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Maintaining an Accredited Program: Just what were those Program Director responsibilities again?

Recorded July 8, 2021

Megan Corry, EdD, NRP and Doug York, NRP, PS

Maintaining accreditation of a Paramedic program is the primary responsibility of the program director. Join Megan and Doug to learn about best practices, including:

  • Academic progress advising
  • Interleaving experiences
  • Clinical and field monitoring and coaching
  • Counseling students
  • Candidate screening and selection
  • Student success strategies

Resources

Slides: Program Director Responsibilites
Jul-2021 Download

Assessing and Documenting the Progression of Learning

Your site visitors inquire how you document the progression of student learning. What are they asking for and how can you demonstrate that your program is not just focused on checking the boxes, but on communication among faculty, including the Medical Director, and monitoring student progression in attaining competencies in the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains?

Resources

Slides: Assessing and Documenting the Progression of Learning
Feb-2021 Download
Article: Assessing and Documenting the Progression of Learning
Feb-2021 Download

Preceptor Training Practices


Resources

Slides: Preceptor Training Practices
Dec-2020 Download
Practices: Preceptor Training Practices
Dec-2020 Download

Speaker: Lori Burns
Moderator: Jennifer Anderson Warwick

Recorded December 2, 2020

Accredited Paramedic educational programs must ensure that clinical and field educators who evaluate students have completed preceptor orientation/training. Sometimes the program provides that orientation/training directly and other times the clinical site or field agency provides their own program. How can a program director ensure that quality training is provided, and all preceptors complete this orientation/training? Learn about how other programs structure their preceptor orientation/training, track completions, and ensure quality with outside agency training. Discuss issues around preceptor competency and maintenance of training over time.