CoAEMSP News | January 2026

First Program in the Nation Receives Voluntary AEMT Accreditation; 12 AEMT Programs from Five States Obtain LoR in 2025

Durham Technical Community College is the first AEMT education program in the nation to receive its voluntary accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP), the only nationally recognized accreditation organization for AEMT and paramedic education. 

Read the article here.

Reporting Outcomes for the 2024 Graduates

CoAEMSP Annual Report due May 15, 2026

Program directors will receive an email from AnnualReports@coaemsp.org on Thursday, January 22, containing a link to the annual report. The programs receiving this email will include only those programs with the CoAEMSP Letter of Review or CAAHEP accreditation in 2024.

For more information about the annual report, click here.

Register for the webinar on February 4 at 1 PM Central Time here.

Reporting Outcomes for the 2025 Graduates

CoAEMSP Annual Report due October 15, 2026 
(special edition)

Yes, to make the program outcomes review process more effective and meaningful, the CoAEMSP Board of Directors is changing the required reporting year to reflect data on the program graduates in the previous calendar year. This change should also make tracking the reported data easier for the program.

To accomplish this transition, in 2026, programs will complete two CoAEMSP Annual Reports. The first Annual Report on graduates in 2024 is due May 15, 2026. A second Annual Report for graduates in 2025 will be due October 15, 2026. Two reports in one year will be a one-time occurrence. 

Beginning in 2027, the Annual Report for graduates in the previous year will be due no later than May 15.

Read more here.

More FAQs

The CoAEMSP Resource Library includes a Frequently Asked Questions section. The following FAQs have been added this month:

FAQ: Annual Report 2026 Spring

FAQ: Annual Report 2026 Fall (special edition)

FAQ: Credentialing

FAQ: Placement

FAQ: Retention

FAQ: Summative Evaluation

FAQ: Affective

FAQ: Program Outcomes

FAQ: Simulation

CoAEMSP Research in the News

Understanding Program Attrition: The Influence of Entry Requirements and Student Resources

CoAEMSP’s Mike Miller and Lisa Collard, together with a team of researchers from The National Registry, recently published an analysis in The Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, reporting that programs with high attrition rates were more likely to have open enrollment policies. In contrast, programs with low attrition rates were more likely to require preadmission interviews, medical knowledge exams, and medical pre-screens and offer daycare.  

The takeaway: Paramedic educational programs looking to improve retention should consider entry requirements and student support systems. 

Read the article here.

Information Worth Repeating

Summary Evaluation: The Process is Evolving

Upcoming Workshops & Webinars

Milestones

Ron Lawler, MEd, NRP, Program Director of the Paramedic Program sponsored by Sanford Health EMS Education/North Dakota State College of Science in Fargo, ND, earned the Master of Education in Educational Business Administration, conferred on September 30, 2025, by American College of Education.

Number of Programs with a Status

View the list of CoAEMSP-Letter of Review and CAAHEP-accredited programs.