The MSc Advanced Paramedic Practice programme is designed to meet the needs of paramedics who want to advance their careers. It offers a master's level study path that suits their professional goals and personal interests. This programme helps paramedics develop better clinical skills and learn how to make important decisions for patients in different healthcare settings. It also teaches them how to contribute effectively to the broader healthcare system, tackling modern challenges in healthcare delivery. By emphasising leadership and continuous learning, the programme prepares students to take on leadership roles and stay up-to-date with changes in healthcare.
Advanced Research Methods (Specific to Clinical Role)
30 Credits
This module is designed chiefly to direct learning and facilitate independent study in order to develop students' knowledge of the evaluation of empirical literature, research design and data interpretation, relating to the student's field. The module will provide further knowledge on the critical appraisal of evidence from published literature, qualitative and quantitative research methodologies, structured literature reviewing, ethics, data collection and analysis. The intention is for students to be able to discriminate between different research methodologies suitable to answer specific pertinent practice-based questions.
Masters Dissertation (Specific to Clinical Role)
60 Credits
The Dissertation module is a key element of the postgraduate suite of post-registration programmes. Its purpose is to enable Masters level students to develop the ability to collect, evaluate and disseminate knowledge relevant to their area of professional practice. It will provide students with an opportunity to engage in a focused piece of research and enhance their knowledge and skills in the following: identifying gaps in the evidence generating research questions and hypotheses selecting, reviewing and summarizing relevant literature applying appropriate methods, including data collection and analysis judging evidence interpreting and discussing findings as well as thinking and writing critically, coherently and academically.
Clinical Role Specific Modules – Urgent & Primary Care
Advanced Assessment and Management of Illness and Injury
30 Credits
Within the context of planned and unplanned care delivery, the advanced assessment and management of patients has become a requirement for Advanced Practitioners. Consequently, this module aims to enable practitioners, to develop the requisite knowledge and advanced clinical and leadership skills to assess, diagnose, manage and where necessary, appropriately refer-on patients.
This module covers key themes which include the political, legal and ethical issues that underpin professional development advanced clinical assessment, clinical decision making and management.
Developing Advanced Practice
30 Credits
This module is work based and aims to support the student as they acknowledge challenges in their current practice. It permits students to advance an area of their professional practice or to study a specialised area of practice.
The module aims to enable and enhance a student's vision, specialist skills and creative problem-solving abilities or to develop skills or strategies that aim to push boundaries and pioneer change in practice. The development of specialist and innovative areas of practice are expected to address selective training and development needs of the service and influence the implementation of improved and effective practice with patients, service users and carers.
The content of the module will be determined by the students' own specific learning requirements and possibly the needs of their organisation. The module promotes a flexible approach to continuous professional development.
Learning will be predominantly work based (in the workplace, for the workplace, from colleagues and peers) which will require students to be largely self-directed and able to identify their own support needs. A (tripartite) learning contract and plan will be compiled by the student in collaboration, if appropriate, with their employer or academic supervisor / mentor and the module leader.
The negotiated learning contract and plan will be critically evaluated in relation to its learning outcomes, the teaching and learning strategies and assessment methods. This approach will enable students wishing to attain achievement of competency to practice in their defined area, to identify and agree appropriate learning outcomes and assessment criteria to meet professional practice requirements.
Clinical Role Specific Modules – Critical Care
Work-Based Advanced Skills & Innovative Practices (1) (Clinical Role Specific Outcomes)
30 Credits
This module is work based and aims to support the student as they acknowledge challenges in their current practice. It permits students to advance an area of their professional practice or to study a specialised area of practice.
The module aims to enable and enhance a student's vision, specialist skills and creative problem solving abilities or to develop skills or strategies that aim to push boundaries and pioneer change in practice. The development of specialist and innovative areas of practice are expected to address selective training and development needs of the service and influence the implementation of improved and effective practice with patients, service users and carers.
The content of the module will be determined by the students' own specific learning requirements and possibly the needs of their organisation. The module promotes a flexible approach to continuous professional development. Learning will be predominantly work based (in the work place, for the workplace and from colleagues and peers) which will require students to be largely self-directed and able to identify their own support needs.
A (tripartite) learning contract and plan will be compiled by the student in collaboration, if appropriate, with their employer or academic supervisor / mentor and the module leader. The negotiated learning contract and plan will be critically evaluated in relation to its learning outcomes, the teaching and learning strategies and assessment methods. This approach will enable students wishing to attain achievement of competency to practice in their defined area, to identify and agree appropriate learning outcomes and assessment criteria to meet professional practice requirements.
