The entire concept of EMS education has shifted from a diagnostic based to an assessment based curriculum within the past five years. Emergency Medical Technician - Basic and the soon to be released Intermediate and Paramedic curriculum. Are knowledge based and include information based and include information based on the mental processes of perception, reasoning, or intuition. These new curriculum and other published documents concerning EMS Education have endorsed competency based education as a model project.
Students receive credit for what they presently know or can demonstrate successfully.
This Act mandated all states utilize the standards of EMS care and delivery and directed the Governor of each state to set up a lead agency to funnel Federal Block Grants to be utilized for EMS Education and regulation. Many professional groups from throughout the United States are called upon to give their input to this process and many become authors and writers for these various educational curricula. After this extensive process the National Standard Curriculum is developed in implemented nation wide.