Continuous professional competence (CPC) for emergency medical technicians in Ireland: educational needs assessment
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Continuous professional competence (CPC) for emergency medical technicians in Ireland: educational needs assessment
BACKGROUND As in other countries, the Irish Regulator for Pre-Hospital practitioners, the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC), will introduce a Continuous Professional Competence (CPC) framework for all Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), Paramedics and Advanced Paramedics (APs). This framework involves EMTs participating in regular and structured training to maintain professional com...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Emergency Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1471-227X
DOI: 10.1186/1471-227x-13-25