The BSc Remote Paramedic Practice developed by CoROM is the first undergraduate degree that is specifically designed for the practice of paramedicine in remote, resource-poor, and austere environments.
The course was developed in response to an increased need for advanced practitioners working on expeditions, in remote clinics, offshore and in security-related environments. You will learn the necessary skills to provide advanced practice clinical care in urban, remote, and rural environments with limited resources.
This programme will provide you with the knowledge and skills to confidently deliver complex, high-quality care across many cultures and age groups to meet the needs of this rapidly diversifying profession. This qualification leads to varied, challenging, and highly rewarding jobs as you progress into a profession where you can positively impact people’s lives. Graduates work in several advanced practice areas such as Emergency Departments, ICUs, and remote health centres.
This programme does not lead to a regulated and warranted profession in Malta. The local ambulances are operated by emergency nurses.
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Programme Name: Diploma Remote Paramedic
Accreditation: Malta Further and Higher Education Authority
MQF/EQF Level: 6
Credits: 60 ECTS
Qualification or Award: Qualification
Programme duration: 12 months full-time, 18 months part-time
Target Audience: 22-65+
Target Group: School leavers/career changers interested in a career in healthcare
Language of instruction: English
Delivery Address: Online & Pretty Bay Malta
Mode of delivery: Blended, full-time
Hours of Total Learning: 1500
Total contact hours: 895, of which 65% are delivered online
Supervised practice & placement hours: 75
Self Study hours: 515
Assessment hours: 15
Tuition Fees: €7,500
Next intake: 1 September
Successful RPL applicants awarded 60 ECTS credits can start on the first of each month.
Modules
RPP101: Remote Emergency Medical Technician
Compulsory
The REMT module is designed for individuals requiring an EMT certification for work in remote and austere locations worldwide. It is a core module of Year 1 but can also be taken as a standalone module. Past students have been from the security, energy, international guides and academic industries. If you work or spend time in austere environments where access to medical care is often delayed and communication is unreliable, this six-day course is for you! The REMT is the industry standard for mountain leaders, professional guides, close protection team leaders, expeditions, and search and rescue team members. Remote EMT. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
RPP102: Applied Human Sciences
This module includes human anatomy, pathophysiology and microbiology. It gives a fundamental understanding of human biology and the structure and function of the human body. The pathophysiology section provides case-based learning of human pathology. Microbiology provides a good understanding of the diseases and processes applications for the second-year modules in tropical and austere medicine.
RPP103: Fundamentals of Paramedic Science
This module focuses on the basic concepts, skills and principles that are required for a fundamental safe practice for the remote paramedic. It uses an evidence-based approach to describe and demonstrate safe, professional practice in the remote clinical setting. It will introduce direct and indirect factors that influence patient care. It covers how relationships between health care professionals and casualties can be enhanced through effective communication, best practice medical skills and thinking outside of the box.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP104: Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice
This module provides hands-on skills and case-based learning that builds on the concepts found in RPP103. The three-week module is a comprehensive introduction to the paramedic profession and the practice of advanced medical skills in the remote prehospital environment. Through a variety of didactic and clinical experiences, students will gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the remote paramedic practice. The module strongly emphasises developing an evidence-based, assessment-based approach to casualty care that leads to appropriate treatment and evacuation of the critical casualty. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP105: Clinical Practicum
This compulsory module provides hands-on clinical experience to practice and perfects the skills learned in RPP104. The 375 hours of clinical placement are conducted under the direct supervision of a medical doctor or advanced practitioner.
Programme Name: Higher Diploma Remote Paramedic Practice
Accreditation: Malta Further and Higher Education Authority
MQF/EQF Level: 6
Credits: 120 ECTS
Qualification or Award: Qualification
Programme duration: 24 months full-time, 40 months part-time
Target Audience: 22-65+
Target Group: School leavers/career changers interested in a career in healthcare
Language of instruction: English
Delivery Address: Online & Pretty Bay Malta
Mode of delivery: Blended, full-time
Hours of Total Learning: 3000
Total contact hours: 1495 of which 75% are delivered online
Supervised practice & placement hours: 125
Self Study hours: 1345
Assessment hours: 35
Tuition Fees: €15,000
Next intake: 1 September
Successful RPL applicants awarded 60 ECTS credits can start on the first of each month.
Year 1 Modules
RPP101: Remote Emergency Medical Technician
Compulsory
The REMT module is designed for individuals requiring an EMT certification for work in remote and austere locations worldwide. It is a core module of Year 1 but can also be taken as a standalone module. Past students have been from the security, energy, international guides and academic industries. If you work or spend time in austere environments where access to medical care is often delayed and communication is unreliable, this six-day course is for you! The REMT is the industry standard for mountain leaders, professional guides, close protection team leaders, expeditions, and search and rescue team members. Remote EMT. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
RPP102: Applied Human Sciences
This module includes human anatomy, pathophysiology and microbiology. It gives a fundamental understanding of human biology and the structure and function of the human body. The pathophysiology section provides case-based learning of human pathology. Microbiology provides a good understanding of the diseases and processes applications for the second-year modules in tropical and austere medicine.
