National Accreditation of Paramedic Education Programs

Dr. George Hatch, Executive Director for the Committee on Educational Programs for the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP), discusses the CAAHEP accreditation process and what it means to paramedic educational programs. The role of accreditation, its impact on paramedic education programs, some of its biggest challenges, and how to get started on self-study are discussed. If you want to know more about the efforts to provide CAAHEP programmatic accreditation to every paramedic educational program throughout the nation by 2013, please tune in to this program.