CoAEMSP News | August 2026

Podcasts for Professionals

Tools and Topics for Growth as EMS Educators

Relationships Over Spreadsheets: The Power of the Clinical Coordinator recorded by Prodigy with Dr. Mike Miller (August, 2026)

Registry Insider Episode 87 – Student Readiness recorded at ACCREDITCON (June, 2026)

Registry Insider Episode 86 – Assessment of Students recorded at ACCREDITCON (June, 2026)

Registry Insider Episode 85 – CoAEMSP Research recorded at ACCREDITCON (June, 2026)

Registry Insider Episode 84 – Leveraging Prior Learning recorded at ACCREDITCON (June, 2026)

See the full list of podcasts here.

Now Available

CoAEMSP 2024-2025 Annual Report

CoAEMSP Resource Library

New FAQs & Tools

FAQs



Check out these new FAQs in the CoAEMSP Resource Library!

• FAQ: Annual Report 2026 Fall (special edition)
• FAQ: Graduate & Employer Surveys
• FAQ: Student Record Retention
• FAQ: Program Outcomes: Measurement and Accountability

Other Tools

• High-Stakes Student Exams Form
  The High-Stakes Exams Form has replaced the Frequency of High-Stakes Exams Form; it is located in the Resource Library > Instruments & Forms and Other Best Practices section.
  
• Medical Director Onboarding Process - sample
  The Medical Director’s responsibilities are delineated in the 2023 CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in the Emergency Medical Services Professions. 
  
  For convenience, a checklist of activities and responsibilities has been created in this sample Medical Director Onboarding Process. Take time to familiarize yourself with the program and how you can best support it and the students.
  
  The checklist is located in the Resource Library > Medical Directors (MD) section.

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What’s Happening with Graduate and Employer Surveys?

The short answer is that the process for reporting the results of the graduate and employer surveys is changing.

The outcome data from graduate and employer surveys have been included in the CoAEMSP Annual Report. The information included the following elements for both graduates and employers: total number of graduates, total number of surveys sent, total number of surveys received, analysis of survey results, and an action plan based on the results. There is no minimum threshold for the number of surveys received, but programs must distribute to 100% of employed graduates and their employers.

Read more here.

Graduate and employer surveys will still be required; data will now be collected, collated, entered into the Graduate and Employer Survey Report annually, and submitted with the self-study report as part of the accreditation review process. 

Graduate and Employer Surveys:

When, Why, and Challenges

Accredited programs are required to complete satisfaction surveys of graduates and employers, but what purpose do these questionnaires serve? Is it just one more requirement? Historically, it is difficult to find some graduates, and hence their employers, once they leave the program, so does it really matter, and is it worth the effort? The answer to both questions is yes.

Read more here.

Programs' Annual Report due October 15, 2026

All CAAHEP-accredited and CoAEMSP Letter of Review (LoR) paramedic and AEMT educational programs (receiving the LoR in 2025) must complete the CoAEMSP Annual Report for calendar year 2025.

If your program did not have graduates in 2025, the Annual Report is still required. Submission of this data is required to meet the recognition requirements of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), the accreditor of the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).

Key Information:

Download the 2025 Annual Report from the CoAEMSP's Annual Report webpage.

Completed 2025 Annual Report must be titled and submitted as follows:

• Paramedic programs
• 60xxxx (complete the program number in place of the xxxx) 2025 Annual Report
• Example: 600999 2025 Annual Report

• AEMT programs
• 15xxxx (complete the program number in place of the xxxx) 2025 Annual Report
• Example: 150999 2025 Annual Report

Email the completed 2025 Annual Report to AnnualReports@coaemsp.org.

• Completed Annual Reports must be in the Excel format and template as provided and designated for 2025.

• Do not use a collaborative platform to complete the Annual Report, which will alter built-in formulas (e.g., Google Sheets, SharePoint, ShareFile).

• Review the Annual Report for completeness and accuracy before submitting it.

• 2025 Annual Report Outcomes for Retention, Written Exam, and Positive Placement must be posted on the program’s website and verifiable when the annual report is submitted.

• Incomplete Annual Reports will not be accepted and they will be returned to the program with the requested corrections.

• Scroll to the bottom of the report and complete the Attestation statement, and sign and date the report.
• If there is a yellow box below your name and date, do not submit the Annual Report; look for questions left blank and complete those questions. The yellow box will disappear when all questions have been answered.

• General Information questions #1 and #2 request the "published clock hours" for the program in calendar year 2025. Provide the numbers for questions #1 and #2, even if you did not have a cohort graduate in 2025. The published clock hours are for research purposes only.