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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Stag Hill
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
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Bachelor of Science (with Honours) - BSc (Hons)
Stag Hill
Full Time
SEP-25
3 Years
Select a an exam type
-Access our Clinical Simulation Centre, including our ambulance bay equipped with a working ambulance, to practise scenarios involving lifelike manikins and professional actors. -Spend half of your training in clinical practice placements, to develop your skills in a range of healthcare settings, under the supervision of qualified practitioners.-Learn from a multidisciplinary team of lecturers, who are all healthcare professionals with experience of working in the NHS.-Get the academic requirements needed to register with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) to work as a paramedic once you’ve graduated.
What you will studyThis course is designed in collaboration with the local ambulance trust and mapped to the College of Paramedics’ educational guidance.In your first year, you’ll study topics that are fundamental to paramedic science, including concepts of caring, essential paramedic practice, physical health, and research and evidence-based practice, ensuring you have a solid foundation upon which to build the rest of your degree.During your second year, you’ll learn about care across the lifespan, management of physical and mental health, patient assessments and public health.In your third year, you’ll delve deeper into effective decision-making for complex care, clinical leadership and consolidated paramedic practice, and patient management. You’ll also learn how to critically evaluate and appraise research and healthcare literature.Throughout your time at Surrey, you’ll also explore and develop the values required in modern healthcare, as outlined in the NHS Constitution.
Exam type
A levelA level:
ABB Grades / Points required
Scottish Higher:
AABBB Grades / Points required
Scottish Advanced Higher:
ABB Grades / Points required
Access to HE Diploma:
D:30,M:15 Grades / Points required
Extended Project:
A Grades / Points required
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme:
33 Grades / Points required
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016):
DDD Grades / Points required
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015):
Not currently available, please contact university for up to date information.
Overall: ABBWe do not include General Studies or Critical Thinking in our offers.Required subjects:An A level in a relevant science subject is required. Applicants taking the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass.Recent study within the last 5 years required.
Overall:AABBBRequired subjects:A relevant science is required.Recent study within the last 5 years required.GCSE or Equivalent:Scottish National 5: English Language - CScottish National 5: Maths - CScottish National 5: Science - C.
Overall: ABBRequired subjects:A relevant science is required.Recent study within the last 5 years required.GCSE or Equivalent:Scottish National 5: English Language - CScottish National 5: Maths - CScottish National 5: Science - C.
Overall:QAA recognised Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits overall including 30 at Distinction and 15 at Merit.Required subjects:Must include 15 level 3 credits in a science subject.Recent study within the last 5 years required.
Applicants taking the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) will receive our standard A-level offer for this programme, plus an alternate offer of one A-level grade lower, subject to achieving an A grade in the EPQ. The one grade reduction will not apply to any required subjects.Applicants can only receive one grade reduction from the published grades, an EPQ grade reduction can’t be applied in addition to other grade reductions made through other schemes such as Contextual Admissions or In2Surrey.
Overall: 33 overall including 5,5,5 at Higher Level.Required subjects:An accepted science HL5/SL6Recent study within the last 5 years required.GCSE or Equivalent: English A HL4/SL4 or English B HL5/SL6 and Mathematics (either course) HL4/SL4.
Overall:DDDRequired subjects:BTEC Applied Science. Other BTECs can be considered when taken with an A level in a relevant science subject.Recent study within the last 5 years required.
Overall:Pass overall with ABB from a combination of the Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate and two A levels. Applicants taking an A level science subject with the Science Practical Endorsement are required to pass the practical element. A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking are not accepted. Required subjects:A-level in a relevant science subject.Recent study within the last 5 years required.
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