New Standards of Practice for the Paramedic Profession: Standard Three
How familiar are you with the College’s new Standards of Practice? Standards of Practice are essential to ensure quality care is provided to all Albertans by all healthcare professions. These Standards not only provide direction to regulated members in the provision of care but also explain elements of care that patients and the public can expect in their professional interactionsRead More
President’s Message: The Changing Composition of Council
I am pleased to announce that the newly reelected member to Council is: Travis Lanoway. Congratulations Travis. With the close of our recent election, we also recognize the term completion of Luke Flowers, who officially has come to the end of his three-year term. In June we were happy to welcome Timothy (Tim) Dyck as a new public member appointedRead More
Council Election Results
As certified by Simply Voting, the following regulated member has been elected to a three-year term on the Alberta College of Paramedics Council: Travis Lanoway. Congratulations to our returning member of Council. Thank you to the members who participated in this year’s Council election vote. If you’d like to share anything (good or bad) about your experience in with theRead More
New Standards of Practice for the Paramedic Profession: Standard Two
How familiar are you with the College’s new Standards of Practice? Standards of Practice are essential to ensure quality care is provided to all Albertans by all healthcare professions. These Standards not only provide direction to regulated members in the provision of care but also explain elements of care that patients and the public can expect in their professional interactionsRead More
College approves additional training for PCPs to administer vaccines for seasonal influenza
Updated: September 20, 2021 The College has been working on approving additional training to enable regulated members to remove practice conditions and to achieve endorsements on their practice permit. One area that has been of significant interest in years past has been training to authorize PCPs to administer the seasonal influenza vaccine. Along with the newly released Standard of PracticeRead More
Getting to Know COPR
In June 2020, the Alberta College of Paramedics Council approved the Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators (COPR) as the official registration exam to gain registration in Alberta. In doing so, it was also identified that this would provide an opportunity for Alberta to be a forward-thinking leader in the paramedic profession at a national level. Since combining efforts last summer,Read More
New Standards of Practice for the Paramedic Profession: Standard One
How familiar are you with the College’s new Standards of Practice? Standards of Practice are essential to ensure quality care is provided to all Albertans by all healthcare professions. These Standards not only provide direction to regulated members in the provision of care but also explain elements of care that patients and the public can expect in their professional interactionsRead More
Launch of the Pan-Canadian Essential Regulatory Requirements Project (PERRs)
Shared on behalf of the Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators (COPR) It is with pleasure that the Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators (COPR) officially announce the launch of the Pan-Canadian Essential Regulatory Requirements Project (PERRs) for paramedics. The PERRs project will describe the expectations for safe, effective, and ethical performance by paramedics. This work is intended to inform provincial regulatoryRead More
Looking for Continuing Competence Options? Become a Preceptor!
We know that many of you have been pushed to your limits over the past year and a half, and we sincerely want to acknowledge all of you who have gone over and above to continue to precept students during these difficult times. Preceptors form a vital link within our profession and the long-term sustainability of paramedicine is reliant onRead More
Registrar’s Announcement: New Standards of Practice in force today
I am pleased to announce Council’s approval and the implementation of the profession’s newly drafted Standards of Practice, which are effective and in force today, July 15, 2021. These widely anticipated Standards will provide a much clearer outline for regulated members in their provision of care to Albertans. Standards of Practice are common to all regulated healthcare professions, with eachRead More
Ethics and Jurisprudence Exam Fee Reduced
For most regulated members, many won’t recall writing the Ethics and Jurisprudence Exam. This is because the College used to incorporate the Ethics and Jurisprudence exam questions in the former Provincial Registration Examination – meaning if you graduated from an Alberta program, the exams were combined. With the shift to the COPR exams as the approved registration examination, theRead More
Upcoming Council Election Vote kicks off August 1
Under the Health Professions Act, half of Council members are elected from the regulated membership and serve as subject matter experts for the profession as the Council carries out the functions of governance and oversight of all decisions made for paramedics such as approval of education programs, College budget and fees, and changes to key regulatory processes within the HPA.Read More