Paramedic Practice – DipHE

At a glance

Learn the essential lifesaving skills required to work as a paramedic on this well-established course. All places are currently commissioned by the Strategic Health Authority, and clinical placement is provided by ambulance trusts, which means that your course fees are paid for and you receive some financial support. Employment prospects for graduates are very good.

Key points
• Your course fees are currently paid for by the strategic health authority.• Clinical partnerships and placement is provided by either Yorkshire or East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trusts.
• Benefit from expert training on one of the first established UK paramedic course.

What is a paramedic?
Paramedics are the senior members of accident and emergency ambulance crews. They are trained in all aspects of pre-hospital emergency care and deal with emergency medical illness and traumatic injury.

Paramedics treat and stabilise patients at the scene of their accident or illness. In dealing with seriously ill or injured patients, your skills as a paramedic can often mean the difference between life and death.

This course

Learn how to combine theory and practice to meet the challenges of providing pre-hospital care, on this well-established course. You learn important skills as a paramedic that gives you the ability to treat and stabilise patients at the scene of an accident or emergency. This training gives you the knowledge to perform potentially lifesaving procedures whenever they are needed.

All places on this course are currently commissioned, which means that as a student you do not pay any course fees.

Most weeks you study for two days at the University and spend two days on placement. Your clinical placements are either with Yorkshire Ambulance Service or East Midlands Ambulance Service. This enables you to gain experience and apply your university-based learning to real life situations.

We provide modern facilities to help you develop clinical skills and specialist knowledge for your career. The course is normally based in our £13 million purpose-built Robert Winston Building on our Collegiate Crescent Campus. Here, clinical suites in the building replicate the hospital and community settings in which you learn and work.

You study some interprofessional education modules alongside students from other health disciplines, such as nurses, radiographers and midwives. This shared learning experience allows you to develop teamworking and understand the contribution different professionals make. This understanding is vital to modern healthcare practice.

Additional qualifications
As well as your paramedic qualification you also gain other certificates important for your career. In induction week, you will gain a HSE approved First Aid at Work Certificate. And as part of the course you complete a level 2 award in health awareness, which provides you with a certificate from the Royal Society for Public Health. We are currently the only university in the UK that offers this as part of our healthcare courses.

Key areas of study
Key areas include • preparation for paramedic practice • professional issues in paramedic practice • scientific basis • methods of enquiry.