BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science

Study based in Bournemouth. Placements (approximately 50% of your time) will be spent across the south.

If you’re looking for a worthwhile and rewarding career, then the role of paramedic may be just what you are looking for. This course will ensure that you are able to fulfil the dynamic role of a registered paramedic – ready for an evolving career.

Pre-hospital care

As well as providing emergency care for critically ill patients, you will develop advanced assessment and decision-making skills so you can decide the appropriate referral pathway for patients with less serious conditions.

Theory and practice

Our three-year course features a blended split of theory and practical elements and you will access extended reality technologies within the university, during both taught and student-managed learning sessions. In addition, there are opportunities to undertake training and exercises at external locations across the region.

Ambulance simulation suite

To help make sure that everything you learn can be applied to a practical setting, we will enable you to demonstrate your knowledge, applying it to the whole spectrum of clinical practice by working in our ambulance simulation suite and throughout our simulation laboratories in our state-of-theart Bournemouth Gateway Building. This will empower you to transition seamlessly into the pre-hospital healthcare teams, that are the foundations of modern paramedic clinical practice.

Approved degree

Our degree is approved by the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) and endorsed by The College of Paramedics. You’ll undertake over 2,000 hours of placement experience over your three years, so you’ll be ready to register as a qualified practitioner once you graduate.

The lecturers are registered paramedics, and are welcoming and very knowledgeable. The amount of placement hours on the course is invaluable as we have so many contact hours, meaning you feel prepared to qualify.

Claire Lear, student

Key areas of study

UCAS code 86G3

Key Information

Approved by: Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)

Accreditations:

Endorsed by: The College of Paramedics

Duration and delivery: 3 years full-time with mandatory placements

Entry requirements: 112 - 128 tariff points including 40 points in a required subject

Required subjects: Applied Human Biology, Applied Science, Biology, Health & Social Care, Human Biology, Life Science, Physical Education, Sport & Exercise Science

If English is not your first language: IELTS (Academic) 7.0 with a minimum of 6.5 in each component or equivalent

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