The KEMSA Board is working diligently to be able to provide EMS education to our membership and providers across the state despite in-person events being cancelled in 2020. We have been working with national and local educators on ideas and plans to provide virtual high quality education. We understand time and budgets are limited, so we are focused on providing cost-effective and self-paced education that you can complete on your own time from your location. As the future is uncertain, we feel this is the best way to present education at this time.

Here is what we are working on:

• We will continue to provide CE articles or at least one hour of free CE education to our members each month by e-mail in partnership with CareerCert.
  If you only need a few hours for re-certification or would like to pick and choose what courses you take, CareerCert does offer KEMSA members a 25% subscription discount for individuals and 30% discount for agencies per user. They have over 300 courses to choose from including live and pre-recorded CAPCE approved courses. Sign up here.
• We are finalizing a partnership that will provide Kansas core component content and NREMT refresher courses in a package deal - 24 hours for EMTs and 48 hours for paramedics at a discount for KEMSA members.  These will be pre-recorded sessions that can be taken at your own pace.
• The KEMSA Educator's Society is planning on hosting a virtual Educator's Workshop this fall in order to help educators meet their workshop requirement in 2020.  Stay tuned for details on that!
• KEMSA is also working on a partnership with Savvik Buying Group on a virtual tradeshow opportunity that will allow you to get a few CE hours along with learning about the latest and greatest products and services for EMS.  As budgets are tight, we understand you need to make your money go further. This will give you a chance to educate yourself and network with vendors from across the country. 
• Other virtual educational opportunities are also being considered.

Some of these opportunities will be rolled out over the next 30-60 days, so stay tuned for complete details. Make sure to keep your membership current to be able to take advantage of the discounted and free education we will be offering this year.

As of now, we are making plans for in-person events to return in 2021.  If things change this fall, so will our plans.  We appreciate your understanding and flexibility during this time.

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