I've been doing a lot of thinking lately (dangerous, I know) about how unusual it is that NREMT requires 72 hours of CE for certification.
With the 12-hour limit on distributed education (which is pretty ridiculous, because there are some awesome online classes out there that far surpass that of some of the alphabet soup classes I've been in), does anyone else feel that the current recertification system requires an usually high amount of required hours?
In comparing difference specialties:
Physicians on average require about 20 hours of CME every year (unless you're an osteopathic doc which may need up to 50 hours). (http://www.medscape.org/public/staterequirements)
Nurses on average require about 15 hours every year.
(http://ce.nurse.com/RStateReqmnt.aspx)
Certified PAs require about 50 hours every year
http://www.washington.edu/medicine/som/depts/medex/whoweare/whatisapa.htm
Very few of these have limits on distributed education as far as I can tell.
Based on these numbers, can anyone tell me how in the world NREMT came up with 72 hours every 2 years? Does anyone feel a twinge of anger/injustice?
(Or at the very least, confused with the whole "mandatory/flexible core content" thing?) I'm all about training and keeping skills up to date, but I feel pretty limited by the options NREMT gives to providers on how to achieve this in a financially-economic manner. They don't give me much incentive to maintain my NREMT certification in lieu of just sticking with my state license.
Okay, done venting for now! :glare:
With the 12-hour limit on distributed education (which is pretty ridiculous, because there are some awesome online classes out there that far surpass that of some of the alphabet soup classes I've been in), does anyone else feel that the current recertification system requires an usually high amount of required hours?
In comparing difference specialties:
Physicians on average require about 20 hours of CME every year (unless you're an osteopathic doc which may need up to 50 hours). (http://www.medscape.org/public/staterequirements)
Nurses on average require about 15 hours every year.
(http://ce.nurse.com/RStateReqmnt.aspx)
Certified PAs require about 50 hours every year
http://www.washington.edu/medicine/som/depts/medex/whoweare/whatisapa.htm
Very few of these have limits on distributed education as far as I can tell.
Based on these numbers, can anyone tell me how in the world NREMT came up with 72 hours every 2 years? Does anyone feel a twinge of anger/injustice?
(Or at the very least, confused with the whole "mandatory/flexible core content" thing?) I'm all about training and keeping skills up to date, but I feel pretty limited by the options NREMT gives to providers on how to achieve this in a financially-economic manner. They don't give me much incentive to maintain my NREMT certification in lieu of just sticking with my state license.
Okay, done venting for now! :glare: