Paramedic Studies

If you are the type of person who can demonstrate accurate decision and evaluation skills to provide the best patient care possible, then this course will be interesting to you. Key personal attributes include an ability to work under pressure, calm and caring demeanour with flare for initiative and innovation.

Why Study Paramedic Studies at UL?

As the only university in Ireland to currently offer Paramedic Studies at the undergraduate degree level, our innovative campus with state-of-the-art high-fidelity simulation offers unequaled opportunities for the developing paramedic student.

The curriculum has 4 main domains:

• Knowledge of Health and Illness
• Clinical and Anatomical Skills
• Professional Skills
• Pre-Hospital Research

You will be taught via Problem Based Learning (PBL). The ‘problems’ are highly structured hypothetical clinical cases, each of which takes a week to work through. Each semester, students are divided into groups of seven or eight, each with its own tutor in a tutorial room, with PC, state of the art AV equipment and walls lined with whiteboards. The group meets with the tutor to work through the week’s case.