Staff Contact: Lynn Caruthers at AnnualReports@coaemsp.org

As 2022 approaches, the CoAEMSP is finalizing the CoAEMSP 2020 Annual Report that programs will complete and submit to the CoAEMSP by May 15, 2022. Updates on the annual report include retention and satellites.

Avoid errors and rejection of your Annual Report! Read more here.

Sign up for the webinar that applies to your program. Registration will open in February. Watch these updates for registration information.

What You Need to Know: Current Programs with Active Satellite Campuses

Registration opens in February

What You Need to Know: Current Programs with No Satellite Campuses

Registration opens in February

The CoAEMSP continues to monitor the fluid COVID impact on Paramedic education. During its February 4-5 Board of Directors meeting, there will be an active conversation about next steps as it relates to simulation and alternative evaluation methods statement that expired on December 31, 2021.

Any cohort of students that began their program before December 31, 2021, falls under the previous waiver. The waiver supported Paramedic educational programs employing a broader array of approaches, including simulation, in determining competency in didactic, laboratory, clinical, field experience, and capstone field internship.

In 2020 CoAEMSP adopted a policy intended to assist new program directors in understanding the programmatic accreditation process and CoAEMSP and CAAHEP requirements. New program directors must attend a CAAHEP Accreditation Workshop hosted by the CoAEMSP. The CoAEMSP policy language follows:

The CAAHEP Accreditation Workshop is offered by CoAEMSP staff a minimum of four times per year. The workshop is offered in two formats: virtually, delivered in two one-half-day sessions or in-person, delivered in 1 day. Both formats require pre-coursework of research and watching recorded webinars on specific topics. The workshops are published on the CoAEMSP website and announced in the monthly eUpdate. Enrollment is limited, and registration fills quickly; new program directors are encouraged to register as soon as registration opens.

The next workshop is June 2, in Louisville, Kentucky, just before ACCREDITCON.

Unfortunately, it does not count. ACCREDITCON is a phenomenal opportunity to dig deeper into accreditation and look at Paramedic education through the lens of accreditation; however, it does not address all the components included in the CAAHEP Accreditation Workshop for Paramedic Programs.

Get more information and 2022 dates here.

ACCREDITCON is the collaborative designed to support programs, carry out its mission “to advance the quality of EMS education through accreditation” and respond to the needs of more than 700 Paramedic educational programs.

Not your typical EMS conference, ACCREDITCON is designed to be the comprehensive collaborative that offers every necessary resource for achieving accreditation success!

Listen to experts, interact with CoAEMSP staff and board, plug into best practices, network with peers and colleagues, and get answers to pertinent questions regarding initial and continuing CAAHEP accreditation for Paramedic educational programs.

These virtual workshops are held via Zoom and are designed to educate participants on the 2015 CAAHEP Standards and the accreditation process, enhancing the accreditation knowledge of Paramedic program faculty.

Using expert presentations and interactive group learning activities, the workshop will provide best practices to avoid common stumbling blocks.

For a current list of CoAEMSP LoR and CAAHEP Accredited programs, visit www.caahep.org.