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Curious if anyone has experience with and specific insight into the quality of distance/hybrid paramedic programs? (Either you went through one or work with someone who does--not just looking for general philosophy on online education here.) So far I've looked at NMETC out of Massachusetts, PERCOM in TX and Colorado Mountain College. The distance/evening format works much better with my day job than full-time school, so I'm definitely entertaining the idea. I suppose my biggest concerns are whether you get sufficient hands-on training in the process, and job potential coming out of one of these programs.
I'd be entering with about 2 years of experience on ambulance as an EMT-B in both BLS and ALS companies. I have some connections with emergency physicians as far as lining up my clinicals (and possibly extra practice time). I teach Wilderness FA and FR level courses, and will have assisted with one or two NREMT-B level courses by the time I enroll. I have a BS in Biomedical Engineering and graduate work broadly covering the same, A&P, neuroscience and biochemistry. So I'm pretty sure I'll be fine with the book learning side of the equation, but fully acknowledge that in EMS absolutely nothing is a substitute for good hands-on experience.
Any thoughts, comments, concerns, anecdotes and recommendations are greatly appreciated!
I'd be entering with about 2 years of experience on ambulance as an EMT-B in both BLS and ALS companies. I have some connections with emergency physicians as far as lining up my clinicals (and possibly extra practice time). I teach Wilderness FA and FR level courses, and will have assisted with one or two NREMT-B level courses by the time I enroll. I have a BS in Biomedical Engineering and graduate work broadly covering the same, A&P, neuroscience and biochemistry. So I'm pretty sure I'll be fine with the book learning side of the equation, but fully acknowledge that in EMS absolutely nothing is a substitute for good hands-on experience.
Any thoughts, comments, concerns, anecdotes and recommendations are greatly appreciated!