Webinars and Videos

Many program sponsors work cooperatively with community partners to pool resources for their Paramedic or AEMT courses. This can include instructional services, space, equipment, or supplies. If this applies to your program, what is your agreement with the community partner? Do you have a written agreement? Who is responsible for the services? What are the lines of authority and reporting? What happens if the partner no longer contributes? Is a satellite location considered outsourcing? What is the CoAEMSP policy for outsourced services? This session will discuss what is included in outsourced resources and examples of partnerships and services that programs may be engaged in.

Patricia Tritt, MA, RN, is a long-time EMS educator and has been responsible for the administration of comprehensive EMS education programs for all levels of prehospital providers. She has been a CoAEMSP site visitor and Board member and is currently a technical consultant to the CoAEMSP. Pat is an ICISF faculty member and has trained crisis support teams in a variety of countries. Pat has received: recognition for contributions to Colorado EMS: C. J. Shanaberger Award; 9 Who Care Award as a leader of volunteer services in Colorado; NAEMT President’s Leadership Award, ICISF Award for Collaborative Outreach in the Field of Crisis Response; Daniel L. Storer, MD Award for contributions to the EMS professions; 2012 Swedish Medical Center Leadership Award, Colorado EMSAC Presidents Award, and National Association of EMS Educators Legends That Walk Among Us award.

Megan Corry, EdD, EMTP, CHSE has over 20 years of teaching and leadership experience in higher education and has been a CoAEMSP Site Visitor since 2012. She serves as a member of the Board of directors at the CoAEMSP, sponsored by the National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) and is on the board of advisors at the Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF). Dr Corry works to improve research literacy and evidence-based teaching and learning practices in EMS education. Her doctoral work focused on the influence of organizational culture during an institutional accreditation crisis at City College of San Francisco in 2012.

Educating clinicians with a focus on competency to enter the profession is an enormous responsibility. Accreditation Standards broadly frame the educational goal to be attained by programs as preparing graduates who are “competent in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective domains.” Programs are to make available resources and student experiences to demonstrate competency achievement, including documented evidence of assessing the progression of learning for each student in attaining competency. The Student Minimum Competency (SMC) Recommendations adopted by CoAEMSP for Paramedic and AEMT provide a framework to assist programs in establishing program-required minimum skills and patient encounters from formative exposure to competency evaluation. Join us for a review and conversation of the Paramedic and AEMT SMC Recommendations.

Mike joined CoAEMSP as Assistant Director in 2021. Mike has 40 years of experience in EMS. He was an associate professor and director of Creighton University’s Emergency Medical Services Education Program for 19 years; he has practiced as a Paramedic and registered nurse, Paramedic shift supervisor, quality improvement coordinator, EMS system director, emergency department RN, and trauma program coordinator. Other professional activities have included being a Board Member and Site Visitor for the CoAEMSP, a member of the Nebraska Board of EMS, a Board Member for the National Association of EMS Educators, and has served as a contributing author and a reviewer for several EMS publications. Numerous conference presentations and workshops have been facilitated by Mike, focusing on clinical, leadership, and educational topics. Educational accomplishments include a Doctor of Education in Interdisciplinary Leadership, a Bachelor of Science in EMS, and a Master of Science Degree in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution, all from Creighton University.