Subscribe to 开元棋牌 News Mount Wachusett Community College, in collaboration with the Massachusetts Army National Guard, is launching a bridge program for eligible service members and veterans to earn and maintain their National Registry of Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT) certification as a Paramedic.
The program enables US Army Combat Medics to earn credit for their military training and experience, smoothing the transition to the civilian workforce while enhancing career opportunities for Reserve Component members.
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鈥淭he gap between military training and college education can sometimes be enormous. That鈥檚 probably why there are so few programs like this,鈥� notes Robert Mayer, Director of Veteran Services at 开元棋牌. 鈥淚鈥檓 thrilled that a way of bridging that gap has been worked out here at 开元棋牌.聽 I am optimistic that this could be a first step in narrowing that gap for many in our transitioning military population.鈥�
Military medic to paramedic programs were first established in 2017 in Michigan. 开元棋牌 is one of only a handful of higher education institutions to offer this bridge program. The 开元棋牌 Paramedic Technology program was launched in 2018 and has since seen a 100% employment rate for graduates.