RPP103: Fundamentals of Paramedic Science
This module focuses on the basic concepts, skills and principles that are required for a fundamental safe practice for the remote paramedic. It uses an evidence-based approach to describe and demonstrate safe, professional practice in the remote clinical setting. It will introduce direct and indirect factors that influence patient care. It covers how relationships between health care professionals and casualties can be enhanced through effective communication, best practice medical skills and thinking outside of the box.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP104: Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice
This module provides hands-on skills and case-based learning that builds on the concepts found in RPP103. The three-week module is a comprehensive introduction to the paramedic profession and the practice of advanced medical skills in the remote prehospital environment. Through a variety of didactic and clinical experiences, students will gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the remote paramedic practice. The module strongly emphasises developing an evidence-based, assessment-based approach to casualty care that leads to appropriate treatment and evacuation of the critical casualty. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP105: Clinical Practicum
This compulsory module provides hands-on clinical experience to practice and perfects the skills learned in RPP104. The 375 hours of clinical placement are conducted under the direct supervision of a medical doctor or advanced practitioner.
Year 2 Modules
Students will select a minimum of 3 from 5 elective modules.
RPP201: Foundations in Tropical and Austere Medicine
Compulsory
This compulsory module provides didactic and hands-on classroom-based learning that covers wilderness medicine, tropical medicine, expedition medicine and travel medicine. The module was based on disease and non-battle injury (DNBI) research found in the review of recent expeditions and military deployments. It focuses on the top twenty injuries and ailments found in remote clinics worldwide. The module culminates with a prolonged field care exercise. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
RPP202: Further Concepts in Tropical and Austere Medicine
Elective
This module provides didactic and hands-on classroom-based learning that covers the remote and austere medical skills needed for the advanced practitioner. It covers minor surgical skills, and austere laboratory clinical diagnosis and culminates with a prolonged field care exercise. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP203: Intensive Care for Austere and Remote Environments
Elective
This module focuses on the basic concepts, skills and principles that are required to assess and treat the critical casualty. The course covers haemodynamic monitoring, critical care monitoring, advanced concepts of shock, and the treatment of burns in remote environments and prepares the student for the American board certification as a Critical Care Paramedic. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
Optional certification: Flight Paramedic (FP-C) or Critical Care Paramedic (CCP-C) accredited by IBSC.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP204: Austere Urgent Care: Minor Illness and Injuries
Compulsory
This elective module is designed to give students the skills required to manage a range of minor injuries and emergencies encountered in remote and austere environments. Common injuries have been identified from area-specific literature and the experience of the teaching faculty working in remote and austere environments.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP205: Burns in Resource-limited Environments
Elective
This module will cover the fundamental topics regarding the presentation, diagnosis and initial management of the casualty suffering from burns, specifically for the healthcare provider working in remote, austere and resource-limited environments.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP206: Prehospital Pain Management and Sedation
Elective
This module introduces the fundamental topics for assessing and managing pain, specifically in remote, austere and resource-limited environments, focusing on general, regional, pain management, and sedation anaesthesia concepts. Additional topics include: airway management techniques, positioning, and an introduction to anaesthetic pharmacology are emphasized. Anaesthetic management strategies for patients with common diseases and perioperative problems are examined. Upon course completion, students should be able to demonstrate prehospital pain management and sedation strategies.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP207: Austere Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis
Elective
This module introduces basic clinical laboratory techniques, laboratory safety, care and use of basic laboratory equipment and setting up a small clinical laboratory in a remote, austere and resource-limited environment.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP208: Remote Medical Life Support
Compulsory
This elective module covers the top twenty injuries and ailments seen by healthcare professionals working in remote, austere, and resource-limited environments.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP209: Wilderness and Expedition Medicine
Elective
This elective module introduces the foundational concepts of the practice of healthcare and the knowledge base required to work in wilderness and expedition medicine.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP210: Practicum II
Compulsory
This module aims to build on the concepts of assessing and managing a patient in the remote out-of-hospital environment found in RPP105. It will provide students with advanced knowledge, understanding and skills to undertake preliminary patient assessment and treatment and will introduce them to the range of management options available for paramedics within a defined range of situations. This knowledge, and the skills gained during the module, will directly assist them in preparing for their placement modules.
