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PAR-20007 - Module Specification
School of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences

For academic year: 2025/26 Last Updated: 04 December 2025

PAR-20007 - Principles of Paramedic Practice
Coordinator: Emma Ormond Room: N/A Tel: 07846314777
Lecture Time: See Timetable...
Level: Level 5
Credits: 30
Study Hours: 300
School Office: 01782 733928

Programme/Approved Electives for 2025/26

None

Available as a Free Standing Elective

No

Co-requisites

None

Prerequisites

None

Barred Combinations

None

Description for 2025/26

This module will enable the student to further develop their knowledge, skills, and understanding of a range of assessment techniques and clinical skills/interventions within the scope of practice for a paramedic. An introduction to legislation surrounding confidentiality, data protection, and information governance accompanies the theoretical underpinnings for the module enabling students to have sound working knowledge of legal boundaries pertinent to caring for service users.

Aims
This module aims to further develop student's knowledge and understanding of the scope of paramedic practice and enhances skills in patient assessment, management, and the recording of findings including information governance.
Students who complete this module will be able to apply a range of techniques and skills in the management of a range of patients in unscheduled, urgent, and emergency care in both out-of-hospital and in-hospital settings.


Talis Aspire Reading List
Any reading lists will be provided by the start of the course.
http://lists.lib.keele.ac.uk/modules/par-20007/lists

Intended Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate the ability to conduct a structured, comprehensive health history applying appropriate forms of verbal and non-verbal communication for a diverse range of service users: 1
Gather, interpret and reflect upon information gained from service users in relation to their care and experience.: 1
Demonstrate the ability to perform invasive and non-invasive clinical procedures within the scope of paramedic practice and explain the indications, contraindications and limitations of using specific paramedic techniques: 2
Critically analyse and reflect on issues of confidentiality, data protection, and information governance and the correlation with professionalism: 1

Study hours

Lead lectures - 26 hours
Demonstrations - 10 hours
Practical Skills Sessions - 32 hours
Online asynchronous learning - 10 hours
Assessment tutorial 1 hour -
Independent Study - 221 hours to include:
Directed reading - 65 hours
Independent research - 131 hours
Assessment preparation - 25 hours

School Rules

None

Description of Module Assessment

1: Objective Structured Skills & Clinical Examination weighted 60%
Objectively Structured Skills Examination 25 minutes
Students have 25 minutes to take a health history from a standardised patient, verbally reflect on the information gained and answer 3 questions relating to the principles of sharing information.

2: Objective Structured Skills & Clinical Examination weighted 40%
Objectively Structured Skills Examination 2 - 25 minutes
This assessment is in two parts. Students have to perform step-wise airway assessment and management including mechanical ventilated, followed by performing an invasive technique following the principles of the aseptic non-touch technique. Students are expected to provide at least two indications and contra-indications of the interventions

The University undertakes a continuous review of its teaching and research provision to ensure programmes are of a high quality and changes may be made to modules where it is necessary and reasonable to do so. Please be aware that minor changes to modules, such as a change to an individual assessment, can occur up until enrolment, although we endeavour to give you as much notice as possible of any changes. Details about the circumstance in which changes are made to programmes can be found in the Student Agreement, available at: https://www.keele.ac.uk/legalgovernancecompliance/governance/actcharterstatutesordinancesandregulations/studenttermsconditions/

Last Updated: 04 December 2025