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Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Continuing Education At Emergency Medical Services, Tasmia Mustaquim
Evaluating The Effectiveness Of Continuing Education At Emergency Medical Services, Tasmia Mustaquim
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Emergency Medical Services (EMS) require staff to recertify periodically, which involves a significant amount of continuing education. Great effort is given to designing and delivering a continuing education program, but it is also important to know if the training had all of the intended impacts. Nationally, there is no evidence-based system in place for training evaluation at EMS. This research proposes a framework being used at East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services (EBRP-EMS) to evaluate a course, generate reports to indicate the performance of staff, and identify areas of improvement.
The Kirkpatrick Model, which is a 4-level evaluation, is …