Welcome to the Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care (FPHC) Student Elective Programme! This programme is designed to provide medical students with unique opportunities to gain hands-on experience in pre-hospital care settings. Whether you’re looking to enhance your skills, broaden your knowledge, or explore a potential career path, our elective programme offers a once in a lifetime opportunity.
The application process usually opens in September and will be advertised on the FPHC and Student & Trainee Group (STG) social media channels as well as the FPHC website.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer assistance with organising electives out with our own programme as this would be conflicting with our application process. Elective applicants undergo a rigorous application and interviewing process to receive the placements we offer; therefore we can’t assist with facilitating extra placements beyond these.
The faculty has arranged with The Air Ambulance Service (TAAS), the Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust (EHAAT) and the East Anglian Air Ambulance (EAAA) for successful medical student applicants to spend a 4-week elective experiencing a HEMS based PHEM system.
Elective activities might include involvement in training and simulation with crews, observer shifts, audit or project work, attending governance meetings and much more!
Facilitated Elective places in Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine are generously offered by London Ambulance Service (LAS), and Welsh Ambulance Service (WAS). These elective places offer the opportunity to gain insight into a rapidly evolving specialty by experiencing many aspects of Pre-Hospital Emergency Medicine.
Opportunities on a facilitated elective might include observer shifts with ambulance crews and specialist paramedics, time with the Hazardous Area Response Team (HART), experience of operational management and control centre experience, and much more!
The Faculty of Pre-hospital Care is pleased to offer a £250 bursary for one student undertaking a Pre-hospital themed elective internationally. Applications for the International Elective Bursary run alongside applications for the HEMS and Facilitated elective.
The FPHC Elective Programme would not be possible without the support of the organisations that provide placements for successful students. We offer our sincere thanks for their ongoing support and dedication which are essential to the success of our program. Without their contributions, we couldn’t offer these valuable educational opportunities.
Thank you to the following organisations for working with us to develop the next generation of healthcare professionals!
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Due to essential systems maintenance and upgrades there will be intermittent interruptions to some on-line services on Saturday 27th of February. There will be further interruption to some core services on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd of March.
We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
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