I recently attended a Paramedic class taught at HVA. The Instructor constantly seemed disinterested and ill prepared. This is a class that costs more than five thousand dollars for a nearly a year. Every single class is a powerpoint lecture, provided by the textbook publisher, that the teacher merely reads aloud. Any additional instruction he gave was merely anecdotal. Over half the class dropped out a few flunked out, and on a few occasions a classmate had a legitimate reason to miss quiz/exam, e.G. Family emergency or illness, they were penalized in the form of decreased exam scores.
This instructor is rumoured to be underqualified, supposedly he does not hold an IC, and the only reason he is allowed to teach the class is because an IC is present somewhere in the building. The instructor "previews" audio material during quizes/exams. The students are expected to show up to class in uniform and turn off pagers/cell phones yet this instructor wears whatever he wants and on several occasions his cellphone has gone off mid lecture.
I have a college degree, yes a four year degree, and have attended my share of emergency medical classes, I also have several years experience in this field and this is by far and away the worst instruction I have ever received on any topic and I have had my fair share of bad teachers.
If anyone thinking of becoming a medic reads this do not take this class from HVA. From what I can tell students who took their basic here felt similarly about their instructor. And on top off all these other complaints when the class started dwindling there was talk of canceling the class with no refunds for the students who were passing the class. I have never in my entire career been so ashamed to be part of this service as I am now. This company turns out mediocre professionals and I am sure blame the student instead of evaluating their poor training
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