Course overview

The BSc Pre-Hospital Trauma Care aims to meet the personal, professional and educational requirements of Allied Health Professionals, to enable students to develop their knowledge and extend and advance their practice to achieve competence in Pre-Hospital Trauma Care, providing students with the breadth and depth of experience.

The course provides a progression route for currently qualified postgraduate doctors, medics from the Tri-services, paramedics and other undergraduate pre-hospital care practitioners, which includes nurses and Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs).

The course provides a strong emphasis on understanding the rationale behind pre-hospital trauma patient care management, and the analysis and development of practice. Evidence based approaches, research and critical analysis will be fostered in order to enable students to evaluate and influence practice, to improve service delivery and effect change.

In addition, the course aims to evaluate the relationship between evidence based practice and professional development necessary for lifelong learning. Critical enquiry will be built on inter-professional learning platforms to enable students to actively contribute to the emerging body of underpinning evidence within professional practice.

Assessment

Assessment is a multi-dimensional set of processes and this is reflected in the distinctiveness and diversity of the assessment framework found in this courses. A variety of formative and summative assessment strategies are utilised to ensure that students are able to integrate theoretical and practical knowledge with relevant contextual understanding and include:

• Online activities
• Reviews of literature
• Dissertation
• Observational Structured Clinical Examinations
• Multiple Choice Examinations

Facilities

• Simulation, skills laboratories, outside environment scenarios/teaching
• Virtual Learning environment

Special features

The course provides an academic progression for currently qualified paramedics (incl. tri-services) and other post qualified pre-hospital care practitioners, which includes Registered Nurses (RN) and Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs). The course would include vocational qualifications currently, offered at Anglia Ruskin University i.e. Advanced Life Support, Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Major Incident Management, Pre-Hospital Obstetric Emergency training, and Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support, which are all accredited by the Advanced Life Support Group (ALSG) (2012) and the Resuscitation Council (UK). This is a novel course combining of both vocational and postgraduate academic qualifications. Resources for this course will be shared with the MSc Pre-Hospital Trauma Care course. Students undertaking the BSc course will, on successful completion, be awarded a joint award with Anglia Ruskin University and regulating bodies Resuscitation Council and Advanced Life Support Group.

Associated careers

Qualified registered healthcare professionals from the Tri-services, paramedics and other undergraduate pre-hospital care practitioners, which includes nurses and Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs).

Links with industry/Professional recognition

The effective assessment and management of patients prior to transfer to the acute setting requires skills and knowledge which are currently gained from a number of professional bodies e.g. Joint Royal Colleges and Ambulance Liaison Committee, The Royal College of Surgeons (England), Resuscitation Council (UK), The Advanced Life Support Group, The British Association for Immediate Care (UK) and the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (UK).

UCAS Tariff points:	80 - 80
Additional Requirements:	GCSE(s) Required: Applicants are also required to have a minimum of GCSE Maths and English Grade `C¿ or above, or equivalent

Entry requirements

The minimum qualification required for admission to this course is:

• Registered health care professional with 2 years post registration experience within critical care/pre-hospital care

Language requirements:

• Applicants whose first language is not English and whose professional qualification was not taught and assessed in English will be required to demonstrate the University standard of English language (IELTS) at Level 6.5 (including written English academic test) prior to commencement on a course.

Admission to the Course:
Applicants may gain entry to the course by clearly demonstrating on their application that their qualifications and experience are equivalent to a recognised medical degree Qualification below:

• Registration with the Nurses and Midwives Council or equivalent
• Registration with the Health Care Professions Council or equivalent
• Currently practicing within Pre-Hospital Trauma Care.

Admission with Credit:

• Applicants seeking admission with credit (either APCL or APEL) are referred initially to the AP(E)L Advisor for the Faculty of Health, Social Care & Education.