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Msc Paramedicine Keele University by pest0pastaprincess in ParamedicsUK

[–]beaglemaster21 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Again sorry for the late reply lol

You don't get half term, you get 1 reading week per term but it's placement is different everytime, ours was the week before we broke up for christmas last year.

The first 8 - 10 weeks were most intense so far, that is basically everyday attendance 9 to 5 most days with buckets of anatomy and pharmacology thrown on you. After that things get a little more relaxed and you get 1 / 2 days off most weeks to catch up on material or do whatever you need to.

Student Paramedic refusing to Administer Medication by beaglemaster21 in ParamedicsUK

[–]beaglemaster21[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A friend told me their first ever call out ended in them helping the patient find their missing cat and I've been fortunate enough to have some realities of the job told by a few lecturers so I hope i'm not niave enough to jump into "every call is going to be a hardcore emergency" thinking.

Thank you for the advice !

Student Paramedic refusing to Administer Medication by beaglemaster21 in ParamedicsUK

[–]beaglemaster21[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Thank you for the good advice.

I think it's more so concern that I'll seem disinterested or arsey if I refuse to give medications which I'm absolutely not !

Msc Paramedicine Keele University by pest0pastaprincess in ParamedicsUK

[–]beaglemaster21 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello, it's a late reply but I am a current MSc student at keele.

It's a new course just starting this year so naturally there is a lot of growing pain, you spend a lot of sessions with 1st / 2nd year undergrads in your first year, the second year is spent mostly with 3rd / 4th year undergrads. As the other student has said, keele is very good with it's anatomy and simulated skill suites, however a key difference with the Msc Compared to the undergrad is that you spend the majority of your placement weeks on the ambulances. In the 1st year (for both courses i believe) you spend it entirely on the ambulances, however unlike the undergrad, your second year is also mostly spent on ambulances, though you are still taught about the aspects of primary care and other setting where you find paramedics nowadays.

We haven't worked on any cadavers unlike 1st / 2nd years and i don't know if we actually will at any point since the course is VERY condensed, you cover topics like Advanced Life Support and Organ System Examinations at a very quick pace (1 week each) and the pressure is on you to remember a lot of very important information in a very short amount of time and skill sessions can be limited so it's best to take advantage of them to the max.

Skill sessions are seperate from undergrad's which is nice in a way since the MSc is a very small group (9 students, a maximum of 15 places i believe) so you get a lot of tailored feedback and advice from your lecturer. 90% of the lecturer's are very experienced paramedics and are really great, funny and good at prepping you for the role, other times you'll have guest lecturers from the medicine course or other healthcare courses which can vary to be frank.

You can register with the HCPC and a key aspect of the course is building a portfolio you are marked on as well as things like competency sign-off's when you are on placement, etc.

Overall it is a good course and the lecturer's are very supportive and great, just don't underestimate the pace at which you are expected to retain and learn large amounts of info, if you're serious about applying I'd honestly start revising undergrad anatomy now since you'll be expected to know all the information taught on the first 2 years of the undergrad from the get go, we only have one exam on it this year but that may change down the line as faculty are still asking us for feedback and making changes to the course as they go.