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Foundations for the Practice of EMS Education
- By Melissa Alexander
- Pub. Date: Sep 27, 2005 by Pearson.
- ISBN-10: 0-13-119435-6
- ISBN-13: 978-0-13-119435-9
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Features
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 — Chapter 21.
~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.
For EMS and instructor development courses. 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.
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Table of Contents
SECTION I: FOUNDATIONS OF EMS EDUCATION.
1. The Context of EMS Education.
2. Philosophical Foundations of Education.
3. Ethics, Standards, and Legal Considerations in EMS Education.
SECTION II: CONTEXTS AND SETTINGS OF PRACTICE.
4. Institutions, Settings, and Types of Programs.
SECTION III: THE EMS EDUCATOR.
5. Qualities, Competencies, Roles & Responsibilities of EMS Educators.
SECTION IV: LEARNERS AND LEARNING.
6. The Traits & Needs of Learners.
7. The Psychology of Learning.
SECTION V: PROGRAM PLANNING AND CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT.
8. Overview of the Educational Planning and Curriculum Development Processes.
9. Determining Educational Needs.
10. Developing Instructional Objectives.
11. Packaging the Curriculum.
SECTION VI: EVALUATION.
12. Program Evaluation.
13. Educational Measurement.
14. Student Evaluation & Remediation.
SECTION VII: DELIVERY OF EDUCATION.
15. Selection of Materials and Media.
16. Preparing the Lesson Plan.
17. Teaching Methods.
18. Classroom Management.
19. Considerations in Laboratory and Clinical Settings.
SECTION VIII: ADMINISTRATION AND OVERSIGHT.
20. Roles and Responsibilities of Key Institutions and Personnel.
SECTION IX: CAREER DEVELOPMENT.
21. Career & Professional Development.
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