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- 2023: $9,705
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Becoming a paramedic means keeping your cool in emergency and non-emergency situations.
The regional external program will allow regional students from South Australia to undertake the Paramedicine degree without needing to relocate to Adelaide. You will be able to perform your coursework online and attend the Bedford Park campus for compulsory practical workshop intensives and clinical exams to meet the practical learning requirements.
Please note: Applicants must currently reside and have lived at least two years out of the past six years, or a total of five years since starting primary school, in a remote and/or outer regional area (RA3 - RA5).
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Why study Paramedicine at Flinders?
This program will equip you to apply for employment with a range of domestic and international organisations including South Australian Ambulance Service, Ambulance Victoria, St John Ambulance Australia, UK National Health Service Trust ambulance services (London Ambulance Service, Yorkshire Ambulance Service, South Central Ambulance Service, North East Ambulance Service, South East Coast Ambulance Service).
This course is accredited by the Paramedicine Board of Australia, in accordance with the 2020 accreditation standards for paramedicine as stipulated by the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law, for registration as a paramedic in Australia.
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The degree provides you with practical experience that prepares you for the workforce.
To complete clinical placements you must:
The table below shows ATAR and Selection Rank data for students offered a place wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR commencing in Semester 1, 2024. It is limited to applicants that have recently completed secondary education (within the last two years). Data may reflect multiple courses available within a suite of courses.
ATAR-based offers only across all offer rounds | ATAR - Excluding adjustment factors | Selection Rank - ATAR plus any adjustment factors |
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Highest rank to receive an offer | 99.90 | 99.95 |
Median rank to receive an offer | 93.55 | 96.97 |
Lowest rank to receive an offer | 80.25 | 83.75 |
The table below gives an indication of the likely peer cohort for new students in this course. It provides data on students who commenced study in this course in Semester 1, 2024 including those admitted through all offer rounds and international students studying in Australia. Applicant background groupings are based on educational background, not basis of admission. Data may reflect multiple courses available within a suite of courses.
Applicant background (Semester 1, 2024) | Number of students | Percentage of all students |
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Higher education study (includes a bridging or enabling course) | 111 | 47% |
Vocational education and training (VET) study | 10 | 4% |
Work and life experience | 6 | 3% |
Recent secondary education - Admitted solely on the basis of ATAR (regardless of whether this includes the consideration of adjustment factors such as equity or subject bonus points) | 99 | 42% |
Recent secondary education - Admitted where both ATAR and additional criteria were considered (e.g. portfolio, audition, extra test) | 7 | 3% |
Recent secondary education - Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR was not a factor (e.g. special consideration pathways) | <5 | <5 |
International Students | <5 | <5 |
All students | 238 | 100% |
At Flinders University, we recognise that careers are evolving and the workplace of the future will look very different from today.
Whatever undergraduate course you are studying at Flinders, you can add innovation and enterprise electives to your degree to gain new, adaptable and transferrable skills that will equip you for the careers of tomorrow.
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This course is only available to applicants eligible under the remote and outer regional subquota. Applicants will be ranked for admission based on academic merit.
This course is available for applicants from remote and outer regional areas. To be considered for the remote and outer regional subquota applicants must apply to SATAC in the normal way.
Applicants must also, within 10 working days after submitting the SATAC application, submit a Statutory Declaration to SATAC which confirms that they currently reside in remote or outer regional areas of Australia (Remoteness Classifications RA3 to RA5). In addition, the Statutory Declaration must confirm that applicants have lived in remote or outer regional areas of Australia (Remoteness Classifications RA3 to RA5) for at least two years out of the past six years or a total of five years since starting primary school in a remote and or outer regional areas (RA 3 - RA 5). This is assessed based on an applicant’s primary residential address.
A Statutory Declaration form can be downloaded here.
Applicants can check their eligibility in accordance with the definition above using the search tool at the Remoteness Area (RA) Locator site. Filter your search using the ASGS Remoteness Areas (2016) layer.
Applicants can apply for this course using Year 12 qualifications, previous higher education study or TAFE/VET qualifications.
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If you don’t meet our English language entry requirements and need to improve your English language proficiency, you can do so through Flinders University Academy – or our approved English Language Instruction Course for Overseas Students (ELICOS) providers.
This means that you can attend the required English language tuition at approved ELICOS providers and gain direct entry into university without an IELTS or TOEFL test.
If you don’t meet our academic entry requirements, you can still gain entry to Flinders University through Flinders University Academy. With a range of diplomas, foundation and English language courses, students can find a direct pathway into the destination degree of their choice.
Want more information about studying at Flinders University? Contact us to find out more – we’d love to help you decide if Flinders University is the right choice for you.
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