DIVER MEDIC INSTRUCTOR APPLICATION CRITERIA
Pre-requisites
Applications must provide written documentation of formal and appropriate training in the physics, physiology and anatomic aspects of diving medicine. This should be identified as Exhibit A.
Applicants must provide written documentation of previous and appropriate teaching experience. Examples included BCLS, ACLS, and ATLS Instructor status; graduation from military instructor training programs, with subsequent assignment to duties utilizing these skills; faculty from previous diving medical training programs, such as the NOAA/UHMS Diving Medical Officer Course; and other teaching responsibilities as approved by the Board. This should be identified as Exhibit B..
Applicants must provide written documentation of previous training in multiplace chamber operations. Further, such documentation should include multiplace chamber experience. This should be identified as Exhibit C.
Applicants must provide written documentation of clinical case management experience involving diving and related decompression accidents, with particular reference on onsite/early patient assessment and therapeutic compression. This should be identified as Exhibit D.
Applicants must provide a list of individuals, and their respective addresses, which can support the above referenced pre-requisites. This should be identified as Exhibit E.
Application Procedure
Individuals applying for certification as a DMT Instructor must apply in writing to Board headquarters.
The letter of application should include a detailed curriculum vitae, a recent (within two years) passport size photograph, and an application fee of $150.00.
Pre-requisite Exhibits A through E should be provided in triplicate.
Each applicant is required to submit a DMT training curriculum that the applicant intends to teach. The curriculum should utilize the guidelines provided in “Module 16” (available upon request from Board headquarters) as a minimum standard. The curriculum should include a list of topics, subject matter to be covered, subject time frames, and the CV’s of any additional faculty members.
Further, the application package should include a narrative of how and where the prospective DMT Instructor intends to provide diver-medic training, and with what estimated frequency. Specific reference to program promotion and the likely source of DMT students will be helpful.
Review Procedure
Once the complete application package has been received by Board headquarters it will be forwarded to the Committee on DMT Instructor Certification, for review and disposition. A decision will be made, and the applicant notified, within forty-five (45) days of Board receipt of the completed application package.
Where the applicant is successful, he/she will be designated a DMT Instructor. A probationary period of two years will take effect from the application approval date. At the completion of the probationary period the DMT Instructor Committee will consider full DMT Instructor status, based upon DMT student course/instructor critiques, teaching activities and program audit, where necessary.
Should the Committee consider an extension of probationary period for any reason, the chairman of that committee will notify the Instructor, in writing. Specific concerns will be addressed and recommendations suggested.
The second probationary period will again last for two years. During this time it is anticipated that the Instructor will work to resolve any considered deficiencies. Upon completion of the second probationary period, the DMT Instructor Certification Committee will again take the activities of the Instructor under review.
Disposition will be to either advance to full Instructor status or, if in the opinion of the Committee, delinquencies have not been resolved, withdraw the individuals DMT Instructor certification. If this latter step is deemed necessary, then the Committee chairman will notify the individual in writing, and provide specific documentation to support the decision.
Instructor Re-registration
DMT Instructors are required to re-register every two years. Re-registration is based upon teaching activities and documentation of continuing education. Each DMT Instructor will be provided with appropriate compilation forms, in order to document re-registration requirements. These forms, and a $150.00 re-registration fee, should be forwarded to Board headquarters 30 days prior to the re-registration date.
Appeal Procedure
Where an applicant is denied DMT Instructor status and does not agree with the written assessment provided by the DMT Instructor Certification Committee Chairman, the applicant can appeal this decision. The appeal, in writing, should be forwarded to the Appeals Committee at Board headquarters. The applicant should clearly outline the basis for his disagreement, and provide supportive documentation, where appropriate.
The Appeals Committee will take this disagreement under review. The majority decision of the Appeal Board is necessary to overrule the DMT Instructor Certification Committee. The applicant will be provided with a decision within forty-five (45) days of the Board’s receipt of the appeal.
