Any Paramedic or Midwifery Students out there?

[MummyGoingItAlone]

Hey everybody. I’m looking to apply for uni 2021. I’m a single parent with support but I’m curious to know the split between uni and placements?

Thanks in advance

Looking at two Paramedic Science courses completely at random, Sunderland makes no mention of the word 'placement' until a very substantial one (>500 hours) in the third year, whereas St. George's has a clinical placement in each year. So probably best to look at websites / email the individual universities you are considering.

Thank you. That is what I have done but just wondered if there was any first hand experience on here

Under NMC Standards, midwifery has to be a 50/50 split between theory (ie university) and clinical placement. That means 2300 hours of each, split over three years. How each individual university manages within that within their curriculum / timetable will be different though.

Paramedic science and midwifery are quite different though! Are you thinking of applying to both?

You need to look at the individual uni and course websites, DS is starting nursing in September and each uni he looked at operated slightly differently and had differing lengths of holiday. He did look initally at paramedic science at one uni and there I think you would need very good support as a single parent as you had to fit in 24 hours of shift work for a long number of weeks as a student with shifts possibly overnight or with very early starts/late finishes.

Im a second year paramedic student. It varies different universities, but we tend to do a 6 week block of teaching, then 6-8 weeks hospital and ambulance placement. Its more about competencies rather then hours, but we tend to have 500 to 750 hours. You need good support as shifts vary. My mentor does 12 hour shifts 6 - 6 2 days and 2.nights, then 4 days off but I've done other hours as well. Bear in mind you never get off on time, earliest was 30mins after shift, longest was 2 hours late, you can never plan anything for after your shift.