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LEGACY EMR Training Requirements

Primary Care Paramedic Program

* IMPORTANT *

The information on this page relates to our Legacy PCP program that is being retired in October 2024.

For information on the new 1-year PCP program launching in November 2024, please click here.

Paramedic practice in British Columbia is undergoing significant change as a result of recent scope expansion at all license levels, and the EMR program is no exception.  As a result, Columbia Paramedic Academy has had to modify it’s admission requirements to ensure applicants have the EMR level skills, knowledge and simulation experience needed to succeed while studying in a PCP program.  

It would be unfair to apply this new standard to applicants who completed their training in the past making a good faith effort to meet Columbia’s existing policy, so the changes are forward looking, meaning the policy that applies to each candidate is based on when training was completed.

IF EMR COMPLETED PRIOR TO JAN 1, 2024

The school or program you attended for your EMR training must:

  • Have been EMALB recognized at the time
  • As well, if the training you took did not include the current full Schedule 1 & Schedule 2 endorsements you must complete an EMR Scope Update course

    *If taken after Jan 1, 2024 the EMR Scope Update course must have been delivered by a school/program offering a full EMR course meeting Columbia’s standard.  See list below in “Approved Schools/Programs” for more information.

IF EMR COMPLETED AFTER JAN 1, 2024

The school or program you attended for your EMR training must:

  • Be EMALB recognized
  • Have included 120+ hours of in-person training
  • Have included the current full Schedule 1 & Schedule 2 endorsements