NAEMSE POSITION PAPER: Revised Standards & Guidelines on the Accreditation of Educational Programs

摘要

The National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) has issued a position paper in support of the most recent changes to the Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in EMS Professions issued by the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for EMS Professions (CoAEMSP). For nearly four decades, CoAEMSP has been the conduit for EMS educational programs to obtain accreditation for their paramedic programs from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP).The recent standards revision positions EMS educational programs to achieve best practices and evidence-based models of excellence in planning, delivery and evaluation. The original standards document was published in 1978. Since then, it has been revised four times, with the most recent modification in 2015.