Course summary

This dynamic course develops your clinical knowledge and confidence, equipping you with the skills needed for emergency and unscheduled care while ensuring you meet the requirements of the modern ambulance service and expanding paramedic role. With a high employment rate, the course takes you from novice to expert over three years of study, using a blended approach to learning so theory clearly meets practice. It also builds your clinical reasoning, critical thinking and leadership skills. Course Accreditation/Industry Endorsement

• The course is recognised by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC). On successful completion of your course, you will be eligible to register as a paramedic.

• Two clinical-training ambulances

• Fully immersive simulation area including: assisted living space; industrial space with scaffolding; hoarder’s room; nightclub area; social deprivation room (drug den); standard lounge; cluttered bedroom

• The course has been developed in partnership with the East of England Ambulance Service, an NHS Trust serving six million people over 7,500 square miles.

• Our Paramedic Science courses rank 1st in their subject area for ‘value added’ progression - how students’ entry qualifications compare with their degree results (Guardian, 2024).

• Gain simulated and real-life supervised experience of the situations you will attend as a qualified paramedic

• Complete 750 hours of placement learning a year, spending around 50% of your time in supervised supported practice so you experience the full 24-hour working pattern and learn to work as part of the wider healthcare team.

• Cross-sector placements take in a range of settings such as ambulance control; GP surgeries; charities for the homeless; hospice; or hospital.

• Explore service improvement with your final-year research project and present your findings at an annual conference.

• Our course groups are small so you are able to build supportive relationships with other students and your academic team

• Our Bedford campus itself is a small, thriving academic community where academic staff get to know you well.