Paramedic Science

Why choose this course?<br/><br/>If you want a career on the front line of emergency clinical care, making a difference to peoples lives when they need it most, this Paramedic Science degree course is for you.<br/><br/>This course:<br/><br/><br/>- is accredited by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).<br/><br/><br/>- is endorsed by the College of Paramedics<br/><br/><br/>- is designed around a spiral curriculum, recommended by the College of Paramedics, which allows learners to incorporate knowledge, skills, and behaviors to enable them to develop effectively from year one where students will be able to demonstrate competence, to year three where students will be able to autonomously assess and create holistic treatment plans for service users based on sound decision making and evidence-based practice.<br/><br/><br/>- can improve student’s employability and future employment prospects within emergency and urgent healthcare whether on an emergency ambulance or other healthcare setting.<br/><br/><br/>- in partnership with WAST, includes placements on ambulances responding to emergency and urgent care cases on shifts 24 hours a day, 7 days a week across North Wales, which are supported by Practice Educators. There will also be alternative emergency and urgent healthcare placements throughout the course to expand the learner’s understanding of the wider provision of health and social care in Wales.<br/><br/><br/>Key course features:<br/>- Study a course that is accredited by the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC) meaning it meets their professional and educational standards.<br/><br/><br/>- Study a course that is endorsed by the College of Paramedics.<br/><br/><br/>- Study Paramedic Science in North Wales and support local service users and services during placements.<br/><br/><br/>- The programme has been fully developed with the modern Paramedic professional in mind, benchmarked against the Health and Care Professions Council standards and the College of Paramedics curriculum guidance.<br/><br/><br/>- Experience a truly integrated interprofessional approach to teaching and learning both on-campus and during clinical placements.<br/><br/><br/>- Learn through Simulation-Based Education (SBE) which allows learner’s to apply theory to practice in realistic settings.<br/><br/><br/>- Improving equipment and facilities to the University’s Health Education and Innovation Quarter thanks to investment from Health Education and Improvement Wales.<br/><br/><br/>- The main delivery site for this course is our Wrexham campus. Occasional interprofessional education sessions may be delivered from our St Asaph campus with students from various nursing and allied health courses.<br/>