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Reader Attitudes Toward Journal-Based Continuing Education for EMS Personnel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

James F. Moshinskie
James F. Moshinskie*
Affiliation:
Baylor University, Waco, Texas USA; and, Scott White Hospital EMS Education, Program, Temple, Texas, USA
*
Professor, Baylor University, Route 7, Box 288, Waco, TX 76705USA, E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Abstract: Recertification requirements and new curricula place increased importance on continuing education (CE) for emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. To be effective, continuing education not only must be accessible to EMS personnel, but it must be also acceptable. Journal-based continuing education was selected to improve accessibility, but questions were raised about its acceptance. Although there were some significant differences found between the feelings of basic and advanced EMS personnel, a study conducted on six articles showed that participants overall liked this method. The study also found that some articles significantly generated more reader response than others.

Keywords

certificationEMS continuing educationEMS educationEMS recertificationEMS rural servicesEMS trainingjournal-based instruction
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 25 - 30
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1997

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