University · Ormskirk, North West

Allied health courses at Edge Hill University

Edge Hill University runs 3 approved pre-registration allied health courses, training operating department practitioners and paramedics, based in Ormskirk, North West. Below: every course, the route and award each one leads to, the entry requirements where the university has published them, and how the offer compares with neighbouring providers.

UndergraduateApprenticeship
3 Approved courses Pre-registration, leading to registration
2 Professions taught Allied health only
3 years Shortest course
2 of 3 Entry requirements published Courses with a typical offer in the open data

What you can study here

Edge Hill University teaches 2 allied health professions at pre-registration level, training operating department practitioners and paramedics. Every course listed on this page is approved by its regulator, which is what makes it count: finishing an approved course is what entitles you to apply for registration, and registration is what lets you hold the protected title and be appointed to the job.

The provision here is undergraduate, which is the standard route in from school or college. Expect a mix of taught university blocks and supervised clinical placement, with the placement weeks scheduled around the academic year rather than in the holidays. There is also an apprenticeship route. That one works in the opposite order to everything else: you need an employer to take you on and sponsor the training first, and the university place follows from the job rather than the other way round.

A typical offer is published for 2 of the 3 courses here and not for the 1 others, so those rows are left blank rather than filled in with a guess. Where an offer is published, treat it as the shape of the offer rather than a guarantee — these courses are interviewed, and they carry DBS and occupational health requirements on top of the grades. 2 courses carry a UCAS code, so they are applied for through the central system rather than direct to the university.

Location
Ormskirk
Region
North West
Nation
England
Approved courses
3
Professions taught
2
Routes offered
undergraduate degree and degree apprenticeship
Campus locations
Ormskirk and Manchester

Every allied health course at Edge Hill University

Side by side, so you can see where the routes and the course lengths actually differ.

Approved pre-registration courses at Edge Hill University
Course Profession Route Award Length UCAS
BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice Operating department practitioner BSc BSc (Hons) 3 years B991
BSc (Hons) Operating Department Practice - Apprenticeship Operating department practitioner Apprenticeship BSc (Hons)
Paramedic Practice BSc (Hons) Paramedic BSc BSc (Hons) 3 years BB95

Operating department practitioner at Edge Hill University

Operating department practitioners are perioperative specialists who look after patients through the three phases of surgery.

Operating department practitioner entry requirements at Edge Hill University · All operating department practitioners courses in the UK · How to become an operating department practitioner

Paramedic at Edge Hill University

Paramedics are autonomous practitioners who assess and treat patients in urgent and emergency settings, usually outside hospital.

Paramedic entry requirements at Edge Hill University · All paramedics courses in the UK · How to become a paramedic

Paying for it in England

Student support for allied health courses is set nation by nation, so what applies here is decided by the fact that Edge Hill University is in England — not by the university.

Other universities in North West

Applicants normally hold several offers at once, and the realistic alternatives are the providers whose placement circuits cover the same patch.

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