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WOW! It's about time! Only schools that offer real education, and have approved clinical sites, and have their act together, only their students will be able to test for the NREMT!! Of course all schools have the chance to prove themselves in the next 5 yrs... I bet we will see a lot less shady, piss poor training centers, and who knows maybe... yes, maybe truly educated EMT's and Paramedics...
The following press release explains it all.
NREMT Board Votes to Require Paramedic Accreditation
On November 13-14, 2007, the National Registry of EMTs Board of Directors
voted to require that applicants for national Paramedic certification
graduate from a nationally accredited educational program after December 31,
2012.
The motion was introduced in June 2007 and tabled to enable consultation
with other members of the EMS community. Following discussions with other
national EMS organizations, the board passed the motion unanimously on
November 14, 2007. The rationale for the change is based on the
recommendations in the EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems
Approach as well as the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report titled Emergency
Medical Services at the Crossroads. These two publications call for a
linkage of paramedic educational program accreditation with eligibility for
certification.
Currently, fourteen states require national accreditation of paramedic
education programs and, there are over 240 nationally accredited programs.
Most experts believe that this represents about one-half to one-third of the
active paramedic education programs in the country. The CoAEMSP is
committed to helping programs understand and meet the standards and
guidelines for accreditation, stated Randy Kuykendall, the current Chairman
of the Committee on Accreditation for EMS Educational Programs (CoAEMSP).
William E. Brown, Jr., NREMT Executive Director said We believe that the
major barrier to achieving accreditation will be institutional support. We
hope that this policy provides paramedic program directors with the leverage
to get the same resources as other allied health education programs. There
is simply no reason why any quality program cannot achieve accreditation in
the next five years.
Another concern is the number of paramedic programs that are in
"non-traditional" educational settings. Dr. George Hatch, CoAEMSP Executive
Director, stated We currently have accredited programs in all types of
locations and institutions. The CoAEMSP has a variety of mechanisms to meet
the sponsorship requirements. Virtually any type program, including
proprietary and agency based, can meet the sponsorship standard through
seeking independent institutional accreditation or collaborating with other
organizations to form a consortium.
While the EMS Education Agenda for the Future calls for educational
accreditation for all levels of EMS personnel, the IOM report recommends
requiring accreditation only at the paramedic level. The NREMT motion
affects only paramedic eligibility. Jimm Murray, NREMT Vice-Chairman (of
the Board of Directors) concludes that the current evidence supports
requiring accreditation at the paramedic level. We may revisit the issue of
accreditation at other levels at a later date.
This is an important step forward for the discipline of paramedicine,
concluded Sandy Bogucki, MD, PhD and Chairman of the NREMT Board of
Directors. Every occupational group that has evolved and gained credibility
as a profession has done so through strengthening their educational and
credentialing systems. We know that this change will be a challenge, but the
Board feels confident that accreditation will improve paramedic education
and ultimately the quality of care that patients receive in the out of
hospital setting
The following press release explains it all.
NREMT Board Votes to Require Paramedic Accreditation
On November 13-14, 2007, the National Registry of EMTs Board of Directors
voted to require that applicants for national Paramedic certification
graduate from a nationally accredited educational program after December 31,
2012.
The motion was introduced in June 2007 and tabled to enable consultation
with other members of the EMS community. Following discussions with other
national EMS organizations, the board passed the motion unanimously on
November 14, 2007. The rationale for the change is based on the
recommendations in the EMS Education Agenda for the Future: A Systems
Approach as well as the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report titled Emergency
Medical Services at the Crossroads. These two publications call for a
linkage of paramedic educational program accreditation with eligibility for
certification.
Currently, fourteen states require national accreditation of paramedic
education programs and, there are over 240 nationally accredited programs.
Most experts believe that this represents about one-half to one-third of the
active paramedic education programs in the country. The CoAEMSP is
committed to helping programs understand and meet the standards and
guidelines for accreditation, stated Randy Kuykendall, the current Chairman
of the Committee on Accreditation for EMS Educational Programs (CoAEMSP).
William E. Brown, Jr., NREMT Executive Director said We believe that the
major barrier to achieving accreditation will be institutional support. We
hope that this policy provides paramedic program directors with the leverage
to get the same resources as other allied health education programs. There
is simply no reason why any quality program cannot achieve accreditation in
the next five years.
Another concern is the number of paramedic programs that are in
"non-traditional" educational settings. Dr. George Hatch, CoAEMSP Executive
Director, stated We currently have accredited programs in all types of
locations and institutions. The CoAEMSP has a variety of mechanisms to meet
the sponsorship requirements. Virtually any type program, including
proprietary and agency based, can meet the sponsorship standard through
seeking independent institutional accreditation or collaborating with other
organizations to form a consortium.
While the EMS Education Agenda for the Future calls for educational
accreditation for all levels of EMS personnel, the IOM report recommends
requiring accreditation only at the paramedic level. The NREMT motion
affects only paramedic eligibility. Jimm Murray, NREMT Vice-Chairman (of
the Board of Directors) concludes that the current evidence supports
requiring accreditation at the paramedic level. We may revisit the issue of
accreditation at other levels at a later date.
This is an important step forward for the discipline of paramedicine,
concluded Sandy Bogucki, MD, PhD and Chairman of the NREMT Board of
Directors. Every occupational group that has evolved and gained credibility
as a profession has done so through strengthening their educational and
credentialing systems. We know that this change will be a challenge, but the
Board feels confident that accreditation will improve paramedic education
and ultimately the quality of care that patients receive in the out of
hospital setting
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