Bachelor of Paramedic Science (Regional External Program)

This course will have a new name and SATAC code for 2024 - the Bachelor of Paramedicine (Regional External Program) (244977).

This course is only available to applicants eligible under the remote and outer regional sub quota and currently reside in a remote or regional area. All other applicants should refer to the Bachelor of Paramedic Science (SATAC code: 224321).

This degree is for applicants seeking a career as a paramedic in regional South Australia.

Key elements of the program include:

• Studying online during the semester.
• Compulsory attendance at practical workshop intensives held at the Flinders University Bedford Park campus during mid-semester breaks (generally one week in April and September) throughout the degree. Noting two weeks attendance will be required in second semester 1st year (September) and all attendance in Adelaide will be at the students own cost.
• Compulsory attendance at practical examinations held at the Flinders University Bedford Park campus at the end of each semester (up to one week in June and November) throughout the degree.
• Performing clinical placements with SA Ambulance Service regional teams at nominated located locations in regional South Australia. Core locations include the Murray/Mallee, Mid North/Yorke Peninsula, Limestone Coast and Pt Lincoln.

The aim of the degree is to ensure all students have the skills, knowledge and attitudes to enable them to manage emergency and non-emergency situations in a manner consistent with best practice as paramedics. This is achieved by the degree having a strong emphasis on clinical skills acquisition and practical education using scenario-based teaching methods.

To consolidate their clinical and theoretical understanding in real-life situations, students will perform more than two hundred and fifty hours of emergency ambulance placements over the duration of the degree with South Australian Ambulance Service (SAAS).

This degree is an Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA) approved program for first professional registration as a paramedic under the National Law.

Applicants who have applied on time but shuffle this preference after the 1 Dec 2022 will not be guaranteed equal consideration. Applicants who have applied on time will be required to have all pending or missing grades and/or adjustment factors finalised no later than 31 December 2022 to be guaranteed equal consideration.

Applicants are advised that should they receive an offer for a place in this degree they will be required to enrol in topics in the degree by the enrolment deadline stated in the letter of offer from SATAC. If they do not enrol via the Flinders University Student System by the specified date, their offer of a place in the degree will be forfeit. Applicants who receive an offer for a place in this degree should also note that if they subsequently receive an offer to a higher preference, their superseded offer of a place in this degree will also be forfeit.

Graduates can take advantage of flexible pathways for admission to Medicine and a number of health professional degrees at Flinders. Reserved places in a number of professional programs exist. For further details see www.flinders.edu.au/study/pathways/course-pathways/health-pathways