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

The program aims to enable prehospital healthcare 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.

Learning outcomes

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

Career prospects

With a master's degree in Prehospital critical care, you qualify for different positions within prehospital and emergency medicine/critical care, e.g.:

• system development
• dissemination of knowledge
• positions requiring the ability to initiate, develop and evaluate research and quality improvement projects

The program qualifies for admission to the Ph.D. program in health and medicine at the University of Stavanger.