Paramedic Science Foundation Degree / 2014

This course will enable you to train as a paramedic, providing immediate assistance to patients in the emergency pre-hospital care environment. The degree combines learning in the workplace with academic study and is delivered by St George’s, University of London and Kingston University in conjunction with NHS Ambulance Trusts.

Paramedic Science Foundation DegreeTwo years, full time

Apply through UCAS code B780, institution code S49

UCAS deadline is 15 January

UK and EU citizens may apply

Accreditation: Health and Care Professions Council

You will spend 1,500 hours over your degree on placement with one of the busiest ambulance services in the world, London Ambulance Service (LAS)

Shared campus with one of the largest teaching hospitals in the UK

This course is taught in partnership with Kingston University. You will benefit from a large, multi-faculty experience combined with the health science expertise offered by St George’s, University of London

Careers advice embedded into our teaching

Modules are taught throughout the academic year on two sequential days per week, although some modules do require attendance every day for a full week.

Some modules are delivered online or at one of the ambulance trust education centres. A course plan for the year will tell you when you are studying on campus at St George’s and when you must attend a seminar at an ambulance centre. All the centres are based in London and are accessible by public transport.

In addition to the face-to-face learning, students spend on average 20 hours per week working online, assimilating information, performing activities and undertaking self-directed learning. Delivery may vary from one module to another, but the team at St George’s will ensure you are always properly guided and advised.

Work-based placements across London are interspersed throughout the two years. These help you link the theoretical knowledge you gain at lectures and seminars with your practical experiences, so you learn how best to deliver patient care.

The modules covered throughout the two years provide an introduction to the basic theories underpinning the health sciences and specialist teaching in subjects related to paramedic science.

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Learning

Degree structure

Year oneModules/placement

Foundations of Paramedic Science

Out of Hospital Care

Paramedic Portfolio

Ambulance placement

Year twoModules/placement

Foundations of Paramedic Science

Out of Hospital Care

Paramedic Portfolio

Hospital placement

Ambulance placement

We employ a range of assessment methods including:

Assignments, essays, reports, multiple choice exams, presentations and clinical practice assessments.

This course prepares graduates to join ambulance teams – assessing, treating and transporting sick and injured people and helping individuals, families and groups meet their healthcare needs in an emergency or crisis. With further study, graduates may specialise in extended care, critical care, management or research.

Through The Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education at St George’s graduates can top-up their Foundation Degree with Continuing Personal and Professional Development (CPPD) modules to a Bachelor’s Degree.

Weeks Taught

Taught

Taught

Clinical 21

Weeks Taught

Taught

Taught

Clinical 4

Clinical 21

Assessing your progress

Your future

During my London Ambulance Service (LAS) placement, the most extraordinary experience was comforting a teenager who feared that they might be HIV positive. My job, it turned out, was to listen without judging, explain things clearly, provide reassurance where I could, and advice. Practical skills are vital, but no more so than the ability to empathise and communicate with patients.

Matt Whitehouse Paramedic Science Foundation Degree Second Year

Entry requirementsIf you meet the minimum requirements set out below, you will be called for interview. With the exception of GCSEs, all qualifications must be completed within a five-year period including year of application.

NationalityCitizen of the UK, EU or EEA or individual with indefinite leave to remain

GCSEs or equivalentA* to C

A minimum of five subjects to include English Language, Maths, Biology, Chemistry and Physics or Double Award Science.

If you studied under an educational system that did not include GCSEs we will consider your academic record at the equivalent stage. However, we will not accept Adult Literacy and Numeracy or Functional Maths in leiu of GCSEs.

A Levels or equivalentA Levels

BCC

Three A2 Level subjects to include at least one science subject, excluding Sociology General Studies and Key Skills not accepted

A Levels must be completed within two years, modular re-sits will be considered

International Baccalaureate

Full award diploma with an overall minimum score of 24

544 at Higher Level (HL)

444 at Standard Level (SL)

Biology or Chemistry (Score 5 at HL)

Mathematics and English Language (at SL)

Access Diploma

Full award diploma

60 credits at level 3

18 credits at distinction

27 credits at merit

30 science-related credits, specifically Biology modules graded at distinction or merit, excludes Sociology.

