Captain Ridgefield Fire Department Sherman, Connecticut
Description: This session is unique each time presented as it is based on direct feedback and requests from the audience. With more than 30 years of experience as an EMS educator, textbook and test bank author, and EMS education columnist for EMS World Magazine, Rom Duckworth will present the top tips to build an effective lesson, topple test anxiety, improve reading and test performance (both written and practical), step up psychomotor skills, and what every presentation needs to keep students engaged. With no time wasted, this program presents the key points of more than a decade of evidence-based-education articles in EMS World magazine.
Learning Objectives:
-Implement Gagné’s nine events of instruction in an EMS education program.
-Incorporate the fundamentals of Just Culture into new and existing EMS education programs.
-Apply the five steps of successful scenarios and simulation sessions to improve students’ performance and retention.
-Apply the ten key steps to effective communication in challenging and confrontational situations.