Course summary

Overview Paramedics work in a dynamic, challenging and constantly evolving profession where no two days are the same. Our BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science degree allows you to learn from our team of experienced, award-winning, and innovative staff, our practice partners, including West Midlands Ambulance University NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS) and a range of specialist guest speakers, on your journey to becoming a qualified paramedic. Training to be a paramedic at Worcester allows you to learn through hands-on experience, equipping you with both biomedical knowledge and problem-solving skills. The course promotes technical excellence alongside nurturing the key values that shape patient-centred care, meaning you will enter the workforce as a well-rounded, caring, and compassionate healthcare professional. Key features

• Experienced and award-winning staff team and a diverse range of specialist guest speakers

• Close partnership with West Midlands Ambulance University NHS Foundation Trust (WMAS)

• Varied alternative placements within a range of healthcare settings that involve working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and learning from and about other healthcare professionals

• Learn from people who use health and care services through working with our service user and carer group, IMPACT

• Eligibility to apply for professional registration as a paramedic with the Health and Care Professionals Council (HCPC) upon completion of the course

• Opportunity to progress on to our MSc top-up degrees

• For almost three decades, the University of Worcester has been educating professionals to work in the health and social care sectors, from Nurses and Midwives to Physiotherapists and Occupational Therapists, Paramedics to Physician Associates. Each year, hundreds of professionals graduate from Worcester and go on to make a significant contribution to society. The University’s new medical school welcomed its first cohort of students in September 2023. The Three Counties Medical School will help to address the pressing need for more doctors in this left-behind part of the Country.

• Worcester rose to become the number one English university (excluding specialist institutions) for sustained employment, further study, or both, three and five years after graduation in the 2022 Government-published Longitudinal Educational Outcomes survey, having been in the top 10 in 2020 and 2021. 96% of our graduates are in work or further study 15 months after graduating (Graduate Outcomes Survey 2022).

• The University of Worcester has been ranked in the top 5 in the UK for Quality Education in the Times Higher Education’s University Impact Rankings every year since its inception in 2019. The University has also been ranked in the top 5 in the UK for Gender Equality in all years of the rankings and currently holds the number one spot (2023).