Professor Mary WatkinsChairman, Paramedic Pre-Registration Education and

Training Work Group

The future of Education in the Ambulance Service

Mixed academic qualifications at entryPublic protection and safety

Challenges

Requires competencybased Education

Challenges

Wide range of Emergency Incidence

Acute Psychiatric Cardiac Trauma

Maternity

Challenges

The need to cope with Breaking Bad News, Violence

and Aggression

Fear in the raw

• The Respiratory System• The Cardiovascular System• The Nervous System / Observation and

Assessment• Trauma Care• Thermal Injuries• Medical Conditions• Paediatric Care• Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Syllabus - Unit and Elements

• Lifelong learning• Workbased learning• Skills escalator• Underpinning knowledge• Attitude and development - eg cultural

sensitivity

Approaches

• NVQ• Further Education -• Higher Education -

Curriculum Structure

Should Paramedic Qualification and Professional Registration be at minimum of HE Diploma - Foundation Degree (as Nursing) or at Bachelor Degree (as are most other AHP’s)

Partnership working with Ambulance Trusts (1)

Workbased Learning

AccreditationLevel and lead deliverer

Workbased students

Univeristy based F/T Students

Delivery to include:

University Partnership

Accreditation1-2 years 1 year

* Use of work based skills laboratories* Face to Face at a distance* E-tutorials* Satellite* Problem Based Learning

Time

120 Level 1 CreditsCertificate level run within a

Trust for employees

Partnership working with Ambulance Trusts (2)

Trust Lead Level and DelivererWorkbased students

Univeristy based F/T Students

Delivery to include:

University some modules

eg clinical governance

1-2 years 1 year

* Use of work based skills laboratories* Face to Face at a distance* E-tutorials* Satellite* Problem Based Learning

Time

120 Level 2 CreditsDiploma level run between

Trust and University for employees

(2/ 3 workbased)(1/ 3 Uni)

Partnership working with Ambulance Trusts (3)

University leadLevel and Deliverer

Workbased students

Univeristy based F/T Students

Delivery to include:

some work based modules

1-2 years 1 year

* Use of work based skills laboratories* Face to Face at a distance* E-tutorials* Satellite* Problem Based Learning

Total Time 3-5 years 3 years

Time

120 Level 3 Credits

BSc(Hons)

(1/ 3 Trust) (2/ 3 University)

Registration Data

2001 2002

Arts Therapists 1,729 1,875Chiropodists 8,632 8,763Clinical Scientists 3,234 3,258Dieticians 5,139 5,396Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers 20,962 21,287Occupational Therapists 21,806 22,974Orthoptists 1,292 1,300Paramedics 8,504 8,552Physiotherapists 32,540 33,831Prosthetics and Orthotists 718 751Radiographers 20,531 21,275Speech and Language Therapists 6,637 7,724

131,724 136,986

Currently Registered

Already 5th largest Health Professional group