Sub-Section 3-735-54 - EMS Instructor Academy Assignments

CMH EMS Education Manual

Develop a Diversity Policy

• Due on the first day of class.
• In this assignment, you will develop a policy which addresses how to deal with diversity in the classroom. This assignment should consist of a policy statement for the acceptance, recognition, and respect of both student and staff who are involved in an EMS program.
• Assume your policy will be included in staff training and in a course syllabus. You may use the course textbook, or other sources to help you to develop the policy.
• Format your assignment using APA Style. Use your own words and include citations if you use other sources as needed to avoid plagiarism.

Course Goal and Outcomes

• Due on the second day of class.
• Write a course goal and outcome for a topic of your choice, and develop learning outcomes from the domains of learning based on the ABCD method. The topic must be timely, and related to EMS.
• Consider this work as the building block for your final Lesson Presentation.
• When you work on this assignment, you should:
• Write at least three learning outcomes.
• Use SMART mnemonic when you write learning outcomes.
• Write all component of outcomes using ABCD model.
• Use measurable verbs for outcomes. You can search Bloom’s Taxonomy on the Internet as a reference.
• Do not use unmeasurable verbs such as know, understand, comprehend, learn, realize, or study.

Article Review

• Due on the third day of class.
• For this assignment, choose a second peer-reviewed, scholarly article to review on one of the following topics:
• Clinical experience during EMS training
• Improving lecture presentation skills
• Distance learning in today’s EMS learning environment
• Use of simulation tools for EMS training
• As you read the articles, consider the following questions: How could the topic of this article apply to your personal or professional life? How could it apply to an organization you have observed?
• Use the following guidelines to select articles:
• Articles are from reliable sources/journals
• They are related to the topic of your choice
• Articles are at least ten pages each
• Use the following guidelines to prepare each of your article reviews:
• Your article review should be at least two pages
• It should identify the main topic/question
• It should identify the author’s intended audience
• It should include a one page summary of the article
• Think critically about the article, and discuss how it applies to this course
• Format your article review using APA Style. Use your own words and include citations for other articles as needed to avoid plagiarism.

Lesson Presentation

• Due on the fourth and fifth day of class.
• Using the contents of your Course Goals and Outcomes assignment, develop a full lesson presentation to include those items plus the following:
• Instructor Notes
• Power Point Presentation
• Course Evaluation
• The lesson should be 30 to 60 minutes long. The last day of class will be used as a venue to culminate the understanding of the material we have covered.

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