Course abbreviations: BParamedStud + Course code: 2813
Entry will require VCE including English (any), or equivalent as determined by the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. Entry is restricted to employees of Metropolitan Ambulance Service and Rural Ambulance Victoria as this is an industry-funded program. Entry into degree conversion requires a Diploma of Ambulance Paramedic Studies or equivalent and is open to practising Victorian and interstate paramedics and Australian armed forces personnel
Suitably qualified ambulance and MICA paramedics currently employed* by Victorian or interstate ambulance services or allied organisations will receive advanced standing into degree conversion. Suitably qualified and experienced Australian armed forces personnel will be considered for entry into degree conversion on a case-by-case basis. Students with additional prior learning, qualifications and experience may apply to the faculty for Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and credit transfer.
The diploma and advanced diploma are industry-funded programs conducted on contract to the State Government through the Department of Human Services (DHS).
The degree conversion is a HECS-funded program.
Organisations that host clinical placements may require students to have obtained a police check regarding their suitability to undertake such placements. All enrolled and prospective students are advised that they may be required to obtain and pay for a police check prior to undertaking the clinical placements in their course.
This degree is a 144-credit-point degree and equivalent to three years of full-time study, usually taken over five or six years of part-time study with concurrent work experience. The degree is structured with an exit point at diploma level. Students could then complete their degree studies directly by completing the degree conversion requirements outlined below or through the advanced diploma route.
To complete the degree conversion, ambulance paramedics require the successful completion of units totalling 48 credit points, Ambulance `ALS' paramedics require the successful completion of units totalling 36 credit points and MICA paramedics require the successful completion of units totaling 24 credit points, all with concurrent work experience. Course requirements for interstate paramedics and Australian armed forces personnel will be determined on application.
The units required include four compulsory core units as follows:
These units will be supplemented by a minor stream of electives chosen from outside the faculty.
Further details can be obtained from the Centre for Ambulance and Paramedic Studies.
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