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Paramedic education at Mayo Clinic

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Program description

20

month program

15-20

students per class

100%

national registry written exam pass rate

The 20-month Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program is offered in collaboration between Mayo Clinic, Mayo Clinic Ambulance, and Rochester Community and Technical College (RCTC) in Rochester, Minnesota. It is designed to prepare you for a career as a paramedic.

Paramedics are critical members of the first response team and provide advanced life support in emergency situations. As an expanding career field, there are many opportunities available to paramedics.

Choosing Mayo Clinic

Mayo Clinic's large medical practice allows you to learn from the best, have access to a wide variety of resources, and gain hands-on experience in a variety of clinical and field rotations.

Program highlights

  • Hands-on clinical experiences and rotations in specialized areas, such as the NICU, various lab and rotation sites, and off-site simulation experiences, among others.
  • Access to resources that only Mayo Clinic can provide, such as ECG Monitoring Lab, Cadaver Lab, and Multidisciplinary Simulation Center.
  • Outcome statistics that prove success. 100% of our graduates find a job after graduation, and 85% go on to be employed at Mayo Clinic.

Upon successful completion of the program, all graduates receive a certificate of completion from Mayo Clinic School of Health Sciences. Students completing the associate degree track will also receive an A.S. degree from RCTC.

"I have a whole new understanding of emergency medicine"

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"I have a whole new understanding of emergency medicine"

Educational experiences only found at Mayo Clinic

Unparalleled clinical experiences prepare students for exciting lifesaving careers serving local communities. Join a dynamic, team-based work environment in a growing industry.

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Student stories

My favorite aspect of the Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program were clinical opportunities. Intubating in operating rooms, rotations through the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory, and hands-on experience in the Cadaver Laboratory, are just a few of the seemingly endless resources provided in the program. Not only did I learn a lot about medicine and hospitals, but I met some amazing people and made life-long contacts in these experiences.

Dan Patterson, Paramedic
2018 graduate who now works as a paramedic at Mayo Clinic

High-value programming

Affordable tuition and scholarship opportunities

100%

positive job placement rate

Mayo Clinic campus in Rochester, Minnesota.
Campus and community

Rochester, MN

Explore what a emergency medicine paramedic does

Paramedics respond to emergency calls and are often one of the first health care professionals to arrive at the scene of an emergency. They provide advanced life support to the sick and injured, and transport patients to medical facilities.

Accreditation information

The Emergency Medicine Paramedic Program is an accredited training program.

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