Primary Care Paramedic Courses

[Red_Devil]

anyone know of any primary care paramedic courses that are avilable for part tiem studies or offered online?

[Leafs Fan]

Loyalist College in Belleville offers it part time on weekends and such at its Bancroft campus, couple of our guys have taken it,but you have to get affiliated with an ambulance service first.

[skidder]

ya, i have scoured the internet for a while and the closest i have found is a PCP course offered through SIAST in saskatchewan, Problem is you have to go there like anywhere else. In manitoba we also have CRITICARE that offers it but it is much more $$. If memory serves me right..... it is fairly cheap for the course through SIAST and goes over 6 weeks..... If anyone knows of it online then PLEASE EMAIL ME!! cause i can't find diddly.

[infernobuster]

Barrie offers the paramedic course, its a full year and you have to attend from like 9 - 1 or something on a daily basis. The place is called Canadian Career college or institute errr something.. drawing a blank.
One guy i know has gone thru it, its pretty intense since you only have the year to complete it.

[dentedhead]

anyone know of any primary care paramedic courses that are avilable for part tiem studies or offered online?


Ya might be SOL R_D.There used to be a few colleges offered it at night,other than the Bancroft one I am unaware of any accredited schools that offer it part time.If you are serious about it you can start taking alot of the courses at night like A&P, pathophysiology or whatever is offered, lots of the courses are healthcare core and not EMS specific.Then go to the full time course and take exemptions which will shave of time you have to be in class.A couple of "older"guys did this when I went but that was a lomg time ago too.

Dentedhead

[emtshields]

YA at this point there is only one part time course in bancroft , othere that u are s.o.l but like they said there is a course at that carrer college but ya very very expensive now on the othere hand you can do what I am doing and that is going to the states. Do your EMT- B Emt-I and EMT-CC and than come back here and challange. i started in sept 2004 and will be dont all three levels jan 2006 so that the best i can say :)

adam

[cdnbacon]

They do have part time pcp courses out here in BC.

If BC isn't to far you here's the link for the course dates

http://www.jibc.ca/paramedic/news/PCP_courses.htm

[Dean]

If you're willing to move to Saskatchewan for awhile you can get in on a part time PCP program. SIAST offers the PCP through thier regional colleges in some of the small towns in Saskatchewan. Once a year the Regional colleges decide who's going to put on the PCP, 2 do a full time, 13 week plus practicum course. And 2 put on an every second weekend, friday night, saturday (all day) and sunday (all day) course that runs for a year.
The total tuition cost for the program (not including living expenses) is around $3200, give or take a couple hundred bucks.
Also, if you were to go through Kelsey Campus in Saskatoon, or Wascana Campus in Regina, it's about a 2 year waiting list. But, if you're willing to go to a regional college, you have to make a few more calls (because the start dates aren't always decided very far in advance and you really have to keep on top of it, or chance missing the application window) but you can get into a PCP in about 6 months through the Regional Colleges.

Well i hope that helped you out a bit. You wouldn't believe the crap i had to go to, to learn all that info before i got myself into a PCP.

Good Luck!

[FLASHOVER05]

I have been really thinking about taking a PCP program but it is very difficult trying to find a place that either offers it on a part time basis or full time... It looks as if Ontario is not interested in pushing a program such as this

[Ladymedic]

The Bancroft course was originally intended only for those who were working full or part time and did not have their EMCA certification. Anyone working EMS in Ontario must be EMCA certified I believe by next Jan. Since those working in the Northern areas were typically the ones lacking certification, the Bancroft course was set up in order to allow those requiring the certification to take the course without having to quit their jobs and go back to school full time.

At this point anyone can take the course. You no longer need to be affiliated with a service.

[dentedhead]

I have been really thinking about taking a PCP program but it is very difficult trying to find a place that either offers it on a part time basis or full time... It looks as if Ontario is not interested in pushing a program such as this

FO5 GTA has Humber or Centennial.Then there is Fanshawe ,Niagra, and Conestoga all within an hour and half drive.Fulltime is offered at these and about ten other colleges in Ont.

