NIPAWIN — Cumberland Higher education is expanding its overall health programming for the 2023-24 educational yr.
The college or university is just one of 18 healthcare training applications during the province which is receiving more than $5.5 million from the province.
Regionally, Cumberland College will see an increase in the whole amount of seats for the continuing care assistant systems and the addition of a main care paramedic (PCP) application for the 2023-24 academic 12 months. The continuing treatment assistant program will see an additional 22 students additional because of this additional funding.
“We are thrilled and proud to practice more pupils in these two courses because we know our location desperately requirements extra proficient personnel,” mentioned Alison Dubreuil, the college’s interim CEO and president. “As a regional school, our mandate is to deliver training and teaching to learners in our location that allows our communities to prosper.”
In accordance to Dubreuil, the main treatment paramedic software was very last supplied at Cumberland Faculty in 2019-20.
There is a desire for key care paramedics throughout the province. The hold out situations for EMS has increased and can be on occasion, no ambulances are available in particular service locations and other ambulances are driving from even further distances adding to the for a longer time wait occasions.
The software will operate out of Cumberland’s Nipawin campus with an envisioned enrolment of 12 pupils. Jeff Fisher, chair of publish-secondary training for the college or university, stated the compact class dimension ensures college students get satisfactory instructor guidance.
“This is an rigorous application with a excellent deal of fingers-on understanding included, so we choose excellent pleasure in staying capable to present personalized help to our learners in buy to support them meet success in their application and further than.”
In accordance to Jessica Brost, operator/operator of North East EMS, there is a important need for major care paramedics in the spot.
“There are paramedic positions open up in every assistance in the Northeast location,” claimed Brost. “Paramedics can now teach, coach and perform shut to or in their dwelling communities. Hopefully this entices persons who ended up considering about starting to be a paramedic but going away was not possible.”
More information about the new system can be uncovered on Cumberland College’s website.