Programme Name: Bachelor of Science Remote Paramedic Practice
Accreditation: Approved Higher Education Qualification
MQF/EQF Level: 6
Credits: 180 ECTS
Qualification or Award: Qualification
Programme duration: 36 months full-time, 60 months part-time
Target Audience: 22-65+
Target Group: School leavers/career changers interested in a career in healthcare
Language of instruction: English
Delivery Address: Online & Pretty Bay Malta
Mode of delivery: Blended, full-time
Hours of Total Learning: 4500
Total contact hours: 1969 of which 80% are delivered online
Supervised practice & placement hours: 283
Self Study hours: 2170
Assessment hours: 78
Tuition Fees: €22,500
Next intake: 1 September
Successful RPL applicants awarded 60 ECTS credits can start on the first of each month.
Year 1 Modules
RPP101: Remote Emergency Medical Technician
Compulsory
The REMT module is designed for individuals requiring an EMT certification for work in remote and austere locations worldwide. It is a core module of Year 1 but can also be taken as a standalone module. Past students have been from the security, energy, international guides and academic industries. If you work or spend time in austere environments where access to medical care is often delayed and communication is unreliable, this six-day course is for you! The REMT is the industry standard for mountain leaders, professional guides, close protection team leaders, expeditions, and search and rescue team members. Remote EMT. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
RPP102: Applied Human Sciences
This module includes human anatomy, pathophysiology and microbiology. It gives a fundamental understanding of human biology and the structure and function of the human body. The pathophysiology section provides case-based learning of human pathology. Microbiology provides a good understanding of the diseases and processes applications for the second-year modules in tropical and austere medicine.
RPP103: Fundamentals of Paramedic Science
This module focuses on the basic concepts, skills and principles that are required for a fundamental safe practice for the remote paramedic. It uses an evidence-based approach to describe and demonstrate safe, professional practice in the remote clinical setting. It will introduce direct and indirect factors that influence patient care. It covers how relationships between health care professionals and casualties can be enhanced through effective communication, best practice medical skills and thinking outside of the box.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP104: Fundamentals of Paramedic Practice
This module provides hands-on skills and case-based learning that builds on the concepts found in RPP103. The three-week module is a comprehensive introduction to the paramedic profession and the practice of advanced medical skills in the remote prehospital environment. Through a variety of didactic and clinical experiences, students will gain an understanding of the roles and responsibilities of the remote paramedic practice. The module strongly emphasises developing an evidence-based, assessment-based approach to casualty care that leads to appropriate treatment and evacuation of the critical casualty. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP105: Clinical Practicum
This compulsory module provides hands-on clinical experience to practice and perfects the skills learned in RPP104. The 375 hours of clinical placement are conducted under the direct supervision of a medical doctor or advanced practitioner.
Year 2 Modules
Students will select a minimum of 3 from 5 elective modules.
RPP201: Foundations in Tropical and Austere Medicine
Compulsory
This compulsory module provides didactic and hands-on classroom-based learning that covers wilderness medicine, tropical medicine, expedition medicine and travel medicine. The module was based on disease and non-battle injury (DNBI) research found in the review of recent expeditions and military deployments. It focuses on the top twenty injuries and ailments found in remote clinics worldwide. The module culminates with a prolonged field care exercise. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
RPP202: Further Concepts in Tropical and Austere Medicine
Elective
This module provides didactic and hands-on classroom-based learning that covers the remote and austere medical skills needed for the advanced practitioner. It covers minor surgical skills, and austere laboratory clinical diagnosis and culminates with a prolonged field care exercise. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP203: Intensive Care for Austere and Remote Environments
Elective
This module focuses on the basic concepts, skills and principles that are required to assess and treat the critical casualty. The course covers haemodynamic monitoring, critical care monitoring, advanced concepts of shock, and the treatment of burns in remote environments and prepares the student for the American board certification as a Critical Care Paramedic. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
Optional certification: Flight Paramedic (FP-C) or Critical Care Paramedic (CCP-C) accredited by IBSC.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP204: Austere Urgent Care: Minor Illness and Injuries
Compulsory
This elective module is designed to give students the skills required to manage a range of minor injuries and emergencies encountered in remote and austere environments. Common injuries have been identified from area-specific literature and the experience of the teaching faculty working in remote and austere environments.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP205: Burns in Resource-limited Environments
Elective
This module will cover the fundamental topics regarding the presentation, diagnosis and initial management of the casualty suffering from burns, specifically for the healthcare provider working in remote, austere and resource-limited environments.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP206: Prehospital Pain Management and Sedation
Elective
This module introduces the fundamental topics for assessing and managing pain, specifically in remote, austere and resource-limited environments, focusing on general, regional, pain management, and sedation anaesthesia concepts. Additional topics include: airway management techniques, positioning, and an introduction to anaesthetic pharmacology are emphasized. Anaesthetic management strategies for patients with common diseases and perioperative problems are examined. Upon course completion, students should be able to demonstrate prehospital pain management and sedation strategies.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP207: Austere Clinical Laboratory Diagnosis
Elective
This module introduces basic clinical laboratory techniques, laboratory safety, care and use of basic laboratory equipment and setting up a small clinical laboratory in a remote, austere and resource-limited environment.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP208: Remote Medical Life Support
Compulsory
This elective module covers the top twenty injuries and ailments seen by healthcare professionals working in remote, austere, and resource-limited environments.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP209: Wilderness and Expedition Medicine
Elective
This elective module introduces the foundational concepts of the practice of healthcare and the knowledge base required to work in wilderness and expedition medicine.
