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I have my NREMT-P; I want to find an online course that allows me to finish out my AAS in Emergency Management or a similar EMS field. Or I would even be interested in a BS degree. Does anyone know or have any experience with an online degree in these fields? I'm particularly looking for names of online schools. I've found a couple but I'm hoping to get some new ideas here. Thanks.
 
I want to find an online course that allows me to finish out my AAS in Emergency Management or a similar EMS field
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Why not diversify a little in case (or rather, for when) you burn out or get fed up with the low pay and the crappy hours? Just make sure you're going with a real university and not something like University of Phoenix, ITT Tech, etc.
 
Someone needs to turn there Paramedic frown upside down
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Hmmm? Not sure that I follow.

I am actually finishing up a bachelors in something not related to medicine and then going on to graduate school for epidemiology. I am looking forward to getting out of healthcare as a day to day job, but I will always have a soft spot in my heart for EMS and will probably always volunteer or work part time in some capacity.
 
Camden

Thanks for the info on Camden. I looked at the website and it looked promising until I got to this part:

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Camden County College has a residency requirement stating that a minimum of 30 credits applied to any degree must be taken at Camden County College. This is non-negotiable.

Does this meant that the course isn't totally online? 30 credits is a lot when I live in another state! Am I reading this wrong?
 
Baker College

Has anyone ever heard of Baker College? They have an online AAS degree in Emergency Medical Services Management. The weird thing is, instead of the normal 60 or so hours, their course is 99 hours. 45 transfers from your EMT-P credentials, but that still leaves 51 hours. It seemed like alot for an AAS. Anyone heard of this place or about this program?
 
wantdegree said:
Thanks for the info on Camden. I looked at the website and it looked promising until I got to this part:

RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT
Camden County College has a residency requirement stating that a minimum of 30 credits applied to any degree must be taken at Camden County College. This is non-negotiable.

Does this meant that the course isn't totally online? 30 credits is a lot when I live in another state! Am I reading this wrong?
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Nope,

All that means is that 30 of the credits have to be taken at Camden. "Residency does not refer to your geographical location, but rather the credits your required to take at there school to be eligible for a degree at there school. At least thats how I have understood it. Talk to Matt the program director there. Hes been very responsive. I am finishing my AAS that way in the middle east soon.
 
Go to www.percomonline.com and they can help you get a degree online from a real college/university.
 
Why do you want to do an online degree? Do you have some reason to not be in a classroom (like being in Kabul or something)?
 
thegreypilgrim said:
Why do you want to do an online degree? Do you have some reason to not be in a classroom (like being in Kabul or something)?
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There is nothing wrong with online education. I can get credits from just about every major university online now. Online allows people to get education they could never even consider in the past. Now just like regular classes there are diploma mills so stick with reputable universities.
 
medic417 said:
There is nothing wrong with online education. I can get credits from just about every major university online now. Online allows people to get education they could never even consider in the past. Now just like regular classes there are diploma mills so stick with reputable universities.
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I'm not knocking it or anything (I've taken plenty of online courses myself), I suppose it all just depends on how you learn. You don't really have the same sort of access and immediacy to the sort of learning support resources doing an online program as you do if you were actually there. Also if there are science courses the lab components can get kind of tricky with an online course.
 
I would be fine with a traditional classroom setting but I live in a rural area of VA and the closest such program is almost 3 hrs. away. There's a school an hour away the offers an AAS with completion of your EMT-P and general studies but I want a more specific track- ems management, eetc.
 
wantdegree said:
I would be fine with a traditional classroom setting but I live in a rural area of VA and the closest such program is almost 3 hrs. away. There's a school an hour away the offers an AAS with completion of your EMT-P and general studies but I want a more specific track- ems management, eetc.
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I understand that, but that raises the question of the possibility of relocation. Would that be at all possible?

Also, I don't know what part of VA you're in, but you may want to check out these programs:

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Eastern Kentucky University

Western Carolina University

George Washington University

You say you want an EMS management degree, what specifically do you want to do career-wise?
 
Stay away from Baker. It's a diploma mill. I would round file any application with a "degree" from Baker.

There is nothing wrong with a distance education degree, so long as it comes from a reputable school. That generally means one that is either a state school or a long established (one not established solely for the purposes of distance education) private school.
 
thegreypilgrim said:
I'm not knocking it or anything (I've taken plenty of online courses myself), I suppose it all just depends on how you learn. You don't really have the same sort of access and immediacy to the sort of learning support resources doing an online program as you do if you were actually there. Also if there are science courses the lab components can get kind of tricky with an online course.
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I agree not everyone has the same learning style and as such some should not try online education.

I actually found I had as much true interaction in fact more one on one with online courses than traditional large university courses. I could send an email, make a phone call and actually discuss with no distractions anything I needed clarification on.

As to labs, etc you just attend those parts of the course but do the book/lecture part online.
 
usafmedic45 said:
Stay away from Baker. It's a diploma mill. I would round file any application with a "degree" from Baker.

There is nothing wrong with a distance education degree, so long as it comes from a reputable school. That generally means one that is either a state school or a long established (one not established solely for the purposes of distance education) private school.
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By the way, for the sake of clarification, I should point out that I am taking a lot of online classes for my bachelors degree although the degree is coming from a university I am attending here locally. It's just cheaper and quicker to do it this way.
 
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