Overview
The Paramedic Science, M.Sc degree from Keele University prepares you to meet the challenges of fast-paced healthcare environments, equipping you with the clinical expertise, practical experience, and confidence needed to deliver exceptional care to individuals at their most critical moments.
The programme will nurture your development into a highly skilled paramedic who is equipped to work at the forefront of emergency, urgent, primary and community-based care. Career potential extends beyond the ambulance service with opportunities for you to undertake roles in leadership, management or research.
To develop your professional paramedic skills our curriculum integrates theory, clinical practice and simulation. You’ll undertake practice-based learning on placements within the health service, including the ambulance service, intensive care, walk-in centres, social care settings and emergency departments. These placements will enhance your clinical skills, allowing you to deliver high quality care, excellent patient experience and ensuring you meet the Health and Care Professions Council standards of proficiency for paramedics.
Reflecting the dynamic nature of the healthcare environment, our multidisciplinary programme supports collaboration with other healthcare professionals including doctors, midwives, nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists and radiographers. This fosters your critical thinking, decision-making, problem-solving and communication skills, and builds the confidence and adaptability required to navigate complex and unpredictable settings.
Clinical skills workshops will allow you to practice specific paramedicine skills under the guidance of experienced clinical professionals. You will also advance your knowledge of human anatomy and physiology, human disease, palliative care, obstetric and gynaecological conditions, pathophysiology, pharmacological and non-pharmacology treatments. Leadership and management theories are also explored to develop your understanding of the importance of clinical leadership within paramedic practice. You’ll also use the latest technology for remote patient assessment and care and deepen your understanding of the importance of data in effective healthcare decision-making.
Career opportunities:
The additional clinical knowledge and competencies gained on our Paramedic Science MSc include enhanced assessment skills, leadership qualities and robust evidence-based practice. This supports rapid career development and can lead to exciting career opportunities in emergency, urgent and primary care.
The course aligns to the four pillars of advanced enhanced paramedic practice – clinical, leadership, education and research. Each pillar is associated with an array of future employment opportunities
Upon graduation you will be eligible to register with the Health and Care Professions Council as a registered Paramedic. Our programme utilises a rotational model as detailed by the Health Education England Rotating Paramedic Programme (2018), so you can engage with a wide range of practice to support improvement of patient experience and provide a range of career opportunities upon qualification.
The majority of graduates will work within a variety of settings within the NHS. On successful completion of the programme, you will have studied to an advanced practice level, however, to develop your future career you may be required to undertake further study and continuing professional development.
You may also be required to develop experience in your area of practice to further enhance your opportunities. Career prospects for you upon graduation from this programme may include:
Clinical Practice as a Paramedic:
- Ambulance Paramedic
- Primary care*
- Urgent and Emergency and/or Critical Care*
- Advanced Paramedic/Clinical Practitioner* – (Accident & Emergency, Critical Care, Primary Care)
- Consultant Paramedic
*The clinician must typically have 3 years post qualification experience before being eligible to progress into advanced practice roles and to study Independent & Supplementary Prescribing for Allied Health Professionals (plus additional entry criteria).
Leadership and Management:
- Team Leader
- Manager
- Senior Manager
- Director
Programme Structure
Courses include:
Clinical Leadership for Paramedics
Advancing Practice Project
Enhanced Paramedic Practice
Applied Practice & Simulation for Paramedics
Behavioural Health for Paramedics
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 24 months
Start dates & application deadlines
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Credits
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Campus Location
- Keele, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic requirements
English requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- 2:1 in a biomedical science or health-related subject (e.g. Biomedical Science, Biochemistry, Physiology, Healthcare Science, Pharmacy, Nursing, Midwifery or Physiotherapy)OR
2.2 degree in a biomedical science or health related subject (e.g. Biomedical Science, Biochemistry, Physiology, Healthcare Science, Pharmacy, Nursing, Midwifery or Physiotherapy)
All of our courses require an English language qualification or test. For most students, this requirement can be met with a 4 or C in GCSE English. Please see our English Language guidance pages for further details, including English language test information for international students.
Normally, you will need to provide at least one academic reference to support your application unless you have been out of study longer than two years. If it has been more than two years since you last studied on a degree-level programme, you will normally need to provide an employment reference instead.
Work experience
A minimum of 2 years full or part time relevant paid/unpaid experience.
Tuition Fees
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Applies to youCitizens or residents9535 GBP / year≈ 9535 GBP / year
Living costs
Keele
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