The Virginia Peninsula Community College Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Program is a progressive, high quality EMS education program that offers an Associate of Applied Science Degree in Emergency Medical Services with industry credentialing courses in National Registry Emergency Medical Technician (EMT), National Registry Advanced EMT, Virginia Intermediate and National Registry Paramedic. Care
er Studies Certificates (CSC) are available for our Emergency Medical Technician and Intermediate-Paramedic programs. EMS Program Mission
The mission of the Virginia Peninsula Community College Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Education Program is to provide innovative educational experiences for pre-hospital and facility based care clinicians, educators, and leaders to develop excellence in their professional practice, while responding to community healthcare needs. EMS Program Vision
The Virginia Peninsula Community College Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Education Program will be the model of EMS education by:
• Promoting student centered learning
• Utilizing innovative techniques, technologies and teamwork
• Collaborating to ensure an inter-professional continuum of patient
care
• Encouraging critical-thinking through the development of cognitive
(knowledge), psychomotor (skills), and affective (behavior)
attributes necessary to become competent entry-level EMS
Providers
EMS Program Values
The Virginia Peninsula Community College Emergency Medical Services Program (EMS) Education program’s faculty and staff are committed to developing health care professionals who become valued members of the EMS profession. These are the values and core beliefs that support the Program’s philosophy. The EMS Education Program faculty and staff believes:
• In an ethical foundation reflecting the values of honesty, integrity,
trust, fairness, respect and responsibility;
• That a commitment based on academic integrity and a high
standard of individual and institutional ethics shall guide the work
of the students, the faculty and the staff;
• In encouraging optimal health and personal development;
• In open communication;
• In appreciation of diversity;
• In collaborative work;
• In encouraging lifelong learning;
• In promoting and encouraging a safe, fulfilling and enjoyable work
experience;
• In promoting a positive learning environment;
• In excellence in all academic endeavors;
• In effective stewardship of public resources;
• In promoting professional activity;
• In promoting the highest standards of the emergency medical
services profession. Program Philosophy
The faculty and staff of the Emergency Medical Services Education Program believe our students are our customers and that each varies widely with respect to their ethnic and cultural backgrounds, life experiences, learning styles, and maturity levels. We respect individuality and have respect for individuals' value systems. The college setting provides the opportunity for students and faculty to participate in cultural, intellectual, and social activities, which foster the continued self-growth of the individual. We accommodate students to the greatest degree possible, and guarantee fairness. In order to meet the expectations we have of students, we provide assistance to meet those expectations. We believe in self-growth, including ongoing self-assessment and evaluation which includes student and faculty suggestions and recommendations for continued program improvement; therein, enhancing each students learning potential to become up-to-date emergency medical practitioners to meet the current and future health care needs of our community.
