ACP Scope Update
Advanced Care Paramedic Program
The ACP Scope Update course is being developed in response to 2022 Ministerial Order M292 that brought significant changes to all license levels in BC through scope expansion. You can learn more about the changes and rationale by visiting the EMALB website found here, but one important requirement is for all current license holders to complete additional training to bring them up to, at least, holding full Schedule 1 endorsements for their license level. Note that the original order required this training by September 2024, but a subsequent ministerial order pushed that deadline 1 year to September 2025.
This training course is currently being designed by BCEHS who have committed to sharing it with existing ACP training programs, including Columbia. Once complete, we will review and make any modifications required to provide specific focus on the needs of private-sector paramedics.
NOTE – this page and course relate only to the ACP Scope of Practice update. For PCP Scope of Practice information please visit our page here.
Duration
To Be Determined
Course Fee
To Be Determined
Eligibility Requirements
- Must hold a current EMALB ACP license, OR
- Must have graduated from an EMALB recognized ACP program within the past 12 months
Course Format & Content
This course will be delivered via a blend of online and in-person learning, allowing students to complete the bulk of their training wherever suits them best. Specific durations for the online and in-person components have not been finalized or received EMALB recognition.
Use the form below to join our mailing list. This list is only being used to communicate once the course is EMALB approved and available for registrations. You will not receive any other communication from our school by signing up.
Course Delivery
We value smaller class sizes with significant 1:1 instructor time for each student. As such, we are only able to accommodate a maximum of 12 students for each training date. We will be offering the ACP specific course in select locations, including: Victoria, Langley, Kamloops, Prince George, Fort St. John and Cranbrook.
As license holders must obtain this training prior to September, we will only be offering these courses between May – August 2025. Please do not leave this to the last minute as we do not intend to add any courses after August 2025 and at this time no other school in BC has announced plans to offer this required training.
IMPORTANT – we do require a minimum of 5 students to allow us to run full trauma simulations. As such, we cannot give final confirmation a course will go-ahead until we confirm there are at least 5 participants registered 2-weeks or more in advance. You are welcome to call us at any time to confirm how many students have registered in a course if you’d like to gauge whether it’s likely to go ahead or not.
Available course locations & dates will appear below as soon as the course is recognized by EMALB.
Registration
To register, select a course location & date below for your in-person training. You will automatically receive access to the online, self-paced training after registering for the in-person date and making payment.
Be sure to take note of the following:
- Courses require a minimum of 5 students to allow us to run full trauma simulations. Courses with less than 5 registrants 2-weeks prior to training will be cancelled.
- You must complete the 8-hour online course PRIOR to attending in person. This will be confirmed in-person by your instructor at the start of the day, and those who have not compeleted will not be permitted to stay.
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