Work-Based Advanced Skills & Innovative Practices (2) (Clinical Role Specific Outcomes)
30 Credits
This module is work based and aims to support the student as they acknowledge challenges in their current practice. It permits students to advance an area of their professional practice or to study a specialised area of practice.
The module aims to enable and enhance a student's vision, specialist skills and creative problem solving abilities or to develop skills or strategies that aim to push boundaries and pioneer change in practice. The development of specialist and innovative areas of practice are expected to address selective training and development needs of the service and influence the implementation of improved and effective practice with patients, service users and carers.
The content of the module will be determined by the students' own specific learning requirements and possibly the needs of their organisation. The module promotes a flexible approach to continuous professional development. Learning will be predominantly work based (in the work place, for the workplace and from colleagues and peers) which will require students to be largely self-directed and able to identify their own support needs.
A (tripartite) learning contract and plan will be compiled by the student in collaboration, if appropriate, with their employer or academic supervisor / mentor and the module leader. The negotiated learning contract and plan will be critically evaluated in relation to its learning outcomes, the teaching and learning strategies and assessment methods. This approach will enable students wishing to attain achievement of competency to practice in their defined area, to identify and agree appropriate learning outcomes and assessment criteria to meet professional practice requirements.
Advanced Leadership for Health and Social Care Practitioners
30 Credits
This core module aims to provide experiences learners with opportunities to develop an advanced knowledge and understanding of contemporary leadership in the context of an evolving health, social acre and educational landscape. Drawing upon learners' existing knowledge base and experience of leadership, the concepts, theories and issues introduced during this module are intended to stimulate critical thinking, creativity and debate. Students will be expected to interpret the key principles of advanced leadership at professional, organisational and strategic levels.
Work-Based Advanced Skills & Innovative Practices (1)
30 Credits
This module is work based and aims to support the student as they acknowledge challenges in their current practice. It permits students to advance an area of their professional practice or to study a specialised area of practice.
The module aims to enable and enhance a student's vision, specialist skills and creative problem solving abilities or to develop skills or strategies that aim to push boundaries and pioneer change in practice. The development of specialist and innovative areas of practice are expected to address selective training and development needs of the service and influence the implementation of improved and effective practice with patients, service users and carers.
The content of the module will be determined by the students' own specific learning requirements and possibly the needs of their organisation. The module promotes a flexible approach to continuous professional development. Learning will be predominantly work based (in the work place, for the workplace and from colleagues and peers) which will require students to be largely self-directed and able to identify their own support needs.
A (tripartite) learning contract and plan will be compiled by the student in collaboration, if appropriate, with their employer or academic supervisor / mentor and the module leader. The negotiated learning contract and plan will be critically evaluated in relation to its learning outcomes, the teaching and learning strategies and assessment methods. This approach will enable students wishing to attain achievement of competency to practice in their defined area, to identify and agree appropriate learning outcomes and assessment criteria to meet professional practice requirements.
Work-Based Advanced Skills & Innovative Practices (2)
15 Credits
This module is work based and aims to support the student as they acknowledge challenges in their current practice. It permits students to advance an area of their professional practice or to study a specialised area of practice.
The module aims to enable and enhance a student's vision, specialist skills and creative problem solving abilities or to develop skills or strategies that aim to push boundaries and pioneer change in practice. The development of specialist and innovative areas of practice are expected to address selective training and development needs of the service and influence the implementation of improved and effective practice with patients, service users and carers. The content of the module will be determined by the students' own specific learning requirements and possibly the needs of their organisation.
The module promotes a flexible approach to continuous professional development. Learning will be predominantly work based (in the work place, for the workplace and from colleagues and peers) which will require students to be largely self-directed and able to identify their own support needs. A (tripartite) learning contract and plan will be compiled by the student in collaboration, if appropriate, with their employer or academic supervisor / mentor and the module leader. The negotiated learning contract and plan will be critically evaluated in relation to its learning outcomes, the teaching and learning strategies and assessment methods. This approach will enable students wishing to attain achievement of competency to practice in their defined area, to identify and agree appropriate learning outcomes and assessment criteria to meet professional practice requirements.
Prescribing for Healthcare Practitioners
30 Credits
