The Open Hearing on the the proposed CAAHEP Standards and Guidelines for the Accreditation of Educational Programs in Emergency Medical Services Professions is scheduled for Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 11:15 am (Central). 

Participation in the Open Hearing by electronic (online) means is available to those unable to attend in person. Please register to attend the online access of the Open Hearing below. The EMSP Open Hearing will begin Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 11:15 am (Central).  Your registration must be received by April 17, 2015.

Registration is not necessary for those planning to attend the Open Hearing in person.

For those desiring hotel room reservations at the Intercontinental Hotel, Kansas City, contact the hotel at 1-866-856-9717 and use the group code CAA.  

Staff Contact: Gordy Kokx, gordy@coaemsp.org or

In January 2015, CAAHEP made a change to Standard V.A.4 in the accreditation Standards for all its professions.  The language in the EMS-Paramedic Standards now states:

For programs to be in compliance with the new Standard, CoAEMSP adopted the following policy:

Staff Contact: Lynn Caruthers, lynn@coaemsp.org or
214-703-8445, x115
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The 2014 Annual Report for the CoAEMSP is now available for data entry. Failure to submit the 2014 Annual Report by the April 1, 2015, deadline will result in the Letter of Review being revoked immediately.

LoR programs must submit the Annual Report each April 1st until accreditation has been received.

Please review the information in Key Points to Remember, then complete only the following sections on the Annual Report:

Some programs are under the impression that having its satellite location and class approved once is enough. Not true!

The completed Request for Approval must be submitted, in advance of the beginning of class, and for each cohort matriculated for each satellite location.

Failure to obtain prior CoAEMSP approval for each location/class may result in the graduates from the location/class not being eligible for the national examinations for the Paramedic.

Questions about this form and about the approval process may be directed to Lynn Caruthers at 214-703-8445, x115 or lynn@coaemsp.org.

The Evaluating Student Competency Workshop will be the only workshop offered August 4-5 in Nashville at the Annual Symposium.

The only other time this year that BOTH the Accreditation Update AND Evaluating Student Competency Workshop will be offered is December 3-5 in Chicago.

TESTIMONIALS
from Dallas Workshops

"I needed this update! Job well done!"

"Extremely helpful! Everyone should attend!"

"A lot of ground covered effectively, and in an interesting, fun manner."

"...the group discussions were helpful and the accepting atmosphere kept everyone at ease. Great job!"

"...There have been some changes in the last few years, so the update was helpful."

"...Worth every minute and every $$."

"...Anyone who teaches or manages an EMS program should come to these courses, and keep coming back! Just outstanding!"

"...the fear of the unknown was allayed by the approachability of the team."

"I especially appreciate the intentional efforts toward clarity and reducing some of the anxiety the process of accreditation naturally brings. Also very helpful was the addressing of the underlying philosophy related to the Standards/Guidelines/Interpretations."

 Make plans now!

The annual accreditation fee will increase by $200 effective July 2015. The $200 increase allows for improvements to be made for increased efficiency, service, and tools to make the accreditation process easier for programs. Improved and extended services include:

Programs with Billing Contacts that are not the Program Director need to let us know the email address of the Billing Contact.   By default, the Program Director is listed as the Billing Contact; however, some institutions have another individual listed.  You may list the main Billing Contact email and one (1) cc email address.   If you have not done this, email Ruth ruth@coaemsp.org asap, and no later than April 15.

Programs will receive an invoice for Annual Accreditation Fees in the amount of $1,400 during the week of May 4. This invoice will come from Ruth Crump (ruth@coaemsp.org).

If you do not receive an invoice by May 8, first, check your Spam folder to see if the invoice ended up there; if not, notify Ruth, ruth@coaemsp.org, so that she can email it to you immediately.

If your program requires that a Purchase Order appear on the invoice, email this request immediately to ruth@coaemsp.org.