PAR-10001 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

Programme/Approved Electives for 2024/25

Available as a Free Standing Elective

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2024/25

The Public Health and Wellbeing for Paramedics module will provide you with an overview of key local and national public health challenges in emergency and urgent care and prepare you in developing both personal and professional resilience. The theme of personal resilience and wellbeing is core to professional paramedic practice. Therefore, this module will support you in devising personal coping strategies and introduce you to human factors and the de-briefing concept and reflection used in paramedic practice through a blended learning delivery method.

This module provides the foundation for developing and supporting personal resilience at the beginning of the MSci Paramedic Science programme and is essential in developing students awareness of personal mental health, public health and resilience. The challenges of full-time study, wellbeing and resilience, and the contribution of human factors on the individual will be core themes throughout the programme, therefore, this module will assist students in developing coping strategies to support resilience in studying the programme.
Content linked to the College of Paramedic Curriculum Guidance for Public Health and Wellbeing (CoP, 2019), the Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Proficiency for Paramedics (HCPC, 2014) and QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Paramedics (QAA, 2019)
College of Paramedics:
Indicative Content
Health psychology
ILO 3 & Indicative Content
C1.2.12, C1.2.13, C1.2.14
Sociology of Health
ILO 2 & Indicative Content
C1.2.16, C1.2.17.1, C1.2.17.2, C1.2.17.3, C1.2.18
Public health
ILO 1 & Indicative Content
C1.5.1, C1.5.2
Health promotion
ILO 2 & Indicative Content
C1.5.3, C1.5.4, C1.5.5
Personal resilience
ILO 4 & Indicative Content
C1.6.10, C1.6.11, C1.6.12
Human factors
Indicative Content
C1.6.13, C1.6.14, C1.6.15
Available at: https://collegeofparamedics.co.uk/COP/ProfessionalDevelopment/Paramedic_Curriculum_Guidance.aspx
Health and Care Professions Council:
3. Be able to maintain fitness to practise
Indicative Content
3.1, 3.2, 3.4,
5. be aware of the impact of culture, equality and diversity on practice
ILO 3 & Indicative Content
5.2
14. be able to draw on appropriate knowledge and skills to inform practice
ILO 1 & Indicative Content
14.1
Available at:
https://www.hcpc-uk.org/resources/standards/standards-of-proficiency-paramedics/
QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Paramedics:
4.2 -
ILO 2 & 3 & Indicative Content
iv, v, vi, xvii
Available at:
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaa/subject-benchmark-statements/subject-benchmark-statement-paramedics.pdf?sfvrsn=7735c881_4

Intended Learning Outcomes

Discuss key public health priorities nationally and locally in emergency and urgent care.: 1
Develop a contextual understanding of the role of the paramedic in health education, health promotion and influencing behaviour.: 1
Recognise the influence of cultural, religious and socio-economic behaviours on health and illness.: 1
Identify factors that impact personal well-being and resilience.: 1

Study hours

Lead Lectures - 27 hours (in situ/synchronous & asynchronous)
Seminar - 8 hours (In-situ/Synchronous)
Group work - 12 hours (in situ)
Presentation workshop - 2 hours (in-situ. asynchronous)
Tutorials - 1 hour (synchronous)
Independent study - 100 hours to include directed reading, research and assessment preparation.

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment