements of the College of Paramedics (2017)), standard for Practice Educators.

Practice based learning will be supported through research informed online sessions and supervision by an experienced practice educator (paramedic) where you will be supported in applying teaching and learning theory and research to your teaching in clinical practice.

You will be assessed through a presentation and submission of a portfolio where you will evidence that you have met the standard for ‘Practice Educators’ (College of Paramedics 2017).

Entry requirements

You must be:

  • a qualified Paramedic, registered with the HCPC.
  • able to identify and negotiate access to relevant opportunities and experiences of mentoring in order to demonstrate your skills and competencies in Practice Education.
  • able to access supervision from an appropriately experienced mentor.

Student support

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Important information

Although we always try and ensure we deliver our courses as described, sometimes we may have to make changes for the following reasons

When you enrol as a student of the University, your study and time with us will be governed by our terms and conditions, Handbook of Regulations and associated policies. It is important that you familiarise yourself with these as you will be asked to agree to them when you join us as a student. You will find a guide to the key terms here, along with the Student Protection Plan.

Although we always try and ensure we deliver our courses as described, sometimes we may have to make changes for the following reasons

Changes to a course you have applied for but are not yet enrolled on

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. 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. Where this is the case we will notify you as soon as reasonably possible and we will discuss with you other suitable courses we can transfer your application to. If 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

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 an equivalent range of options to that advertised for the course. 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 non-optional modules on a course if it is necessary for us to do so and provided such changes are reasonable. A major change is a change that substantially changes 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), 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 or a commissioning or accrediting body. We may also make changes to improve the course in response to student, examiners’ or other course evaluators’ feedback or to ensure you are being taught current best practice. 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, or pandemics.

Major changes would usually be made with effect from the next academic year, but may happen sooner in an emergency. We will notify you as soon as possible should we need to make a major change and will carry out suitable consultation. 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.

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 in accordance with the student protection plan.

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