Prehospital Critical Care (PHCC) Emergency Medical Care - Master Degree Program

The programme aims to enable prehospital health care providers to utilize knowledge and skills in an interdisciplinary study and work environment, and to critically appraise the knowledge base of prehospital emergency medical practice.

The programme is part-time with an estimated duration of 4 years.

A candidate who has completed this master program will have learnt the following:

Knowledge

The candidate:

• Has advanced knowledge within prehospital critical care, and specialized insight in a limited area
• Has thorough knowledge of philosophy of science and scientific methods applicable in prehospital research
• Has thorough knowledge of health care ethics and communication, especially related to prehospital critical care

Skills

The candidate:

• Can critically appraise existing theories, methods and interpretations in prehospital critical care
• Can analyze and work independently on practical and theoretical problems
• Can analyze the strengths and weaknesses of multi-organizational work environments, specifically in relation to management, communication and teamwork
• Can design and execute an independent research and development project in accordance with applicable norms for research

General Competence

The candidate:

• Can analyze relevant academic, professional and research ethical problems
• Can apply his/her knowledge and skills in new areas in order to carry out assignments and projects
• Can communicate extensive independent work and masters language and terminology of the prehospital academic field
• Can communicate about academic issues, analyses and conclusions in the field, both with specialists and the general public
• Can use new and current knowledge to improve quality of patient care and challenge scope of practice of prehospital critical care

Different positions within prehospital and emergency medicine/critical care,e.g. system development and dissemination of knowledge, and positions requiring the ability to initiate, develop and evaluate research and quality improvement projects.

Completed master's degree qualifies for admissions to PhD studies.

There is a continuous evaluation of the modules according to the regulations at the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Applicants must have completed either a Medical degree (physician) or a bachelor's degree in nursing or paramedic. Applicants must also have at least two years post-qualification experience (full-time) in prehospital emergency care.

Other applicants may be considered if they have at least five years of full-time working experience in prehospital emergency care and minimum 60 ECTS in paramedic sciences or equivalent study programmes.

Application through local admission.

Application deadline is 5 February for all applicants.

Phone: 51 83 41 00 E-mail: helsefag@uis.no