Overview

With paramedicine being one of the fastest evolving health professions, this course aims to create paramedics for the future. By developing professional paramedics who are emotionally intelligent and motivated to improve communities, we provide the foundations for students to deliver compassionate primary, urgent and/or emergency health care in challenging and dynamic environments. Through authentic learning and diverse clinical experiences, students will develop critical thinking skills, robust health care assessment and analysis techniques and the ability to make ethically and culturally informed decisions.

Prerequisites

Year 12 prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English as an Additional Language (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.

Non-Year 12 prerequisites

Subject proficiency: As for year 12 or equivalent.

Majors

Paramedicine.

Potential Career Outcomes

Most paramedics provide out-of-hospital care to patients with chronic illness, minor injury or mental health issues - in their homes or in aged care facilities. With further study and experience students can progress towards being a qualified ambulance paramedic, intensive care paramedic, flight paramedic, humanitarian aid worker or clinical educator.

ATAR & Selection Rank

The table below shows the ATAR and Selection Rank information for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR in 2023.

ATAR-based offers only, across all offer rounds
ATAR
(excluding adjustment factors)
Selection Rank
(including adjustment factors)
Highest rank to receive an offer98.8599.95
Median rank to receive an offer88.6597.10
Lowest rank to receive an offer78.7590.15

<5 - Less than 5 ATAR-based offers were made

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Australian Catholic University website for admission criteria information.

Course Seeker

This information is sourced from Course Seeker, a joint initiative between the Australian Government and the Tertiary Admission Centres. View more information on Course Seeker.


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