Click here for the Module Specification
RPP210: Practicum II
Compulsory
This module aims to build on the concepts of assessing and managing a patient in the remote out-of-hospital environment found in RPP105. It will provide students with advanced knowledge, understanding and skills to undertake preliminary patient assessment and treatment and will introduce them to the range of management options available for paramedics within a defined range of situations. This knowledge, and the skills gained during the module, will directly assist them in preparing for their placement modules.
Year 3 Modules
Students will select a minimum of 5 from 8 elective modules.
RPP301: Travel Medicine, Health and Safety
Elective
This module presents the fundamental skills and knowledge the remote healthcare practitioner needs to assess and treat the unwell traveler and the skills needed to assess and mitigate travel risks. It also covers health and safety in the remote workplace, including water, food, and workplace safety.
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RPP302: Special Operations Medicine
Elective
This elective module builds on the foundational knowledge from RPP301. It discusses the role of the special operations medic whilst providing medical care in remote, austere and resource-limited environments.
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RPP303: Public Health and Disaster Medical Response
Elective
This module combines the knowledge and skills needed for disaster medical response and public health requirements found in remote and austere environments.
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RPP304: Tropical Medicine for Remote Practitioners
Elective
This advanced module will build on the fundamental learning of tropical medicine from RPP201 and RPP202. It will cover advanced concepts in tropical diseases, including a profound understanding of the pathophysiology and laboratory diagnosis of tropical diseases and advanced assessments and treatments for these issues.
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RPP305: Diving and Marine Medicine
Elective
This module introduces the foundational concepts of dive and marine medicine, including the medical observation of divers, diseases and organisms specific to the marine environment, and the management of medical conditions and emergency situations found whilst diving or during marine operations.
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RPP306: Mountain and Altitude Medicine
Elective
This elective module discusses the various conditions found whilst ascending to altitude. The physics of altitude medicine are discussed, along with the assessment and treatment of altitude sickness. Optimal management is discussed, along with strategies that can be used to prevent altitude sickness.
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RPP307: Aeromedical Retrieval Medicine for Extreme Altitudes
Elective
This elective module provides foundational knowledge on the recovery of the critical casualty by air specifically focusing in the extreme altitude environments. Additionally, the module will focus on the clinical, aviation and logistics issues that ensure safe and effective retrieval missions.
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RPP308: Pharmacology for the Paramedic Practitioner
Compulsory
This module builds on the foundational knowledge learned in modules RPP103 and RPP104. Emphasis is placed on applying advanced concepts for the use of pharmaceuticals for the healthcare practitioner working in remote, austere and resource-limited environments.
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RPP309: Prehospital Ultrasound for Resource-limited Environments
Elective
This elective module will allow you to develop the fundamental skills in the use of ultrasound in resource-limited environments, including; patient care and communication, technical skills and the scanning and use of equipment. The classroom location is Pretty Bay, Malta.
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RPP310: Research Methods for Healthcare Professionals Project
Compulsory
This module is designed to engage the student in entry-level research in an associated field. The purpose of this module is to introduce the student to research methodologies, including but not limited to sourcing of academic information, peer-reviewing articles, assessing bias, impact factors, the applicability of the research to their academic research and the importance of referencing in relation to plagiarism.
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RPP311: Clinical Practicum III
Compulsory
This module is designed to give students the skills required to prepare and submit for presentation a minor dissertation on a subject pertaining to pre-hospital, austere or remote medical or trauma care. This module is designed to engage the student in entry-level research in an associated field. The minor dissertation will be conducted under the supervision of an experienced, published academic supervisor. It will also serve to introduce the student to academic writing, and referencing, and to secure a knowledge of the rigours of academic writing and plagiarism.
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RPP312 Dissertation Project
Compulsory
This compulsory module is designed to give students the skills required to prepare and submit for presentation a minor dissertation on a subject pertaining to pre-hospital, austere or remote medical or trauma care.
This module is designed to engage the student in entry-level research in an associated field. The minor dissertation will be conducted under the supervision of an experienced, published academic supervisor. It will also serve to introduce the student to academic writing and referencing and to secure a knowledge of the rigours of academic writing and plagiarism.