Advanced Care Paramedic-2012/2013
Advanced Care Paramedic
Program Code:
ADP1
A 45-Week Ontario College Graduate Certificate Program
Program Code: ADP1
Campus Code: LC (LC - London)
January Admission
15 week terms
Academic Calendars available at www.fanshawec.ca/academicdates
To achieve these outcomes, students will participate in interactive and challenging classroom, laboratory, hospital clinical and field placement learning environments. Hospital clinical placement will have the students developing their skills and knowledge in acute care areas (e.g. adult emergency, intensive care, obstetrics, operating room and pediatric emergency). Due to the invasive nature of the skill sets being learned, class size will be limited and student-faculty ratios will be small.
Program Code: ADP1
Campus Code: LC (LC - London)
January Admission
15 week terms
Academic Calendars available at www.fanshawec.ca/academicdates
Contact
School of Health Sciences: 519-452-4207Program Description
This full-time graduate program will build upon the knowledge and experience of currently practicing Paramedics to prepare graduates who are able to deliver an expanded set of controlled medical acts to patients suffering from serious medical and traumatic emergencies. Utilizing advanced assessment, critical thinking, and decision-making skills, the Advanced Care Paramedic is able to perform invasive therapeutic interventions to manage life-threatening situations in the pre-hospital environment.To achieve these outcomes, students will participate in interactive and challenging classroom, laboratory, hospital clinical and field placement learning environments. Hospital clinical placement will have the students developing their skills and knowledge in acute care areas (e.g. adult emergency, intensive care, obstetrics, operating room and pediatric emergency). Due to the invasive nature of the skill sets being learned, class size will be limited and student-faculty ratios will be small.
University Transfer Credits and Degree Completion
For information concerning the Degree Pathways for this program visit www.fanshawec.ca/degreepathways.Applicant Selection Criteria
Where the number of eligible applicants exceeds the available spaces in the program, the Applicant Selection Criteria will be:- Preference for Permanent Residents of Ontario.
- Receipt of Application by May 1st.
- Achievement in the Admission Requirements.
- Achievement in a Pre-Admission Theoretical Preparedness Test with at least a minimum of 70%.
