Guide For Preparing Medical Directors
This course is an entry level introduction to the essentials of EMS medical oversight and direction. The materials were adapted from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) "Guide for Preparing Medical Directors" which had previously been completed by the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSPTM) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) with funding support from NHTSA and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
The scope of this material is presently confined to United States Emergency Medical Services, but check back for future plans to expand this scope to other nations.
This web-based program was produced by the Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation in collaboration with the NAEMSPTM, the National Association of State EMS Officials,and Montana State University's - Burns Technology Center.
Funding support to prepare these web-bases materials was received from HRSA and NHTSA.
For additional information contact the Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation at (406) 585-2659 or tsanddal@citmt.org
Course Introduction
Thank you for inquiring about the Medical Directors On-line course. This on-line course is an entry level course for Medical Directors covering the essentials for Emergency Medical Services (EMS) oversight and direction. These materials were adapted from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) “Guide for preparing Medical Directors”, developed originally by the National Association EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) and the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP ). This course was designed to serve as an orientation for rural EMS medical directors. However, this course may be beneficial to the Medical Director of EMS in an suburban or urban area who has not taken a Medical Directors course. This course offers 12 CME and a certificate of completion from NAEMSP at the end of the course. Both the NAEMSP certificate and award of CMEs will print at the conclusion of completing the final examination and finishing the evaluation.
The course structure allows any state or territory to enter into a contract for all its Medical Directors to have full access of the course. This function is automatic if the state has registered. The program will recognize you as being from that state and let you continue. Otherwise you will be directed to register and pay a fee of $300 for participating. If your state has an agreement to pay for this training, you will find that the last module addresses what you need to finish to be recognized as an EMS medical director in that state. If you are registering from a state which does not have a contract , when you complete the course you will need to contact your state EMS office for directions on how to proceed.
This course is designed to allow you to start and stop as often as you need, when you retrun to resume where you left off, be sure you remember your email and password you used when you registered. If you have questions or problems at anytime with this site, please contact: Teri Sanddal at tsanddal@citmt.org or call at 406.585.2659.