what does a schedule look like for medic school?

[The Pigeon]

Hello All,
I have everything set up to go to medic school this summer, and I was wondering: What does a typical week's schedule look like in paramedic school? (Including clinicals, personal study, etc.).
The reason I ask this is, I am considering working or going to welding school full time during days, and want to know if I will have the time to pursue both.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Medic Tim]

It depends . There are several formats. Mine was through a college and was 3 semesters if you did it full time or 2-3 if you did it part time. I had classes 3-4 days a week with clinical 2-3 days a week. I usually had 2 busy days an a few half days. I had to travel so I usually did a half clinical day to round things out. It was also common for is to have Saturday labs or classes.

So you know the schedule yet for either program?

I was a ft community college student , worked ft on the ambulance and was also a pt university student.

Time management will be your friend. I had already done a few years of university before I took this in so I knew my learning style and why worked for me... Which really helped.

 

[The Pigeon]

The schedule for the medic program will be 2 days a week from 5-10pm for classes. I don't know how the clinicals are going to be run. As far as welding goes, the instructor said that all the classes would be available during the daytime. The paramedic program is part time, and the welding one is full time.

How long were your clinical shifts in medic school? Do most programs let you schedule them at your leisure?

 

[Medic Tim]

The schedule for the medic program will be 2 days a week from 5-10pm for classes. I don't know how the clinicals are going to be run. As far as welding goes, the instructor said that all the classes would be available during the daytime. The paramedic program is part time, and the welding one is full time.

How long were your clinical shifts in medic school? Do most programs let you schedule them at your leisure?

I am only really familiar with my school and several Canadian schools. In my program we did a full year of clinical and hospital time. As time went on you were able to do more and more skills wise. Shifts were usually 12 hours but we could do 6 or 8 hour shifts if we had a night class. We also did a week in a trauma Center and urban trucks( my program was in northern Maine so we only got 4 or 5 calls in a 12 hour shift.)
My school scheduled everything . We submitted our availability . We had to have so many hours In certain departments/environments. We also had to have a certain number of skills and assessments to complete. We could request certain departments but there was no guarantee you would get where you wanted.

I know some schools will do all of the didactic first then you will basically work full time on a truck and in the hospital till all your hours and skills are completed.

 

[Akulahawk]

The schedule for the medic program will be 2 days a week from 5-10pm for classes. I don't know how the clinicals are going to be run. As far as welding goes, the instructor said that all the classes would be available during the daytime. The paramedic program is part time, and the welding one is full time.

How long were your clinical shifts in medic school? Do most programs let you schedule them at your leisure?

My program was, and still is, basically this: 3 days/week for 8 hours. After you've completed your specialty certs, they drop didactic back to 1-2 days/week and you go to hospital clinical 2 days/week. This is well along into the program, about 6 months, and goes for about 2 months. Once you've satisfactorily completed the didactic and clinical phases, you're essentially ready to progress to the field internship, and this typically runs about 3 months. All told, we went about 250-300 hours over minimum, and all of that time was didactic. We stuck with the allotted time for clinical and field time, of 160 and 480 hours, respectively.

I worked full-time during the program, but it wasn't a traditional schedule. School was Mon-Wed or Wed-Fri so I worked during the other 4 days, but shifts varied a bit so I usually had a day off from work or school. Whichever 3 days we were in school, that stayed consistent throughout the program, until we went to the field internship phase.