Program Review Presentation April 20,2010 Paramedic Program Program Review Presentation April 20,2010

Program Description Paramedicine is an allied health specialty whose practitioners respond to emergencies before a patient reaches a hospital, rendering basic and advanced medical treatment before and during transport to a medical facility. The Department educates an average of 200 EMT-Basics and 24 Paramedics annually. The emergency medical technician (EMT-Basic) student completes 144 hours of instruction. The paramedic student completes over 1559 hours of instruction as part of their total ARC experience. Beginning in 2003, the Paramedic Program has maintained external accreditation with Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Programs (CAAHEP). The Paramedic Department includes 3 full-time faculty, and more than 15 adjunct faculty. Brief Description of your program. Who are you? One Slide, 2 minutes

Program -- Strengths While several strengths exist, standouts include: Paramedic student population- dedicated and focused. Professional diversity of our faculty. Strong facilities and campus support. Strong partnerships with local and regional health care providers. Ongoing integration of digital technologies in the didactic phase, lab stations and field internships. 2008 CAAHEP Accreditation. 100% pass rate of the Paramedic Licensure Exam during the past 5 years.

Program -- Challenges Goal alignment between the demands of Perkins, NREMT, CAAHEP, and the Mission of American River College. Integration of mandatory NREMT student learning outcomes and lab session activities. EMT-Basic student performance tracking for improved skills mastery and SLO attainment. Improved NREMT EMT-Basic certification pass rates. Continued integration and standardized of the high-fidelity training manikins.

Planning Implications Additional time to develop functional goal alignment strategies Additional lab coordination and standardization Adjunct faculty assignment consistency FISDAP testing integration Faculty release time to develop validated and standardized METI scenarios. Scenarios aligned with SLOs

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