Education Standards

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) have entered into a Cooperative Agreement with the National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) to develop the National EMS Education Standards. The National EMS Education Standards will replace the current US DOT National Standard Curricula (NSC). This project is part of the implementation of the EMS Education Agenda: A Systems Approach and follows the National EMS Core Content and the National EMS Scope of Practice Model projects that were finalized prior to this project.

Formal education standards will help guide EMS Education Program Managers and Educators in making appropriate decisions about what material to cover in the academic setting.   The standards will also be used by publishers to develop instructional materials.   The education standards will be based upon the National EMS Scope of Practice Model (Scope of Practice Model) and each National EMS Education Standards document will provide the minimal terminal learning objectives for the identified EMS personnel licensure levels.

The National EMS Education Standards will be designed to increase EMS education program flexibility, encourage creativity in education programs, and improve and facilitate alternative delivery methods, such as problem based learning, computer-aided instruction, distance learning, programmed self-instruction, and other methods.

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