Bachelor of Paramedic Practice

If you are compassionate, committed and want to make a difference in your community then a career in Paramedicine may be right for you.

The Bachelor of Paramedic Practice degree is offered in Hobart TAS, and in Rozelle NSW. This degree will provide you with the knowledge and skills to assess and manage the broad range of out-of-hospital clinical presentations within a safe, effective and ethical practice framework, preparing you for a role as a paramedic.

The degree will include a number of opportunities to learn in a simulated environment and in the real-world. This includes in the University's ambulance simulation vehicle, and in practice at various ambulance stations and other specialist health facilities, such as hospitals and aged care organisations.

You could find work as a paramedic in organisations such as:

• Your state based emergency service around Australia or New Zealand
• International ambulance services
• Industry emergency response units
• Non-emergency transport
• Community based emergency health settings

"The Fast-track option persuaded me to study at the University of Tasmania because it means that I can get into the workforce earlier than other options."

Aaron Reynolds, Bachelor of Paramedic Practice (Hobart)

Graduates will have met the professional requirements for employment as a Graduate Ambulance Paramedic and be eligible for membership of Paramedics Australasia.Graduates will also possess the attributes to be employed in a Paramedic role within other occupations, such as industry emergency response personnel and community-based emergency health settings.

This course is offered two years full-time (and may only be studied full-time, on-campus), studying across three semesters per year.

During first year you will:

• Learn the theoretical and practical sides of foundational health care
• Undertake specialist paramedic units to develop an overview of health care and bioscience

In the second year you will:

• Continue to further develop and build on your knowledge and skills in the critical care environment
• Incorporate your understanding of out-of-hospital health care and its critical place in the field of emergency patient care

You will be taught within a safe, effective and ethical practice framework. The course content and patient management approaches are based upon current best evidence, nationally and internationally, combined with considerations of patient values, and local health resource considerations.