Speaker: Jamie Kennel, Program Director and Assistant Professor at the Oregon Health and Science University and Oregon Institute of Technology Paramedic Education Program

The Emergency Medical Services Degree Program at OIT

Note:  This meeting will be held in room #106 at OIT.

Jamie is the Program Director and Assistant Professor at the Oregon Health and Science University and Oregon Institute of Technology Paramedic Education Program. As a program alumnus with an MS in aeronautical human factors and multiple fixed-wing pilot ratings, his pre-hospital teaching and research interests are equally divided between the areas of technical skills training and teamwork behavioral training.  Jamie maintains an active role in the paramedic community through his involvement as a lead paramedic for a local ambulance company as well as by providing simulation training and education consulting engagements throughout the state.

OIT prepares more than engineers.  At today’s meeting, we will hear a presentation on that institution’s emergency medical services bachelor’s degree program, one of only a few in the U.S. They also offer a two-year paramedic degree that is rigorous and produces some incredible graduates. One of the tracks in the B.S. degree is called Community Care. It’s a new type of proactive approach and branch of emergency medicine, targeting frequent callers of 911 and the chronically ill. They will also provide a tour for members at the end for those who haven’t done it before or wish to do it again.