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New curriculum?
My son just arrived at "A" school, PIR 6/30, and is being told that there is a new curriculum that doesn't include the EMT portion. Has anyone heard that is now eliminated or is it just reconfigured? He is somewhat disappointed if that is not part of the course any longer. I've heard USN students don't take the national exam whereas the USA and USAF do, maybe that is what he is referring to?
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Permalink Reply by UFQ202- Ship 12, Div 231 on
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I asked on one of my Corpsman sites and they are changing the curriculum. They are going back to some of the old ways when they did not combine the different branches.
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Permalink Reply by T's mom on
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Do we know when this will start? My son will be heading to SA,PIR 7/21.
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Permalink Reply by jakusnnfo on
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What type of medical training will they receive then? What will be the focus of the training? Will this change the length of the school? I guess my son will be one, if not the first, of the first classes to start and he arrived Saturday after PIR; he thinks he will class up next week.
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Must be true. This is what I found, not a lot of detail, but the curriculum is changing.
http://www.jbsa.mil/News/News/Article/1143928/navy-corpsman-trainin...
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Permalink Reply by nikkie on
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We just visited our son in San Antonio over the 4th and he did say that he was in the last class that would receive the EMT training for Corpsmen. His PIR was 5/26 and in San Antonio since 5/27.
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So, are they not getting any kind of emergancy training in SA? That is what my son was wanting to do. Will it be picked up later somewhere?
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Does anyone know the typical HOLD time is before they class up?
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My son's PIR was 6/30 and he arrived in San Antonio on the 1st. He is scheduled to start next Wednesday, 7/14, and I believe there is a new class every 2 weeks. Right now he is scheduled to graduate 10/25.
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I believe they are still doing the EMT portion, but the curriculum did change some and is starting with the next class in July. I did hear that since this rate is overmanned, one of the changes is that there is only 2 test failure options, after that no more restarts, you will be sent out in the general Navy. Hold times can vary, usually a week or so. My Sailor arrived last week after 7/7 PIR, scheduled to class up next week.
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Thank you NavyWifeandMom
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Our Sailor is presently in the inaugural group with the new curriculum. They started 7/5. 'Big Navy' is very involved with this new modality and it's not unusual for there to be Officers and/or Senior Enlisted in the back of the class observing. We don't have anything to compare it to but the seasoned staff at the school are all excited about the change in direction. Apparently about 6 years ago the idea was to train all enlisted military medical personnel the same, likely for consistency. 6 years later it appears only the Air Force and the Navy are in the same 'classrooms' together. The Air Force requires their Medics to be EMT certified at all times while serving/treating. A significant amount of classroom training was dedicated to EMT legal requirements applicable in the civilian world. The Navy doesn't have the same EMT license mandate so our Sailors where being trained and tested on material not 'needed' for their Rate while serving. Navy isn't saying the legal EMT information in the old curriculum was bad, they simply are demonstrating the Navy desires to spend the allotted time and resources to train HM's a more Navy specific course. Again, we have no way to compare old curriculum to the new curriculum. Our Sailor really likes how it bounces between lecture and hands on 'labs'. We had read posts in other blogs where HM's complained about the training being 'death by Power Point'. Our Sailor is telling us the instruction is a good mix of lecture and Power Point. Our Sailor feels the student to instructor ratio is appropriate and class sizes are not crammed. Our Sailor has even mentioned some of the Senior Enlisted instructors are commenting the new curriculum reminds them of the old curriculum they received when they were initially trained 10-25 years ago. We were also told the Cadre informed the students the testing standard is one re-test. If the initial test is failed and the subsequent re-test is failed the Sailor will be expelled from the program and reassigned to a position in the Fleet. Our Sailors group has only had one written test and two practical test to date with no failures so we have no actual reports regarding the accuracy of the expulsion element. Lots of studying still.
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