Using a Competency-based Format to Improve Learning in EMS Education - Blowing up the syllabus and the time-based model

Description: Much of EMS education is structured based on time, and not measurable outcomes and mastery of knowledge. Often, students are given limited time to achieve entry-level competency before being forced to move on simply because of the schedule. Competency Based Learning allows for students to learn in a different paradigm, allowing for both scaffolded learning and structure in a new-style of learning for EMS providers. Time is not the only deciding factor, and flexibility allows for students to progress through different areas of needed abilities and knowledge through achievement of mastery, and allows the educator to focus assistance on where students need the most help while also ensuring they learn what is needed to advance to the next level of learning.