Overview
Status: Active
National Framework Of Qualifications (NFQ) Level: 9
NFQ Award Class: Major Award
Total Credits: 60
Connected Curriculum: - Civic and Community Engagement
- Employability
- Inter-and Transdisciplinary
- Research Based Teaching
Graduate Attributes: - Creator, evaluator and communicator of knowledge
- Digitally Fluent
- Effective global citizen
- Independent and creative thinker
- Socially Responsible
Exit Award only
Upon successful completion of modules to the value of at least 60 credits (including MD6003, MD6004, MD6005 and either (MD6009, MD6010, MD6011) or (MD6012, MD6013, MD6014)), students on the MSc (Specialist Paramedic Practice) may opt to exit the programme and be awarded a Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Paramedic Practice.
Programme Requirements
For information about modules, module choice, options and credit weightings, please go to Programme Requirements.
Programme Requirements
Module List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| |
| MD6003 | Professional, Ethical, Legal & Communication Issues | 10 |
| MD6004 | Clinical Decision-Making in Advanced Practice | 10 |
| MD6005 | Life-Long Learning in Paramedic Practice | 10 |
| 30 |
| Clinical Problem-Solving and Patient Assessment | |
| Advanced Clinical Assessment - Maternity and Paediatrics | |
| Special Population - Assessment and Management | |
| Community Paramedic Professional Practice | |
| Clinical Assessment and Decision-Making | |
| Community Paramedic Clinical Practicum | |
| Understanding Mental Health Conditions | |
| Contemporary Issues in Mental Health and Social Inclusion | |
| Psychosocial Intervention in Mental Health Emergency | |
| Total Credits | 60 |
Examinations
Full details and regulations governing Examinations for each programme will be contained in the Marks and Standards Book and for each module in the Book of Modules.
Programme Learning Outcomes
Programme Learning Outcomes for Postgraduate Diploma in Specialist Paramedic Practice (NFQ Level 9, Major Award)
On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:
- Comprehend, apply, and evaluate patient information relative to the role of a Specialist Paramedic Practitioner.
- Describe the critical thinking skills necessary to assess and treat patients in emergency settings.
- Apply an ethical, holistic and integrated approach to specialist paramedic practice.
- Define paramedic practice from a multidisciplinary perspective including anatomy, epidemiology and public health, medico-legal, nursing, pharmacology and physiology.
- Perform specialist paramedic skills and techniques in a safe, efficient and effective way.
- Characterise contemporary issues within socially and culturally diverse communities and prepare to respond effectively to such issues during specialised paramedic practice.
- Identify the fundamental principles underpinning modern paramedic practice management within a variety of organisational settings.
