Your CoAEMSP April eUpdate

APRIL / IN THIS ISSUE

EMS Week 2023
ACCREDITCON Registration Closes May 16
Webinar on June 28: Fair Practices
Latest Research: Paramedic educational program attrition accounts for significant loss of potential EMS workforce
AAA Honors One of Our Own, Ms. Lori Burns
2023 CAAHEP Standards Approved
Annual Fees via ACH
Milestones
By the Numbers

Advance registration closes on May 16.

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June 28 at 1:00 PM Central Time

CAAHEP Standard V: Fair Practices

Join CoAEMSP for a webinar on fair practices!

Fair practices encompass a variety of responsibilities an educational program must provide to prospective and enrolling students. Clear and accurate information allows students to make informed decisions regarding the policies, procedures, and outcome performance of the program. Have you ever had a student seek to challenge a grade? What kind of process does your program have to guide the student through such a situation? Other than tuition, are all the costs associated with attending and successfully completing the program well-defined? Join us as we review the important components of the CAAHEP Standards regarding fair practices designed to protect students and the program.

At the conclusion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

Define the term fair practices.
Analyze the components of the CAAHEP Standards regarding fair practices.
Explain the importance of fair practices.

Facilitators:

Michael Miller, EdD, RN, NRP, Assistant Director, CoAEMSP
Thomas Platt, EdD, NRP, Associate Dean for Academic Partnerships, University of Pittsburgh

American Ambulance Association Honors One of Our Own, Lori Burns

Lori Burns, Chair of the CoAEMSP, is the National Vice President of Learning, Global Medical Response in Denver, Colorado.

Ms. Burns is being honored for her work as a trailblazer for fellow women EMS professionals and making significant contributions to mobile healthcare.

Read the press release here.

CAAHEP Board Approves the 2023 CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for the EMS Professions

During its March 2023 meeting, the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP), approved the revised CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in the Emergency Medical Services Professions (the Standards).

The revised Standards for Paramedic programs will be effective January 1, 2024.

CoAEMSP will host a webinar to review the changes and timelines, so watch for more information in the monthly e-newsletter.

Read more on how this will impact your program.

Annual Fees via ACH

We are working diligently with all programs to streamline payment processes and ensure that Annual Accreditation Fees are processed on time. As an ongoing proactive effort for this year’s Annual Accreditation Fee cycle, we are encouraging electronic payment/ACH. This will establish your program to send electronic payments for all future invoices, avoid the costs of sending paper checks, and eliminate the incurrence of Additional Processing Fees (APF), which removes important instructional funds for educating Paramedics when they are needed more than ever! As a reminder, credit cards are not accepted.

Please contact Michelle Esquivel (michelle@coaemsp.org) for assistance in establishing an ACH transaction with CoAEMSP.

You are invited to contact Michelle with any questions regarding conversion to ACH or our other payment options. OUR goal is to eliminate APFs completely. Please help us help your program retain all the important educational funds where they are needed most.

Milestones

Joshua Coaker, MHA, Lead Instructor of the Paramedic program sponsored by the University of South Alabama, earned the Master of Health Administration degree conferred by Louisiana State University Shreveport on March 14, 2023.

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

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