I think the one thing that seperates medics from other professions is that you truly need to commit to it for the life of your career in the army. The training you recieve it seems is not transferable to the civilian side, which has me considering not joining as a medic. I know some people might question if I am already having doubts now then don't bother joining, but how can I possibly pre-determine the next 25 years of my life.
I think they took a big step with introducing the PCP @ JIBC portion into the QL3 training, which will allow QL3 medics to get a license in their province and work on civilian ambulances and such. Besides giving them another career choice if they ever leave the CF, it also may serve as a tool to keep medics seeing patients and such and keep their skills up by allowing them access to more patients.
My question is... does anyone know if the army has considered introducing the ACP course into their QL5 training? It would give all trainees a credential they could actually use in the civilian world and might encourage more recruits to do it. Likewise, it usually takes a second contract before you get offered QL5 anyways, so it wouldn't be like some of the guys joining RegF to get a quick training and then bolting after 3 years. You'd probably need to commit at least 8 years to the army.
Just a thought. Do you think it is a good idea?
I think they took a big step with introducing the PCP @ JIBC portion into the QL3 training, which will allow QL3 medics to get a license in their province and work on civilian ambulances and such. Besides giving them another career choice if they ever leave the CF, it also may serve as a tool to keep medics seeing patients and such and keep their skills up by allowing them access to more patients.
My question is... does anyone know if the army has considered introducing the ACP course into their QL5 training? It would give all trainees a credential they could actually use in the civilian world and might encourage more recruits to do it. Likewise, it usually takes a second contract before you get offered QL5 anyways, so it wouldn't be like some of the guys joining RegF to get a quick training and then bolting after 3 years. You'd probably need to commit at least 8 years to the army.
Just a thought. Do you think it is a good idea?