Paramedic Concentration

Overview of the Profession

The Paramedic is a professional clinician of emergency care who must possess the essential attributes demanded by the profession, including general academic ability, physical abilities, interpersonal relationship skills, capacity for appropriate judgment, and orientation toward human services.

The goals of the paramedic program include:

  • To prepare competent entry-level Paramedics in the cognitive (knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior) learning domains with or without exit points at the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Technician, and/or Emergency Medical Responder levels.
  • To prepare students to enter the field with introductory knowledge of the following additional areas:
    • Leadership
    • Supervision
    • Finance and planning
    • Research

 Approved by the Program Advisory Board: November 2015. Reviewed January 2024.

Paramedic Program Outcomes

CAAHEP Accredited Paramedic Programs and CoAEMSP Letter of Review (LoR) Programs track and report outcome measures annually to the Committee on Accreditation for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP). 

The most current CoAEMSP Annual Report was for the calendar year 2022. 

The most recent success rate for the National Registry of EMT Paramedic/State Cognitive exam was 100%. 

The most recent positive placement rate for graduates was 100%. The CoAEMSP defines positive placement as being ‘Employed full or part-time in a related field and/or continuing his/her education and/or serving in the military’. Positive placement is measured at the completion of the program. 

The most recent retention rate was 84.6%. 

Accreditation 

The University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Paramedic Program is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (www.caahep.org) upon the recommendation of the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions.  The Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) also accredits the program.

CAAHEP – Accredited through 2022 (currently in review period) 

CAAHEP

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs
25400 US Highway 19 N., Suite 158
Clearwater, FL  33763
727-210-2350
www.caahep.org

 

CoAEMSP Information:

To contact the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the Emergency Medical Services Professions (CoAEMSP):

CoAEMSP – Committee on Accreditation for the EMS Professions

8301 Lakeview Parkway, Suite 111-312
Rowlett, TX 75088
Phone: 214-703-8445
Fax:  214-703-8992
www.coaemsp.org

MIEMSS – EMS Board Approved through April 2028

653 West Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone: 1-800-762-7157
Fax:  214-703-8992
https://www.miemss.org/home/

The Maryland EMS Board has specified that all Maryland EMS Education Programs offering initial training shall make their NREMT pass rates, as compared to the NREMT national and Maryland average pass rates, available to both current and prospective students. Please find the latest numbers, as available through the NREMT, below:

Reporting Year: 2023

UMBC

Maryland

All Programs

EMT         93%

69%

      70%

Paramedic      100%

72%

      73%

 

For information on the University of Maryland, Baltimore County accreditation, please refer to this page.

For additional program information:

UMBC Paramedic Concentration Handbook 2024–2025

Contact

Kyle Bates for more program information or advising

Office Hours Calendar

 

The Maryland Council of Nationally Accredited EMS Educational Programs