This 4-year full-time course is designed to equip students with the essential knowledge, practical skills and professional behaviours for a rewarding and lifelong career as a Paramedic. However, this 4-year programme also includes a Foundation Year which has a focus upon developing the key academic skills necessary for successful completion of the programme. These academic skills include academic writing, referencing and presentation skills and this course of study is targeted towards those applicants that might have been out of the education system for some time, or might have just fallen slightly short of the UCAS tariff for our 3-year programme. This BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science with Foundation Year widens participation into the profession and upon successful completion of this Foundation Year, students will progress seamlessly onto year 1 of our 3-year programme.
The University of Wolverhampton has been providing undergraduate Paramedic Science programmes since 2014 and you will be taught not only by Paramedics, but also by other subject matter experts (E.g. Midwives). We are a passionate and highly experienced teaching team who are ready to prepare you for a career as a Paramedic.
The course is fully accredited by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is run in partnership with West Midlands Ambulance Service. Once you have successfully completed the first year of this programme, you will be allocated an experienced mentor, and you will undertake supernumerary shifts responding to 999 calls across the region. This will give you the opportunity to assess and treat patients whilst being supported by a qualified clinician. You may also have the opportunity to undertake a specialist placement in a setting such as the emergency department, operating theatre, coronary care unit, maternity unit, minor injury unit or a healthcare facility within a prison. Please not that the BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science with Foundation Year does not include any clinical practice placements in the first year of study. This year is primarily a foundational year to support students in their transition from school/college or the workplace into a higher education setting.