Sub-Section 3-490-34 - Paramedic Academy Classroom Details

CMH EMS Education Manual

The Paramedic Academy is broken into five (5) trimesters of 16 weeks each:

• First trimester (spring: Jan-Apr):
• Sub-Section 3-490-50 - EMS 501 (Paramedicine I) Course.
• Classroom and laboratory every Monday and Thursday 0830 to 1730 hours.
• Second trimester (summer: May-Aug):
• Sub-Section 3-490-52 - EMS 506 (Paramedicine Clinical Experience I) Course.
• This clinical course may be started at any time, however, to be completed in a timely manner, it is suggested to complete these clinical requirements during this trimester.
• Sub-Section 3-490-58 - EMS 511 (Paramedicine II) Course.
• Classroom and laboratory every Monday and Thursday 0830 to 1730 hours.
• Third trimester (fall: Sep-Dec):
• Sub-Section 3-490-60 - EMS 516 (Paramedicine Clinical Experience II) Course.
• This clinical course may be started at any time, however, to be completed in a timely manner, it is suggested to complete these clinical requirements during this trimester.
• Sub-Section 3-490-64 - EMS 521 (Paramedicine III) Course.
• Classroom and laboratory every Monday and Thursday 0830 to 1730 hours.
• Fourth trimester (spring: Jan-Apr):
• Sub-Section 3-490-66 - EMS 526 (Paramedicine Field Experience) Course.
• Students are on their own to schedule the remainder of clinicals and field experience shifts.
• Fifth trimester (summer: May-Aug)
• Sub-Section 3-490-70 - EMS 536 (Paramedicine Field Internship) Course.
• Once EMS 526 is complete, students are on their own to schedule field internship shifts.

Coursework, classroom activities, and in-class testing will focus on personal safety, teamwork, and exceptional, compassionate patient care. Extensive use of simulation and scenario education will be included. Additionally, personal work habits and fitness activities will be included to prepare students for a life-long career in EMS.

The use of various "make-it-stick" principles will be utilized during the course with the goal of increasing student transfer of learning from the classroom to the street.

Trimester, contact, and clinical hours:

Participation Credit

All participation scores must be above 70% for each semester to successfully pass the course.

Chapter pre-quiz participation:

• Each student will have completed the practice chapter quiz found on JBLearning with a passing score of greater than 70% to be counted as participating in that category.

"Lights and Siren" and "People Care" weekly discussion participation:

• Each week, an e-mail discussion thread based on the reading assignment in the book "Lights and Siren" or "People Care" will be required. Meaningful participating each week is required. Instructors will post questions and/or conversation that must be responded to based on your experience and reading. Each week is pass/fail based on responses. Participation is the weekly discussion is due by 8 AM each Thursday morning.

Generic Chapter Classroom and Laboratory Schedule

The following schedule is used for each chapter classroom and laboratory activities. Some chapters span several class periods and some class periods have multiple chapters. Instructors and students will need to practice flexibility with varied chapter content and guest instructors.

1. Pre-quiz: JBLearning quiz is due by 0730 of the correlating class.
2. Bell work: Students write down and submit a hand-written answer to the question: "What do you remember from the previous class?" A similar spaced-retrieval question may be used for participation credit.
3. Fast five: A five-question quiz over any previously-covered material is used to implement the concepts of interleaving and spaced retrieval.
4. Case study: The chapter case study is presented to develop classroom discussion.
5. Chapter lecture: This involves highlights from the reading assignment, tips and tricks from the field, and guest lecturers. Student-led impromptu lecture based on student questions is also included.
6. Pharmacology review: Instructor-led impromptu lecture based on the list of medications to be tested on the next class date. This lecture will contain heavy discussion on represented protocols as they apply to these medications.
7. Skills lab: Specific skills associated with the lecture will be reviewed, practiced, and tested. Observation, practice, and refinement of individual skills on manikins and fellow students.
8. Pharmacology quiz: Assigned medication(s) and/or random medication(s) that have already been quizzed.
9. EKG quiz: A random EKG will be selected and must be interpreted.
10. Simulation lab: The on-duty student team manages a simulation scenario based on an actual call and patient. Other students play as actors or patients, evaluate the team, or observe as assigned.
11. Simulation review: Directly after the scenario, the entire class reviews the scenario. The on-duty team critiques themselves first, followed by the instructor, and then the entire class. Instructor-led impromptu lecture based on street and real-life experience.
12. Exit ticket: Students write down and submit meaningful explanations of the main points of the day or answer specific questions given by the instructor. Exit ticket completion is used for class participation credit.
13. Learning journal: A weekly entry in the learning journal is used to track the student's own thoughts on learning new content and recalling old content. Journals will be reviewed by the lead instructor weekly during the Thursday class for participation credit.

Generic Weekly Schedule:

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