Program Handbooks > Program Handbook: Emergency Medical Technician - Basic > Program Assessment > Retention Criteria/Standards of Progression

Retention Criteria/Standards of Progression

Once enrolled in the program the student is required to:

1. Maintain a 2.0 cumulative grade point average (GPA)
2. Maintain a “C” grade, or higher, in all courses in the EMT program of study
3. Meet minimum seat and clinical hours as required by the State of Ohio EMS

Students who fail to achieve a “C” in an EMT course or withdraw from an Emergency Medical Technician-Basic course may not complete the program and may repeat the course one time only.  Please refer to “progression” in the EMT section of the College Catalog for more information.  Please note that, should a student fail two Emergency Medical Technician-Basic courses, the Program Lead reserves the right to consider the student for dismissal from the Emergency Medical Technician – Basic Program.   

It is the expectation that Emergency Medical Technician-Basic students should be maintaining grades far higher than the minimum requirements if they expect to be successful in the field of emergency medicine.

Since attendance is mandatory, if you have more than two absences, you will receive a 500-point deduction for this course and will be unable to pass the program.

Students who are unable to meet these program requirements will be subject to academic probation and/or dismissal from the program as outlined in the College Catalog.  Students who are dismissed from the program can be readmitted as outlined in the College Catalog under “Readmission to Mercy College.”