Re: Random thoughts on education

[Guest guest]

YOU THINK YOU'RE SO SMART! HERE'S WHAT I THINK OF YOUR OPINION!!!!!!!!

I agree.

_____

From: dustdevil31

Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 3:55 AM

To:

Subject: Re: Random thoughts on education

> I can think of

> no other profession that mandates a lower level of certification

before you

> reach the highest level. Lawyers don't have to become paralegals or

legal

> assistants before they take the bar exam. Doctors don't have to get

licensed as a

> PA, etc.

I have two theories. First, that is how the profession developed in

the first place. There were EMT's before there were paramedics.

Wheras, in medicine and law, PA's and paralegals were afterthoughts.

In EMS, the egg came before the chicken, as it were.

Also, not really a theory, but an observation... PA's and paralegals

are separate careers with considerable educational requirements of

their own, not month-long merit badge courses like EMT school. Most

who choose those careers, I would imagine, have done so after deciding

against (or being rejected from) medical or law school.

I see it as a good thing in a way. Many people chose med school or

law school, only to find out after considerable investment that it

isn't really what they wanted, but it's too late to back out. At

least in EMS, you have a professional plateau where you can jump off

without having already invested a lot of time and money.

That said, my opinion is -- FWIW -- that paramedicine should and will

eventually become a stand-alone career and be the entry level for EMS,

relegating EMT to non-emergency and/or first-responder status.

Let the hate mail begin.

Rob

[Guest guest]

YOU THINK YOU'RE SO SMART! HERE'S WHAT I THINK OF YOUR OPINION!!!!!!!!

I agree.

_____

From: dustdevil31

Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 3:55 AM

To:

Subject: Re: Random thoughts on education

> I can think of

> no other profession that mandates a lower level of certification

before you

> reach the highest level. Lawyers don't have to become paralegals or

legal

> assistants before they take the bar exam. Doctors don't have to get

licensed as a

> PA, etc.

I have two theories. First, that is how the profession developed in

the first place. There were EMT's before there were paramedics.

Wheras, in medicine and law, PA's and paralegals were afterthoughts.

In EMS, the egg came before the chicken, as it were.

Also, not really a theory, but an observation... PA's and paralegals

are separate careers with considerable educational requirements of

their own, not month-long merit badge courses like EMT school. Most

who choose those careers, I would imagine, have done so after deciding

against (or being rejected from) medical or law school.

I see it as a good thing in a way. Many people chose med school or

law school, only to find out after considerable investment that it

isn't really what they wanted, but it's too late to back out. At

least in EMS, you have a professional plateau where you can jump off

without having already invested a lot of time and money.

That said, my opinion is -- FWIW -- that paramedicine should and will

eventually become a stand-alone career and be the entry level for EMS,

relegating EMT to non-emergency and/or first-responder status.

Let the hate mail begin.

Rob

[Guest guest]

Just a thought.

Isn't it funny how federal, state, and local governments do not recognize

ignorance as an excuse for not knowing the law or misunderstanding it, yet,

they recognize that you must invest thousands of dollars and 6-8 years of

education in order to do so.

_____

From: Randell Pitts

Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 5:06 AM

To:

Subject: Re: Re: Random thoughts on education

Though it would never happen, I would submit the possibility of changing

medical training to a system similar to that I saw in Russia. Med school is

7 years long (no undergrad time) with the ability to become a nurse after

2-3 years. You could build in diversionary points along the way where one

could stop at that level: nurse 2-3 years, medic 3-4 years, lawyer 1-2

days....you get the idea...

R

dustdevil31 wrote:

> I can think of

> no other profession that mandates a lower level of certification

before you

> reach the highest level. Lawyers don't have to become paralegals or

legal

> assistants before they take the bar exam. Doctors don't have to get

licensed as a

> PA, etc.

I have two theories. First, that is how the profession developed in

the first place. There were EMT's before there were paramedics.

Wheras, in medicine and law, PA's and paralegals were afterthoughts.

In EMS, the egg came before the chicken, as it were.

Also, not really a theory, but an observation... PA's and paralegals

are separate careers with considerable educational requirements of

their own, not month-long merit badge courses like EMT school. Most

who choose those careers, I would imagine, have done so after deciding

against (or being rejected from) medical or law school.

I see it as a good thing in a way. Many people chose med school or

law school, only to find out after considerable investment that it

isn't really what they wanted, but it's too late to back out. At

least in EMS, you have a professional plateau where you can jump off

without having already invested a lot of time and money.

That said, my opinion is -- FWIW -- that paramedicine should and will

eventually become a stand-alone career and be the entry level for EMS,

relegating EMT to non-emergency and/or first-responder status.

Let the hate mail begin.

Rob

[Guest guest]

Just a thought.

Isn't it funny how federal, state, and local governments do not recognize

ignorance as an excuse for not knowing the law or misunderstanding it, yet,

they recognize that you must invest thousands of dollars and 6-8 years of

education in order to do so.

_____

From: Randell Pitts

Sent: Friday, July 16, 2004 5:06 AM

To:

Subject: Re: Re: Random thoughts on education

Though it would never happen, I would submit the possibility of changing

medical training to a system similar to that I saw in Russia. Med school is

7 years long (no undergrad time) with the ability to become a nurse after

2-3 years. You could build in diversionary points along the way where one

could stop at that level: nurse 2-3 years, medic 3-4 years, lawyer 1-2

days....you get the idea...

R

dustdevil31 wrote:

> I can think of

> no other profession that mandates a lower level of certification

before you

> reach the highest level. Lawyers don't have to become paralegals or

legal

> assistants before they take the bar exam. Doctors don't have to get

licensed as a

> PA, etc.

I have two theories. First, that is how the profession developed in

the first place. There were EMT's before there were paramedics.

Wheras, in medicine and law, PA's and paralegals were afterthoughts.

In EMS, the egg came before the chicken, as it were.

Also, not really a theory, but an observation... PA's and paralegals

are separate careers with considerable educational requirements of

their own, not month-long merit badge courses like EMT school. Most

who choose those careers, I would imagine, have done so after deciding

against (or being rejected from) medical or law school.

I see it as a good thing in a way. Many people chose med school or

law school, only to find out after considerable investment that it

isn't really what they wanted, but it's too late to back out. At

least in EMS, you have a professional plateau where you can jump off

without having already invested a lot of time and money.

That said, my opinion is -- FWIW -- that paramedicine should and will

eventually become a stand-alone career and be the entry level for EMS,

relegating EMT to non-emergency and/or first-responder status.

Let the hate mail begin.

Rob

[Guest guest]

Two Words: SPELL CHECK.....