Resources
| Document Link | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Annual Report: What, Why, and How | Mar 2025 | |
| CoAEMSP 2025 Annual Report | Jul 2026 | xlsx |
| CoAEMSP Recommended Outcomes Posting Language | Jan 2024 | docx |
| Did You Know: Posting Annual Report Outcomes | Nov 2024 | |
| FAQ: Annual Report 2026 Fall (special edition) | Aug 2026 | |
| FAQ: Credentialing | Jan 2026 | |
| FAQ: Placement | Jan 2026 | |
| FAQ: Program Outcomes | Jan 2026 | |
| FAQ: Retention | Jan 2026 | |
| Worksheet: Outcome – Credentialing | Jan 2026 | docx |
| Worksheet: Outcome – Placement | Jan 2026 | docx |
| Worksheet: Outcome – Retention | Jan 2026 | docx |
Article, Program Outcomes: Measurement and Accountability
Your 2025 Annual Report is due October 15, 2026
Program Directors of CoAEMSP-Letter of Review (LoR) and CAAHEP-accredited Paramedic educational programs received an email in mid-July from AnnualReports@coaemsp.org. This email included instructions for downloading and completing the CoAEMSP Annual Report for calendar year 2025, due by October 15, 2026.
Current CoAEMSP-LoR programs issued the LoR through 2025 are required to submit the 2025 Annual Report. LoR programs issued the LoR in 2026 are not be required to submit the annual report.
The CoAEMSP outcome thresholds of 70% established for Retention, Positive (Job) Placement, and the NREMT/State Written Examination are based on research of other CAAHEP Committees on Accreditation (CoAs) and are comparable to other accreditation healthcare profession standards. The CoAEMSP Board and the Quality Improvement (QI) Committee continue to review results from the three (3) Outcomes reported in the CoAEMSP Annual Report to determine if they remain appropriate.
Reminder: based on CAAHEP Standard V.A.4:
“The sponsor must maintain and make available to the public on its website a current and consistent summary of student/graduate achievement that includes the results of one or more of these program outcomes: national or state credentialing examination(s), programmatic retention, and placement in full or part-time employment or volunteering in the profession or a related profession as established by the CoAEMSP.”
All programs (CAAHEP-accredited and CoAEMSP-LoR) must annually publish their latest outcomes results (e.g. National Registry or State Written Exam, Retention, and Positive Job Placement) based on the most recent CoAEMSP Annual Report submitted. Additional calendar year outcomes may be added, and all outcomes must be verifiable by the program’s Annual Report(s). The calendar year of the Annual Report must be represented with the outcomes.
To assist the public in finding your outcomes, programs must publish their latest outcomes results on the Paramedic educational program’s homepage of its website – or – identify outcomes on the homepage and provide a link to the page where outcomes are published. The Annual Report requires a direct link to the homepage location. This direct link will be forwarded to CAAHEP for validation. [The Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) provides the recognition to CAAHEP to carry out accreditation activities. CHEA requires that all CAAHEP-accredited programs make their program outcomes accessible to the public.]
Avoid making errors by reading the instructions in the annual report. Save a copy of your report to your computer, and review your report before submitting it to avoid having it returned for corrections.