Build on your critical thinking and applied healthcare knowledge required to be an HCPC registered paramedic. Whether you are a health, or allied health professional looking to broaden your professional base, a biological sciences graduate looking for a practical, patient focused career, or you want to make use of the critical analysis skills of your undergraduate degree in any other discipline, this course could be for you.

Paramedics occupy a unique place in healthcare provision globally, which often goes beyond primary, secondary and tertiary healthcare in many settings. There is an increasing need for the profession to understand complex healthcare needs as well as wider public health concerns. This course builds on the considerable critical thinking and applied healthcare knowledge gained through previous experiences and aligns that with the skills and knowledge required to be an HCPC registered paramedic. There is a strong emphasis on inter-professional and inter-agency learning throughout the course, and you will be encouraged to consider the role of different professions and how they work alongside paramedics. This may take the form of case scenarios, case discussion and visiting speakers from a variety of different clinical environments.

By integrating inter-professional learning with critical problem-solving skills, we will support you to make a unique contribution to your new profession, right from the start of your new career. We have adopted an integrative approach to practice education. Ensuring that practice is central to learning requires that we partner with providers that can help you to become an adaptive reflective practitioner. Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust, along with other NHS and non-NHS providers partner with the University to assist you in the transfer of theory into practice. This transition starts in the classroom, where you will engage with realistic scenarios and case studies.