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Paramedic Prerequisites
Paramedic:
All applicants must hold a current American Heart Association CPR
Healthcare Provider card (contact department for details). Based on the
applicant's academic performance history, further eligibility
requirements are listed below:
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Applicants with a
high school cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 2.0 or above are
eligible for consideration for admission. Those applicants with a high
school grade point average less than 2.0 must successfully complete
college work for eligibility in the program (see # 3).
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Those applicants with
a General Education Diploma (GED) are eligible for consideration.
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Applicants who did
not earn a CGPA of a least 2.0 (on a 4-point scale) in high school
must have completed at least 9 SC of course work chosen from the list
of required general education courses for this program from a
regionally accredited higher education institution. (Credit earned
through completion of a college-level EMT course taken at a regionally
accredited institution of higher education may be applied for up to 3
SC of the 9 SC requirement.) Applicants who have completed 9 SC must
have earned a grade of ?C? or better in each of the courses in order
to transfer that credit and be eligible for consideration for
admission. Students who have completed 9 SC or more of college work
must submit transcripts of all the courses taken, and earned a CGPA of
at least 2.0 to be considered for admission.
College-level course work is encouraged before entry into the
Paramedic
program. Students accepted into the Paramedic Program begin in August.
Approximately 30% of the paramedic program course work is delivered via
the Internet. Students who do not have a computer with Internet
connectivity can use computer laboratories on the UAMS campus.
All paramedic students are required
to have a thorough medical examination by a physician upon acceptance
for admission and prior to registration for classes. Students are
required to begin and complete a hepatitis B vaccination series if one
has not been completed, or sign a waiver.
Classes begin in August of every year. Students are not allowed
access to the clinical area in Clinical Practicum I until they receive
EMT certification. Clinical practicum is
scheduled primarily on Saturdays with some weekday rotations. The
following is a schedule of the required semester credit courses.
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