Foundations for the Practice of EMS Education

Foundations for the Practice of EMS Education provides broad-based coverage of fundamental principles and practices of EMS education. The text provides clear, up-to-date information and references for more in-depth material, as well as examples and templates of many useful educational tools. Whether in fire-based, hospital-based, or higher education programs, the EMS educator will find practical information and guidelines for program planning, implementation, and evaluation for both pre-service and continuing education.

This text covers all elements of the newly published NHTSA and National Association of EMS Educators guidelines for instructor development and future national certification/recognition.

Features include:

Emphasizes NHTSA's development of education standards
Rather than detailed curricula. Provides information for EMS educators to transition to their use.

Examples and templates
Including training proposals, task analysis, syllabus, program evaluation tools, table of specifications for exams, sample homework exercises, student evaluation tools, and sample lesson plans. Provides the educator with a variety of "tried and true” documents and tools for teaching and program management.

References to web sites, journal articles, and texts for further reading
Found throughout the text and at the end of chapters — include links to professional organizations and on-line resources. Provides ready access to more in-depth coverage of topic areas.

Chapter on career development
Provides advice and guidelines for developing resumes and CVs and applying for jobs.

Detailed illustrations
Link objective writing to teaching methods and evaluation (a currently known weakness in EMS education). Offers students this benefit that most other books don't.

Author: Melissa E Alexander
Published: September 2005
ISBN: 0-13-119435-6
364 Pages