The Continuing Competence program is an opportunity for members to develop their professional practice in areas of personal interest and growth.
Below is a compiled list focusing on EMS operations and driving programs that can also be used towards continuing education credits.
24/7 EMS
- Crew Resource Management (3 credits)
- Critical Decision Making (3 credits)
- Emergency Driving (3 credits)
- Emergency Vehicle Operations (3 credits)
- Managing Multiple Patients: EMS Operations (3 credits)
- Report Writing (V2) (3 credits)
- Risk Management: Refusals & Abandonment (3 credits)
- Social Media & EMS (3 credits)
Alberta Government
- Professional Driver Improvement Course (PDIC) (21 credits)
Executive Links
- Patient Safety & Legal Issues (6 credits)
NAIT
- Introductory Law for Prehospital Professionals (30 credits)
- Professionalism and Ethics for Healthcare Professionals (60 credits)
- Clinical-Decision Making (3 credits)
- Crime Scene Awareness (6 credits)
- Driving Safety (3 credits)
- Ethics for the EMS Provider (BLS) (3 credits)
- Managing Multiple Casualty Incidents (3 credits)
- Medical, Ethical and Legal Issues (3 credits)
- Patient Care Report Essentials (3 credits)
- Patient Report Essentials Advanced (3 credits)
- Patient Refusal (3 credits)
- Right to Know (Hazard Communication) (3 credits)
You can view the previous Continuing Competence articles:
- Free and online
- Substance use disorders
- Mental health
- Pediatrics and geriatrics medicine
- Operational stress
- Last minute options
- Diversity and Inclusion in Healthcare
- Quality and safety
- Environmental Medicine
- Obstetrics
- Cardiac Events
- Domestic Violence, Child Abuse and Assault
- Shock and Sepsis
If you have any questions about Continuing Competence, please contact CC@ABparamedics.com. If you have questions about any of the courses listed above, please contact the course provider.