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Big shift to online EMS continuing education
Trends in CAPCE-accredited Emergency Medical Services Continuing Education Over the Past Decade
Prehospital Emergency Care · Added 25 August 2026
Retrospective analysis of 19.3 million CE completions showed post-pandemic shift to online formats, with asynchronous distributive learning increasing 209% and interactive gaming courses increasing 915%.
- Study type
- Cohort
- Design
- Retrospective interrupted time-series analysis of CAPCE-accredited continuing education completions
- Participants
- 19,289,785 EMS CE completions over 120 months (July 2014–June 2024)
- Main finding
- Post-pandemic, asynchronous distributive learning completions rose 209.4% (86,242 to 266,842/month), interactive gaming courses rose 914.6% (98 to 992), virtual instructor-led training rose 218.9% (2,096 to 8,151), while live in-person courses fell 8.1%
- Caveat
- US CAPCE database; association with NREMT policy change, not causal
- Bottom line
- Context only
Why it matters in Australia (Medium relevance). transferability — US-focused but reflects broader education trends — online CE formats are becoming dominant globally
Learning goal
Understand how online and simulation-based formats shape the quality of my ongoing paramedic education.
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- Topic: Education & training
- Daily scan: 25 August 2026
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