PT I only know of a college in Bancroft and possibly Georgian college not sure at what campus though.

Dentedhead

[DoubleHelix]

Theres a college called CTS I believe and it does a condensed version of the PCP program.

You get to write your EMCA in 52 weeks. It's more expensive as it is 15 grand but you get to start working a year earlier.

I work with medics daily at work and its been a mixed response as to if the school is worth taking.

They offer it in Barrie, Sudbury and North Bay.

You can start in September, November or January I believe.

[FLASHOVER05]

FO5 GTA has Humber or Centennial.Then there is Fanshawe ,Niagra, and Conestoga all within an hour and half drive.
Dentedhead
Ya but the waiting lists are getting increasingly longer and longer for them... pretty nutty! A Lady I worked with took a PCP Course a few years back at one of the colleges in the north... the course was offered only once, she said it had over 300 applicants for 13 postions! The course lasted three or four months!

[FireChef]

Here in BC, it is offered Full-Time and Part-time. It is 16 weeks long. It also falls under being covered by a student loan. CdnBacon posted the website for the link to the JIBC website

[North_of_60]

You can also take the Clinical Sciances part of PCP, via Disatance Ed with the Justice institute in BC without being registered in PCP. I'm Thinking about soing that up north here before I go and do PCP full time.

[PEMS17]

Criti-care in Winnipeg has an excellent Full time and part time programs. Great instructors with street knowledge. Learned a lot beyond the curriculum which helps understand why things are going to hell in a handbag. Last I heard Mike was still running the professional training component.

[Iceman26]

Canadian Therapeutic College in Burlington, Ontario has a part time program but I think it is fairly expensive. Try www.canadiantherapeuticcollege.com

[BMWags]

im taking the course at Niagara University in New York, its 2 nights a week for 4 or 5 months.

[Myers]

If you're willing to move to Saskatchewan for awhile you can get in on a part time PCP program. SIAST offers the PCP through thier regional colleges in some of the small towns in Saskatchewan. Once a year the Regional colleges decide who's going to put on the PCP, 2 do a full time, 13 week plus practicum course. And 2 put on an every second weekend, friday night, saturday (all day) and sunday (all day) course that runs for a year.
The total tuition cost for the program (not including living expenses) is around $3200, give or take a couple hundred bucks.
Also, if you were to go through Kelsey Campus in Saskatoon, or Wascana Campus in Regina, it's about a 2 year waiting list. But, if you're willing to go to a regional college, you have to make a few more calls (because the start dates aren't always decided very far in advance and you really have to keep on top of it, or chance missing the application window) but you can get into a PCP in about 6 months through the Regional Colleges.

Well i hope that helped you out a bit. You wouldn't believe the crap i had to go to, to learn all that info before i got myself into a PCP.

Good Luck!


Is that a two year wait if you want to do it part time or is it 2 years whethere you want to do it FT or PT?

[wingman]

How is it that in Ontario PCP is a 2 year full time program, but it can be done in 16 weeks in BC or Saskatchewan?? The standards can't be the same; is it at all possible to take a 16 week program out West and gain equivilency to work in Ontario?? This just doesn't seem to add up, if all courses are equal...

[Ernie_Blue]

You should check into (if your in the area) Meadow Lake or the Battlefords I think that the North West Regional Collage is having a PCP course on weekends, part time. I'm checking into it to. I was told that they should know for sure if they are having the course by the end of the week. Other than that I haven't heard of any other place having it part time.

[billyted]

You should check into (if your in the area) Meadow Lake or the Battlefords I think that the North West Regional Collage is having a PCP course on weekends, part time. I'm checking into it to. I was told that they should know for sure if they are having the course by the end of the week. Other than that I haven't heard of any other place having it part time.


Any reviews on the EMT, PARAMEDIC online course through trainingdivision.com?
Also wondering if anyone knows of any PCP online courses in Ontario or a part time PCP/ACP course in Southwestern Ontario?
Thanks