Calhoun Community College recently received notification from the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and the Committee on Accrediation of Educational Programs from the EMS Professions (CoAEMSP) that the college’s Emergency Medical Technician program has received its initial three-year accreditation status.

The nationally recognized accreditation process consisted of a self-study by the program, a site visit by CoAEMSP, and an evaluation of the results by CAAHEP.  Calhoun’s EMT program was commended for its preparedness and organization by CoAEMSP in its approval recommendation.

For more information on the EMT program at Calhoun, contact Jarrod Taylor at 256-306-2781 or via email at jwt@calhoun.edu.  For additional information on CAAHEP or CoAEMSP, visit www.caahep.org. or www.coaemsp.org.