Program Overview

The MFD Paramedic Program was designed with you in mind.

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#1: Designed for Working Professionals

As Paramedic/Firefighters, we understand you cannot put your life, or your career, on hold for 24 months to achieve paramedic certification.  As educators, as working professionals, and as learners we have designed a program that is proven to achieve results while also giving you maximum flexibility for your personal and professional life.

#2: Complete Outside of a Formal Classroom Setting

Students will begin didactic classes through a virtual classroom environment. After six weeks, the students will then begin their lab sessions, clinical rotations, and ambulance ride alongs while simultaneously attending their virtual classroom sessions.  The opportunity to learn and practice, simultaneously, is the most effective learning process for helping students thoroughly integrate all the skills and concepts needed as a paramedic practitioner.

#3: Participate in Skills Week

After completing their didactic, lab, clinical, and ride along requirements; students will come to Rexburg for a 5-day skills refinement and pass off lab.  During this time they will complete their ACLS and PALS certifications, fine tune their skills, and pass off their assessments with the Medical Director.

#4: Complete a Capstone Internship

After successfully finishing Skills Week, a capstone internship is then completed.  Students will be assigned to an advanced life support ambulance service and work with a trained preceptor.  Students will take all that they have learned and put it into practice as they operate as the lead medical provider on 911 EMS calls.

#5: Program Final Exam

The final course requirement, once the classroom and clinicals, the skills refinement lab, and the capstone internship are completed, is to take a final course completion examination.  This exam assesses the students overall knowledge of paramedicine and determines their readiness for taking the National Registry Paramedic written exam.

#6: NREMT Certification Exam

After successfully completing the Program Final Exam, students are then eligible to register for, and complete, the National Registry of EMT Paramedic Certification exam.  Currently, the exam consists of a written test and a practical skills evaluation.

Frequently Asked Questions

There is no deadline to apply, but you must undergo an acceptance interview prior to the program start date. Early applications are encouraged. We will accept applications until the program is full.
Virtual Labs are held on Wednesday nights (6pm-10pm) and Virtual Classes are held on Thursday nights (6pm-10pm). Virtual sessions will be recorded for students who are unable to attend. Missed classes must be made up prior to the start of the next class.

Affiliation means you have an agreement with one of these institutions that allows you to practice skills and procedures under the supervision of a preceptor.

If you do not have an organization to affiliate with, we will help you find one.

We will work with your institution to provide them with the training necessary to oversee your basic paramedic skills practice.

We do not accept federal financial aid. We do, however, offer in-house financing options.

Students are required to put a minimum of $2,000.00 down prior to the first day of class. 

The remaining balance has a 6% finance fee applied to it.  The student will then be responsible to pay off the remaining balance with up to 2 additional payments.  One payment will be due 7 months after the program begins and the final payment due at 14 months after the program begins.

All tuition and fees must be paid in full before the student sits for their final exam.

Students who withdraw prior to the start of the first class will receive a full refund of their tuition, 50% tuition refund will be given for those who withdraw prior to the start of the third class, and a 25% tuition refund will be given for those who withdraw prior the start of the sixth class.

No refunds will be given after the start of the sixth class.

Students who have signed up for a finance plan will have their remaining balance adjusted to reflect an adjusted amount after their refund. Students with a remaining balance will still be responsible to complete their finance agreement.

The application fee and all other non-tuition fees (costs of books, skills tracker programs, etc.) are non-refundable.