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TITLE 22. SOCIAL SECURITY
DIVISION 9. PREHOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
CHAPTER 4. EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN-PARAMEDIC
ARTICLE 3. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS FOR PARAMEDIC TRAINING PROGRAMS
Date:
11/25/2013
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ยง 100150. Teaching Staff
(a) Each training program shall have an approved program medical director who shall be a physician currently li-censed in the State of California, who has two (2) years experience in prehospital care in the last five (5) years, and who is qualified by education or experience in methods of instruction. Duties of the program medical director shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Review and approve educational content of the program curriculum, including training objectives for the clini-cal and field instruction, to certify its ongoing appropriateness and medical accuracy.
(2) Review and approve the quality of medical instruction, supervision, and evaluation of the students in all areas of the program.
(3) Approval of provision for hospital clinical and field internship experiences.
(4) Approval of principal instructor(s).
(b) Each training program shall have an approved course director who shall be licensed in California as a physician, a registered nurse who has a baccalaureate degree or a paramedic who has a baccalaureate degree, or shall be an individual who holds a baccalaureate degree in a related health field or in education. The course director shall be qual-ified by education and experience in methods, materials, and evaluation of instruction, and shall have a minimum of one (1) year experience in an administrative or management level position and have a minimum of three (3) years academic or clinical experience in prehospital care education within the last five (5) years. Duties of the course direc-tor shall include, but not be limited to:
(1) Administration, organization and supervision of the educational program.
(2) In coordination with the program medical director, approve the principal instructor, teaching assistants, field and hospital clinical preceptors, clinical and internship assignments, and coordinate the development of curriculum, including instructional objectives, and approve all methods of evaluation.
(3) Ensure training program compliance with this chapter and other related laws.
(4) Sign all course completion records.
(5) Ensure that the preceptor(s) are trained according to the curriculum in subsection (e)(4).
(c) Each training program shall have a principal instructor(s), who may also be the program medical director or course director if the qualifications in subsections (a) and (b) are met, who shall:
(1) Be a physician, registered nurse, physician assistant, or paramedic, currently certified or licensed in the State of California.
(2) Be knowledgeable in the course content of the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) National Emergency Medical Services Education Standards DOT HS 811 077A, January 2009, herein incorporated by reference; and
(3) Have six (6) years experience in an allied health field and an associate degree or two (2) years experience in an allied health field and a baccalaureate degree.
(4) Be responsible for areas including, but not limited to, curriculum development, course coordination, and in-struction.
(5) Be qualified by education and experience in methods, materials, and evaluation of instruction, which shall be documented by at least forty (40) hours of instruction in teaching methodology. Following, but not limited to, are ex-amples of courses that meet the required instruction in teaching methodology:
(A) California State Fire Marshal (CSFM) "Training Instructor 1A, 1B, and 1C",
(B) National Fire Academy (NFA) "Fire Service Instructional Methodolgy" course, and
(C) A course that meets the U. S. Department of Transportation/National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 2002 Guidelines for Educating EMS Instructors, such as the National Association of EMS Educators' EMS Educator Course.
(d) Each CCP training program shall have a principal instructor(s) who shall be licensed in California as a physician and knowledgeable in the subject matter, a registered nurse knowledgeable in the subject matter, or a paramedic with current CCP certification or FP certification from the BCCTPC.
(e) Each training program may have a teaching assistant(s) who shall be an individual(s) qualified by training and experience to assist with teaching of the course. A teaching assistant shall be supervised by a principal instructor, the course director and/or the program medical director.
(f) Each paramedic training program shall have a field preceptor(s) who shall:
(1) Be a certified or licensed paramedic; and
(2) Be working in the field as a certified or licensed paramedic for the last two (2) years; and
(3) Be under the supervision of a principal instructor, the course director and/or the program medical director.
(4) Have completed field preceptor training approved by the LEMSA and/or comply with the field preceptor guide-lines approved by the LEMSA. Training shall include a curriculum that will result in the preceptor being competent to evaluate the paramedic student during the internship phase of the training program, and how to do the following in cooperation with the paramedic training program:
(A) Conduct a daily field evaluation of students.
(B) Conduct cumulative and final field evaluations of all students.
(C) Rate students for evaluation using written field criteria.
(D) Identify ALS contacts and requirements for graduation.
(E) Identify the importance of documenting student performance.
(F) Review field preceptor requirements contained in this Chapter.
(G) Assess student behaviors using cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains.
(H) Create a positive and supportive learning environment.
(I) Measure students against the standard of entry level paramedics.
(J) Identify appropriate student progress.
(K) Counsel the student who is not progressing.
(L) Identify training program support services available to the student and the preceptor.
(M) Provide guidance and applicable procedures for dealing with an injured student or student who has had an exposure to illness, communicable disease or hazardous material.
(g) Each training program shall have a hospital clinical preceptor(s) who shall:
(1) Be a physician, registered nurse or physician assistant currently licensed in the State of California.
(2) Have worked in emergency medical care for the last two (2) years.
(3) Be under the supervision of a principal instructor, the course director, and/or the program medical director.
(4) Receive instruction in evaluating paramedic students in the clinical setting. Means of instruction may include, but need not be limited to, educational brochures, orientation, training programs, or training videos, and shall include how to do the following in cooperation with the paramedic training program:
(A) Evaluate a student's ability to safely administer medications and perform assessments.
(B) Document a student's performance.
(C) Review clinical precaptor requirements contained in this Chapter.
(D) Assess student behaviors using cognitive, psychomotor, and affective domains.
(E) Create a positive and supportive learning environment.
(F) Identify appropriate student progress.
(G) Counsel the student who is not progressing.
(H) Provide guidance and applicable procedures for dealing with an injured student or student who has had an exposure to illness, communicable disease or hazardous material.
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