CPR, CAB and EMS

This post from my other blog may be of interest...

CPR, CAB and EMS

Implementing the CPR guidelines might not be as easy as it initially looks.

Updates

First, no. I have not corrected the exams yet. I will put the grades on the NCTI platform when I get them.

I would also like to remind you that I will need the following before you do your 10-minute presentation:

A lesson plan (complete with objectives)
5 multiple choice questions

You will be required to complete your presentation within +/- 20% of the time (8 - 12 minutes). You will be given a P/F grade for this presentation.

Some of the best advice I have ever received about making presentations is:

1. Choose something you are passionate about.
2. Know your topic cold.
3. Be yourself. Find your strengths whether they be humor, sincerity or knowledge and use them to your benefit.

Good luck. Let me know if you have questions.

In the news...

Students will ask you about items they see in the news. How would you respond to these?

Oxygen Masks for Pets

Missouri Court Denies EMS Immunity

We'll talk about this in class.

Test good news/bad news

I decided to hold off on the first exam. That is the good news. The bad news is that this was done because the quizzes were pretty bad. I want to go over them Tuesday night so we can discuss them before the exam.

We will have the exam on 10/12. Here is the list of potential topics:

Methods of determining training needs
Bloom’s taxonomy including choosing a verb related to cognitive levels and labeling the pyramid
The four components of an objective
The difference between terminal and enabling objectives
Matching presentation methods to different lessons or topics
Components of a lesson plan

Also expect a repeat of anything from the quiz last week.

Keep studying!

Quiz tomorrow evening (9/28)

The quiz will focus on the 3 domains and lesson planning. Within those domains the 6 levels of the the cognitve domain will be fair game. For lesson planning please know the uses/purpose of a lesson plan as well as the components.

The handouts for 9/28:

Instructional Materials

Psychology of Learning

For thought/discussion

One way to teach higher cognitive concepts is to get student's reactions to stories in the media. This story from Mississippi would do the trick very well:

Mississippi Council Members Believes EMT Must Risk Lives

This obviously flies in the face of everything we teach in EMS. The EMTs staged away from a shooting scene where it was safe. If you put this article on the screen in class, gave it as a handout or posted it online for discussion your students would have to agree or disagree (remember "defend" is high-level cognitive verb).

You might use this when you teach well-being and scene safety or hand it out later in the class to open student's minds for a review of the scene size-up. Remember to use these as accents--not the main part of the lesson. Don't over do it--and always make them relevant.

I hope you all have a great weekend. I'll be posting handouts for next week by Monday. Be sure to check back.

Dan

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Assignment for 9/28

Thank you for your excellent thought and participation in class. Your assignment for next week is to choose a topic for your 10 minute presentation and prepare one objective each in the cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains that support your presentation. You will likely do more objectives before the presentation. This is simply to make sure you are on the right track creating objectives.

We will discuss the topics and objectives in class. Remember to choose a topic that can be practically presented in 10 minutes. You will be required to do your presentation within 20% of the allotted time either way (8 - 12 minutes).

Good luck.

Lesson Planning

There are many forms available for lesson plans. I am not as concerned with the form itself as long as it has the information needed.

What is a lesson plan used for?

1. To keep you on track (scope of the lesson, time allotted, objectives)
2. As a legal record of what was taught
3. To assure continuity of training between different sections/dates of the same course
4. For a new instructor/substitute to know what should be taught in a given class

Anything else? (this is an example of where you would add a comment below...)

The key to knowing the content of the form is based on understanding what the form is used for. Think of this in regard to Bloom's Taxonomy. If I had you simply memorize the necessary elements in a lesson plan you would have very simple knowledge/remembering-level learning. Not enough for educators. If I work to help you understand (comprehension/understanding) what a lesson plan is used for, you will gain a higher level of learning when you then relate the elements of the plan to the overall purpose.

In class you will apply, analyze, evaluate and create lesson plans. Trust me.

Looking at the uses I listed above you should be able to intuitively name many of the required elements of the lesson plan. If you hadn't taught a subject before and were handed a lesson plan, what would you hope to see? Consider the purposes of the lesson plan as you learn the components.

You will be required to know the elements of the lesson plan for class exams--and to create lesson plans for your 10 and 20 minute presentations.

I searched online and found this lesson plan template in MS Word format. It is helpful because when you enter text the document expands to accept it. Source: Concordia University Centre for Teaching and Learning Services

Enjoy!

Blogging and Social Media

While I am using this blog as an efficient communication tool, you can use sites like this--as well as Facebook and Twitter--for marketing your courses and for monitoring your student's opinions on your class.

You would be amazed what you may find your students saying about you online.

Of course there are cautions. Beware of HIPAA when posting call information or photos in case studies. I would also recommend avoiding becoming too "virtually" involved with your students via Facebook or Twitter. Some contact is good; too much blurs the line that could come back to bite you.

Finally, just to demonstrate the power of what one person (or band) can do, consider the video "United Breaks Guitars." Musician (and volunteer firefighter) Dave Carroll brought giant United Airlines to its knees with this video after United broke his guitar and refused to pay for it. So far 9,174,325 people have watched the video.



Don't ignore the power of the Internet in your classes--and use it wisely.

Handouts

The handouts for last week (Roles and Responsibilities) and this week (Objectives and Lesson Planning) are linked below for download:

Chapter 1

Chapter 8

Chapter 10

Chapter 16

Course schedule and syllabus

If you have your schedule and syllabus posted online your students can never say they lost it.

Syllabus

Course schedule

Be warned. :-)

Introduction

One popular online means of communication is the blog.

I have observed a trend in education where instructors are using blogs as their class web site. It makes sense. Blogs are:

Free
Customizable
Easily accessible 24 hours/day
Much easier than creating your own web site in many cases

Here is an example of a blog for a high school EMT class in Connecticut:

Mr. Andrade's EMT Class

For our class this blog will be your virtual link for information. I will post handouts, interesting article and links. I'll start with another of Dave Andrade's blogs. One that is worth following:

Educational Technology Guy

Enjoy!