Clinical activities occur during the evening or on weekends.
The curriculum is a competency-based education program of clinical, didactic, and practical instruction integrated with a field internship in advanced emergency care and services. This program will serve students seeking careers in emergency medical services. It will serve students entering the program immediately after high school as well as nontraditional students. The degree program will build on resources established in the largest and most comprehensive EMT-paramedic program in Indiana, the program at Wishard Hospital. In addition to classroom and laboratory facilities located on the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis campus, area health care facilities involved in the preparation of EMT-paramedics in this program include Wishard Hospital, Wishard Ambulance Service, Avon Fire Department, and Riley Hospital for Children.