Practice Development: Enhancing Paramedic Practice

Why study with us?

Are you a paramedic looking for continuing professional development at MSc level? The MSc Practice Development: Enhancing Paramedic Practice has been developed in collaboration with the North West Ambulance Service to meet the educational needs of paramedics.

We understand the need for a flexible approach to learning and the demands of shift work. You may be in work and want to broaden your knowledge and skills and improve your career prospects. We can provide you with a flexible solution to your study needs. You would study this course part-time, through distance and work-based learning.

Here at the University of Cumbria we have been providing continuing professional development for paramedics since 2000. The course is delivered by subject specialism team members with extensive experience in distance learning.

What can this course lead to?

Having completed this MSc you could progress onto a PhD.

We also have a good range of stand alone modules and awards, which could be supportive of your continuing professional development, on subjects such as:

• Leadership and organisational change
• Respiratory assessment and management
• Service improvement
• Teamwork Personal effectiveness
• Pharmacology and prescribing practice
• First contact and emergency care.

This qualification will enable you to pursue a career at more senior level. Graduates of this course have gone on to become Senior, Advanced, Remote and Consultant Paramedics.

Students who exit the programme having completed 60 credits of study at level 7 with a Postgraduate Certificate Practice Development. Students may exit with a Postgraduate Diploma Practice Development on successful completion of 120 credits at level 7.

Resources and facilities

We are amongst the UK’s leading health and social care faculties and are proud of the high level of support we are able to offer to our students. We provide a wide range of high-quality courses supported by expert academic and clinical practice staff.

If you join us you will enjoy great facilities and learn alongside caring, committed and experienced professionals. Our employment record is excellent. Recently, our NHS related provision underwent a major review by the Quality Assurance Agency and we achieved the highest possible rating.

Have a look at our paramedic learning resources.

Entry requirements

1st or 2nd class honours degree

Students with other qualifications may be admitted to the course via APL procedures

More about levels and credits

Selection criteria

To access this course you must be a qualified paramedic, registered with the Health Care and Professions Council or an equivalent and presently working in an emergency ambulance service or similar accident and emergency/first contact health care practice environment.

You will need to provide a statement from your current employer who must make reference to your professional competence.

Selection is via telephone interview with the course leader

Additional contact information

Name: Sharon Seddon
Title: Senior Lecturer/ Paramedic Practitioner
Email: sharon.seddon@cumbria.ac.uk

Modules

120 credits from the core and core choice modules

• HPHP7002 Pre-Hospital Care: Contemporary Issues (20 Credits - Core)
• FHWG7000 Research Methods (20 Credits - Core)
• HLLG7004 Evidence Based Practice (20 Credits)
• HLLG7006 Leadership (20 Credits)
• HLLG7003 Dissertation (60 Credits - Core)

60 Further credits from the optional modules

• HPHG7002 Acute Care: Assessment and Management of the Acutely Ill Adult (20 Credits)
• HMFG7006 Advanced Assessment and Management of the Acutely Ill Child (20 Credits)
• HPHG7020 Long Term Conditions Care and Management (20 Credits)
• HPHG7024 Medicines: Therapeutics and Pharmacology (20 Credits)
• HPHG7004 Advanced Pathophysiology and Disease in Practice (20 Credits)
• HLLM7001 Multiprofessional Support of Learning and Assessment in Practice (20 Credits)
• HLLG7050 Management – Managing within a Strategic and Organisational Context (20 Credits)
• HEPP7001 Foundations of Academic Practice (30 Credits)
• HEPP7002 Advancing Academic Practice (30 Credits)
• HLLG 7011-14 Negotiated Learning (20 Credits)
• HLLG7015 Negotiated Learning (30 Credits)
• HLLG 7024 Negotiated Learning (10 Credits)
• HLLG 7016-19 Work Based Learning (20 Credits)
• HLLG 6031-35 Negotiated Learning (20 Credits)

Course summary

The MSc Practice Development: Enhancing Paramedic Practice has been designed in collaboration with the North West Ambulance Service to meet the needs of students working as Paramedics who are wishing to pursue work at a more senior level.

Here at the University of Cumbria we understand the demands that shift work presents so this course has been designed with you in mind. This course embraces e-learning technologies allowing you to study this course through distance and work based learning.