Leadership and Professional Development - EMS 212
https://courses.vccs.edu/courses/EMS212-LeadershipandProfessionalDevelopment
Effective: 2021-08-01
Course Description
Focuses on the development of leadership within the field of Emergency Medical Services (EMS), topics include civic engagement, personal wellness, resource management, ethical considerations in leadership and research.
Lecture 1 hour. Total 1 hour per week.
1 credits
The course outline below was developed as part of a statewide standardization process.
General Course Purpose
The purpose of this course is to prepare emergency responders, primarily emergency medical services students for their role as a leader within their agency, as well as their community. This course integrates comprehensive knowledge of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) systems, health, safety and wellness of the EMS provider; research, educational and career development.
Course Objectives
- Discuss the role of the paramedic related to public health and non-emergent issues
- Describe the components of professionalism and their importance to becoming a leader
- Define peer-reviewed literature and describe how this relates to a practicing paramedic
- Analyze examples of evidence based research and reasoning (the scientific method) pertinent to paramedic practice
- Identify the role of verbal and electronic communications in the provision of EMS
- Identify current problems and challenges related to the health, safety and wellness of the EMS workforce in the U.S.
- Analyze key goals and strategies to improve EMS personal safety as outlined in: The Emergency Medical Services Workforce Agenda for the Future, the NHTSA Strategy for a National EMS Culture of Safety
- Propose ways that Emergency Medical Services can be more proactively involved in developing "healthy communities" (Community Paramedicine)
- List ways a paramedic can promote injury prevention in his or her community
- Discuss the effects of stress and preventative measures for the Paramedic provider.
- Evaluate ethical issues in EMS
- Create a resume and/or curriculum vitae
- Demonstrate effective interview techniques and skills
- Define emotional intelligence and its importance to the Paramedic provider
Major Topics to be Included
- EMS and the Community
- Mobile Integrated Healthcare
- Patient education
- Public education
- Public health
- Epidemiology
- Professionalism
- EMS as a profession
- Professional characteristics
- Affective characteristics development
- Quality Improvement process
- Proper use of social media
- Patient Safety (EMS Culture of Safety)
- Preventing Errors
- Crew Resource Management
- Building a culture of safety
- Research Principles to Interpret Literature and Advocate Evidence-Based Practice
- Concepts of research
- Importance of Research in EMS
- Methods of Research
- Ethical Considerations in Research
- Literature Review
- Statistics overview
- Relating Research to EMS
- Evidence-based decision-making
- Well-Being of the Paramedic
- Stress management
- Dealing with death and dying
- Personal wellness and fitness
- Prevention of Work-Related Injuries
- Patient Rights/Advocacy
- Protecting patient's rights
- Confidentiality of patient information
- Patient advocacy
- End of Life Issues
- Ethical Principles/Moral Obligations
- Ethical Tests and Decision Making
- Personal Development
- Resume writing
- Interview skills
- Concepts of leadership
- Emotional Intelligence