Accreditation is Credible Education
APRIL 2017 / IN THIS ISSUE
Standard II.C. Minimum Expectations
"Why Does It Take So Long..."
2017-2018 Annual Fees Invoice Will Arrive Soon!
Applications Now Being Accepted for Site Visitors
June CAAHEP Accreditation Workshop
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Milestones
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Standard II.C. Minimum Expectations
Programs! Be Sure to Use the Following Minimum Expectation Statement in Your Materials!

The CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in the Emergency Medical Services Professions requires programs to have the following minimum expectation:

II.C. Program Goals – Minimum Expectation

β€œTo prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.”

The bolded language is new in the 2015 CAAHEP Standards. Every Paramedic program seeking or maintaining CAAHEP accreditation, including programs that hold the CoAEMSP Letter of Review status, must have this minimum expectation stated verbatim.
2017-2018 Annual Fees Invoice Will Arrive Soon!

Staff Contact: Ruth Crump, ruth@coaemsp.org or 214-703-8445, x116


Programs will receive an invoice for Annual Accreditation Fees in the amount of $1,700 during the week of May 1. This invoice will come from Ruth Crump ( ruth@coaemsp.org).

If you do not receive an invoice by May 8, first, check your spam folder to see if the invoice ended up there; if not, notify Ruth: ruth@coaemsp.org, so that she can email it to you immediately.

The due date for the invoice is July 1. This applies to ALL programs that either hold CAAHEP accreditation or the CoAEMSP Letter of Review, or are working toward the LoR.

To avoid additional processing fees, payment is due on or before July 31.  

NOTE: An Additional Processing Fee invoice of $500 will be sent the first week in August for past due Annual Accreditation Fees.

If your program requires that a Purchase Order appear on the invoice, email this request immediately to ruth@coaemsp.org.
Applications Now Being Accepted for Site Visitors
Workshop to be Held for Selected Participants

Staff Contact: Jennifer Anderson Warwick, jennifer@coaemsp.org or 214-703-8445, x114

The CoAEMSP is increasing its site visitor cadre and is seeking Paramedic educators and physicians to become site visitors for CoAEMSP. The training workshop will be hosted on November 30-December 1 in Minneapolis-
St. Paul for those applicants who have been selected to be site visitors.

FAQs were compiled to help answer the questions you may have regarding the workshop and can be found here.

Application (updated) can be found here. 

June CAAHEP Accreditation Workshop for Paramedic Programs
Registration is filling up fast! Limited Seats! Register today!

JUNE 15-16
MINNEAPOLIS/
ST. PAUL, MN
Crowne Plaza
AiRe-Mall of America

These workshops will focus on the new 2015 CAAHEP Standards and the new Self Study Report templates. These accreditation workshops will serve as an invaluable resource for new program directors, lead instructors, and deans as well as the seasoned program directors.
By the Numbers
Milestones
Congratulations to the following program directors who recently earned Master degrees. We applaud your accomplishments that help make EMS a credible profession.

Barry Reed, program director of the Paramedic program sponsored by Northwest Florida State College, Niceville, Fla., earned the Educational Specialist (EdS) degree from the University of West Florida on August 5, 2016.

Nicole Smith, program director of the Paramedic program sponsored by Medic 1 Community Emergency Services, Benton Harbor, Mich., earned the Master of Arts degree from Siena Heights University on May 7, 2016.

Paula Johnson, program director of the Paramedic program sponsored by New River Community and Technical College, Beaver, WV, earned the Master of Education degree from Colorado State University on December 17, 2016.
Upcoming Events
CAAHEP Accreditation
Workshop
JUNE 15-16

Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN
CAAHEP Accreditation
Workshop
OCTOBER 12-13

Charlotte, NC
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Jennifer S. Anderson Warwick, MA
CoAEMSP
jennifer@coaemsp.org