With the exception of GCSE equivalents (where required) any other Level 3 credits outside the 60 credits diploma will not be accepted.

If no GCSE English and Maths, you must achieve 12 level 3 GCSE English equivalent credits and 12 level 2 GCSE Maths equivalent credits in addition to the 60 credit diploma. Course transcript and/or syllabus may have to be provided. All units must be verified GCSE equivalent by the local Open College Network London Region (OCNLR).

Other qualifications

Overall grade C in one of the following lines of learning, with an additional A2 Level in a science subject at grade C

Construction and the Built Environment, Engineering or Health, Society & Development

AGNVQ Science at Distinction and Human Biology at A Level with a minimum grade B

Distinction, Merit, Merit in a science or healthcare-related subject

Distinction, Merit in a healthcare-related subject and supplemented with an additional science A Level

Grades

Subjects

Grades

Subjects

Award

Scores

Subjects

Award

Scores

Grades

Subjects (science-related diploma)

Additional credits

Other

14-19 Diploma

Advanced GNVQ

National Diploma (BTEC)

National Certificate (BTEC)

90 Units at level 1 and 2

Level 1: Exploring Science module, 60 units Level 2: Any other science, social science or healthcare based module, 30 units

If you do not have Maths GCSE A* to C, you will need to complete the Discovering Mathematics module, 30 units

All results must be received and verified by us by 1 September of the year of entry.

Certificate of Higher Education in Emergency Medical Care, two years, 120 credits

Merit

2.2 awarded in the past five years

Please note places are limited and dependant upon availability in the Ambulance Trust. Graduate Entry, one year full-time.

English language If English is not your first language while studying, evidence of your proficiency must be dated within the last two years.

(International English Language Testing System) 7.0 overall (including 7.0 in written element, and no section less than 6.5)

67 overall (including 67 in written element, and no section less than 61)

*Applicants who have sat the examination more than twice in one year will not be considered.

Other essential criteria Work or voluntary experience in a medical or health-related field and an ability to demonstrate a broad awareness of the scope of Paramedic Science. For further information on work experience please visit the ‘Experience it’ section at www.tasteofmedicine.com

Must be able to demonstrate an understanding of the paramedic sciences, and an awareness of and interest in the potential career opportunities.

Satisfactory clearance in both, including immunisation against Hepatitis B, MMR, Meningitis, TB and Chicken Pox.

As a registered paramedic you are not required to hold a driving license. However it will be easier to secure a job when you graduate if you do have a current driving license with no more than three points on it.

If you belong to a registered professional body, please provide details at interview.

Application and interviewPlease apply through UCAS (the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service) by 15 January (the year of entry).

www.ucas.com

Interviews are held after the application closing date, and take the form of multi-mini interviews.

Multi-mini interviews combine traditional-style questions with task-based activities, providing a high level of interaction and the opportunity to demonstrate more than just a taught knowledge of the field of paramedic science. For more information on interviews, please visit the ‘Scrubbing up’ section at www.tasteofmedicine.com

Fees£8,000 p/a*

*2013 entry fees are subject to annual review and change.

UK/EU students will not have to pay the cost of tuition upfront; students can apply for a tuition fee loan to cover the full cost of tuition fees. And there are generous bursaries available to help students from lower-income families.

IELTS

Pearsons test

Open University

University of East Anglia

Birkbeck College Certificate in Life Science

Undergraduate Science or health-related degree

IELTS

Pearsons test

Work experience

Personal statement

Health and Police Screening

Driving License

Professional registration

UK/EU

Other essential criteria

> work experience> personal statement > health screening > police screening

Nationality

A Levels or equivalent

> IB> Access diploma> Other qualifications

GCSEs or equivalent

English language> if first language

is not English

The University of London comprises 18 institutions. St George’s is now the only stand-alone medical school within the federation; combining all the benefits of a small, friendly university with those of one of the UK’s largest and most diverse.

We hope this booklet gives some real insight into completing a Paramedic Science Foundation Degree at St George’s. In short, you can undertake a specialist undergraduate degree here on a hospital site in a thriving London location, leading, we trust, to an extraordinary future in the health professions.

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