About Bsc (honours) Paramedic Science in Sheffield Hallam University

• Combine theory and practice to meet the modern day challenges of integrated patient care.
• Learn to assess, stabilise, treat and manage patients at the scene of an accident or emergency.
• Meet the future healthcare agenda through digital competence.
• Study an integrated healthcare curriculum — learning with, from and about other healthcare professionals.
• Apply for registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).

Paramedics work in a variety of settings and deal with all aspects of emergency, urgent and social care. On this course, you’ll learn how to respond to a variety of conditions. When you graduate, you’ll have the skills and knowledge you need to enter this challenging but rewarding profession.

Future careers

This course prepares you for a career in 

• ambulance trusts
• critical care
• specialist or advanced practice
• primary care 
• research 
• police
• international settings
• private practice
• wilderness and remote medicine
• media

Previous graduates of this course have gone on to work for

• Yorkshire Ambulance Service
• East Midlands Ambulance Service
• London Ambulance Service
• Yorkshire Air Ambulance
• Australia – Ambulance service
• British Columbia Emergency Health Services
• Sheffield Hallam University
• Hull University
• New Zealand – Ambulance Service
• Yorkshire Hazardous area response
• East Midlands Hazardous area response
• Yorkshire Ambulance Education Department
• Welsh Ambulance Service – Advanced practitioner
• Dubai – Private practice

Undergraduate programmes

Applicants with the following qualifications from India will be considered for entry on to undergraduate programmes

• Standard XII with an average score of 65 per cent
• A levels
• International Baccalaureate
• HND qualifications will be considered for entry to the second or third year of a relevant undergraduate degree

• Applicants who have completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at an Indian university may be considered for direct entry to Sheffield Hallam University undergraduate programmes.

  For details of standard UCAS tariff points for undergraduate entry, please see the UG entry webpage.

  Sheffield Hallam welcomes applications from international school students taking the International Baccalaureate Diploma and those achieving 28 points or more will usually be successful in obtaining an offer of a place on our undergraduate programmes. For information about IB points equivalencies against the UCAS tariff please visit the UCAS website.

English Language entry requirements are listed in the entry requirements section of the online prospectus. The information provided below is intended to help you understand the different English Language qualifications we will accept.

Courses at NQF Level 6 and above (includes BA, BSc, MA, MSc, MPhil, PhD)

We consider the following English language qualifications for courses at degree level (NQF Level 6) or above requiring

an IELTS for UKVI* 6.0 or equivalent entry requirement (*IELTS may be accepted if you do not require a Tier 4 student visa)

IELTS for UKVI*      

• IELTS for UKVI* 6.0
• Listening: minimum level 5.5
• Speaking: minimum level 5.5
• Reading: minimum level 5.5
• Writing: minimum level 5.5

TOEFL 

• Internet based    79
• Listening: minimum level 17
• Speaking: minimum level 20
• Reading: minimum level 18
• Writing: minimum level 17

Pearson    

• PTE 52
• Listening: minimum level 51
• Speaking: minimum level 51
• Reading: minimum level 51
• Writing: minimum level 51

Cambridge IGCSE English as a First Language (Syllabus 0500 and 0522)    

• Grade C
• Listening: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Speaking: minimum Grade D (0522) or 2 (0500)
• Reading: minimum Grade E 
• Writing: minimum Grade E

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