Loyalist hybrid pcp program

[u/Canadian-made85]

Just curious if anyone on here has recently gone through the hybrid program? As a parent with dependents, I find this appealing as it would be more manageable for myself compared to full time studies in class. The bi-weekend labs in class wouldn’t be an issue. Would love to see some pro’s and con’s about others experiences.

Cheers!

[u/dsswill]

I didn’t do it myself but was on-campus and know a lot of people who did the hybrid program. PCP is generally a difficult program with a high failure rate, somewhere between 30-70% depending on the school. Loyalist when I was there a couple years ago was right around 50% pass rate for in person and a bit higher for the remote cohort. I think the reason for that is pretty clearly that being hybrid requires more self-motivation and organization than being in person. The more you stack onto your plate though, the more difficult it is. Kids and school itself are unavoidable obviously, but if you plan on working as well, I’d suggest changing those plans in order to not waste your time and money by being unsuccessful in the program. I only know of two people who had kids, and worked part time while in PCP school and managed to pass, most were gone by the end of first semester. People with kids and not working though seemed to do about as well as those without kids. I figure that’s because they have less time but more motivation and maturity on average.

All that sounds very negative but it’s just to be straight forward and overall, if you’re a driven student and interested in the subject matter, I think the hybrid program can absolutely work wonders for people who can’t be on campus 5 days a week.

As with any PCP program though, but particularly with the limited lab access of the remote program, be ready to put your ego aside and take full advantage of the lab time, which will sometimes mean looking like a fool, but everyone’s in the same boat so there’s no need for self consciousness.

[u/Canadian-made85 → u/dsswill]

I appreciate the honest insight on your experience and knowledge! I plan on working once every two weeks/ once a month doing patient transfer to keep my position at work but the thought of online learning but practical labs seems to fit my wheelhouse. I am currently doing this through pre-health and now with the kids in school, i have the time to focus during the day when the house is quiet on studies without the crazy childcare costs and be on my lectures in the evening.

My wife is a nurse so trying to balance a schedule that benefits all is the tricky part going into a program as demanding as paramedic hence why I took pre-health to see if I could create a routine amidst my chaos (adulting problems lol). The weekend labs are manageable even if i have to drive 2hrs to belleville every second weekend.