Overview

Our Paramedicine degree gives you the skills, knowledge and professional behaviours you need to be a registered paramedic. This contemporary, innovative program prepares you to provide unscheduled care in urgent and non-urgent situations to patients with illness or injury. The course has a strong focus on clinical reasoning and decision-making, as well as practical work involving simulation and diverse clinical placement opportunities in Australia and overseas.

Majors

Areas of study

Anatomy and physiology, clinical decision-making, clinical pharmacology, communication, ethics and law, evidence-based practice, out-of-hospital medical care, paramedicine, pathophysiology, professional health competencies, psychology in health, trauma care.

Potential Career Outcomes

Career opportunities

Registered paramedic practicing within state or territory ambulance services or in private sector paramedicine industry including industrial sites and primary and community healthcare; registered health professional practicing in roles within the broader healthcare system; paramedic researcher; paramedic academic.

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 offer99.5599.95
Median rank to receive an offer89.197
Lowest rank to receive an offer80.2590.25

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

Admission Criteria

Please refer to the Western Sydney 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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