Advanced level psychomotor tests are going away

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In 2023 the national registry has announced plans to sunset the advanced level psychomotor exam. That means that advanced EMTs and paramedics will no longer have to perform a skills exam at the conclusion of their program. Skills will be verified through the portfolio process, the same way paramedics are doing it now, and the cognitive exam will become significantly longer. The advanced EMT exam will be a three hour test with 170 items and the paramedic exam will have a time limit of 3 1/2 hours with between 130 and 190 items.

this is set to start between April and June 2023.
 
Any thoughts on this? I felt like the psychomotor exam was kind of unnecessary so I think this is a good thing.
 
Having to do two skills testing sessions at the conclusion of paramedic programs is burdensome for both the students and educators. Good riddance.
 
Seems very reasonable to do this, the ALS psychomotor going the same way as Step 2 CS. If the EMT course were a bit longer, it would make sense to do the same with EMT!
 
NomadicMedic said:
In 2023 the national registry has announced plans to sunset the advanced level psychomotor exam. That means that advanced EMTs and paramedics will no longer have to perform a skills exam at the conclusion of their program. Skills will be verified through the portfolio process, the same way paramedics are doing it now, and the cognitive exam will become significantly longer. The advanced EMT exam will be a three hour test with 170 items and the paramedic exam will have a time limit of 3 1/2 hours with between 130 and 190 items.

this is set to start between April and June 2023.
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So I just took the extended cognitive exam on 01/10/2024. My NREMT still has an PATT for my psychomotor but I thought I wouldn’t be required to take that if I tested after December 2023? Anyone know anything about this?
 
RESCUERANDYEMS said:
So I just took the extended cognitive exam on 01/10/2024. My NREMT still has an PATT for my psychomotor but I thought I wouldn’t be required to take that if I tested after December 2023? Anyone know anything about this?
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July 1, 2024 is when the testing process is set to change according to one of the last documents I saw put out by NREMT. So the new test is not available to be utilized until that date.

 
DesertMedic66 said:
July 1, 2024 is when the testing process is set to change according to one of the last documents I saw put out by NREMT. So the new test is not available to be utilized until that date.

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Well the one I just took had the scenario questions and the multiple answer solutions as well as some drag and drop questions so I’m not sure what I took if that’s the case.
 
DesertMedic66 said:
July 1, 2024 is when the testing process is set to change according to one of the last documents I saw put out by NREMT. So the new test is not available to be utilized until that date.

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This is what I’m confused about
 
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