PAR-10007 - 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 Applied Paramedic Practice and Simulation 1 module provides you with the means to apply theory into practice. Under the supervision and guidance of Practice Placement Educators and Mentors, you learn to develop clinical decision-making skills and formulate and deliver care management plans utilising clinical skills to provide care to service users in the clinical practice environment. You will be afforded the experience of the ambulance service and will begin to develop your knowledge and understanding of the paramedics role and scope of practice where you will experience the delivery of unscheduled, emergency, and urgent care during your placement. To further enhance skills attained during practice placements, you will undertake clinical simulation in Keele University's clinical skills and simulation facilities supported by practising paramedics, tutors, and a range of other medical and healthcare professionals.

This module will enable the student to develop the knowledge, skills, understanding, and professional behaviours required to achieve clinical competence expected of a student paramedic at Level 4. The module will give students an insight into the scope paramedic practice and those of other clinical practitioners. Students, with the support of practice placement educators and tutors, will learn through continued exposure to practice placement environments and simulated practice environments. This exposure will assist students in applying theory into practice through reflection-in-action and reflection-on-action. This is a practice-based module also includes simulation based-education utilising the clinical skills and simulation facilities within the University.
Students will be supported to develop and attain the basic skills a paramedic will require whilst working in an emergency and non-emergency environment. The successful completion of the module will give students the ability to perform a range of basic clinical skills and assessments and begin to demonstrate clinical decision making in providing care to a range of patient groups and service users experiencing illness and injury.
Content linked to the College of Paramedic Curriculum Guidance (CoP, 2019), the Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Proficiency for Paramedic (HCPC, 2014) and QAA Subject Benchmark Statement Paramedics (QAA, 2019)
College of Paramedics:
Pharmacology
C1.1.10, C1.1.11, C1.1.16
Diversity and inclusivity
C1.2.1
Communication and history taking
C1.3.2, C1.3.3, C1.3.4
Models of patient assessment
C1.3.5
Patient groups
C1.3.8
Risk evaluation
C1.3.9, C1.3.10, C1.3.11, C1.3.12, C1.3.13
Intervention and monitoring
C1.3.14, C1.3.15, C1.3.16, C1.3.17, C1.3.18, C1.3.19, C1.3.20
Clinical reasoning and decision-making
C1.3.22
Physical assessment skills
C1.3.25
Legal systems and healthcare law
C1.4.1, C1.4.2
Frameworks for professional practice
C1.4.3, C1.4.4
Healthcare ethics
C1.4.9
Health informatics
C1.5.11
Communication skills
C1.6.1, C1.6.2
Professional behaviours
C1.6.4, C1.6.5, C1.6.7
Personal resilience
C1.6.12
Communication
C1.7.11
Practice-Based Education Areas
C2.3.6
Available at: https://collegeofparamedics.co.uk/COP/ProfessionalDevelopment/Paramedic_Curriculum_Guidance.aspx
Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Proficiency:
1.1, 1.4, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, 3.5
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.1, 5.2, 6, 7.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9
9.1, 9.3, 9.5, 10.1, 10.2, 11.1, 13.7, 13.8, 13.10, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 14.6, 14.9, 14.10
14.11, 14.13, 14.14, 14.15, 14.22, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7
Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Education and Training:
5.1 Practice-based learning must be integral to the programme.
5.2 The structure, duration and range of practice-based learning must support the achievement of the learning outcomes and the standards of proficiency.
Health and Care Professions Council Standards of Proficiency for Paramedics are mapped to the Practice Assessment Document.

Intended Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate competence in a range of clinical skills outlined in the Year 1 Practice Assessment Document.: 1
Perform evidence-based assessment, management and care for a range of service users in the out of hospital setting: 1
Display the expected professional behaviours of a student paramedic in the practice placement environment: 1

Study hours

Placement learning hours will be made up of practice placement and simulated-based education.
The 480 hours will be the maximum number of hours students can normally achieve.
Some students may achieve fewer hours depending on their practice placement area but will have sufficient hours to achieve competence.
As this is a practice-based assessment module, the hours required do not equate to the standard module.
Total hours - 480

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment