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What Federal document encourages EMS education Programs to develop relationships with Academic institutions? correct answers National EMS Agenda for the future (what we should be doing - 15 Steps What does the EMS Educational Agenda for the Future: A systems Approach recommend with respect to EMS accreditation? correct answers How we should do it. (How we should do it - approach to 15 steps in EMS Agenda for the future) From what federal agency can an EMS instructor access information about the National Scope of Practice Model and the EMS Standards? correct answers NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) How can an instructor determine a students preferred learning style without using a commercial inventory tool by the way the student phrases comments or questions? correct answers By the words the student uses to to describe the learning. For example, a visual learning will talk about "seeing" the informing. How should an EMS educator best facilitate learning for a visual learner? correct answers Through the usual of visual aids such as slides, videos, etc. Give an examples of differences in the roles and responsibilities of the primary instructor vs. the secondary instructor? correct answers - Primary instructor owns the class and is responsible for course content. Typically more teaching experience.
- Secondary instructor's primary role is to assist primary instructor and in some cases has responsibility for labs and psychomotor skills. Typically less teaching experience than primary. Compare and contrast intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and give an example of each. correct answers - Intrinsic - internal factors - Personal development, family
- Extrinsic - external factors - Work, promotion, money What causes EMS educators to experience job-related stress that sometimes leads to them to leave the teaching profession? correct answers Time spend managing disciplinary issues. What type of documentation is necessary whenever a student must be coached about performance or behavior? correct answers IEP - Individual Evaluation Plan Why is is critical for instructors to demonstrate fairness and consistency in the following disciplinary policies? correct answers
Compare and contrast a formative from a summative evaluation. Give examples of each. correct answers - Formative - incremental knowledge check - whiteboards.
- Summative - Overall assessment that covers the entire course - final exam. What are the steps an instructor should take when students are not performing as expected or meeting objectives in any of the domains of learning? correct answers Remediation:
- Conduct assessment / reason for failure
- Determine cause of failure
- Develop remediation plan
- Implement
- Reevaluate What is the first step in creating a valid exam? correct answers Creating objectives. If an exam is not performing reliably, what process should be undertaken to determine why? correct answers Validation and review. What steps should a primary instructor take in advance to ensure that another educator could always step in and cover a class in case of a last minute facility cancellation? correct answers Create a detailed lesson plan. How should an educator sequence the development of a lesson plan? correct answers Based on the desired level of understanding required by the domain (basic, intermediate, advanced). What are the elements that should be included in a lesson plan? correct answers Focus, Goals, Objectives (Cognitive, Psychomotor, Affective), Recommended equipment and supplies, Recommended Schedule, Suggested Motivational activities, Content outline and instructor notes, Summary, Evaluation, Next Assignment / Lesson and References When planning a class, how often should an instructor plan to change teaching methods? correct answers Every 20 minutes How often should instructors include breaks? correct answers Every hour. How should an instructor set the tone in the classroom to maintain a positive learning environment and to ensure that students know that they must respect each other's person, space and property? correct answers Set the standard for the expected behavior and achievement and modeling that behavior. The instructor should also create an environment that is conducive to learning. Explain how a program's dress code relates to cultural awareness and sensitivity? correct answers A programs dress code should allow for culture differences. Explain the attributes of an appropriate approach to corrective coaching / discipline in the classroom? correct answers 1. Clarify the problem - ask questions to understand the issue.
- Identify a workable solution - engage students in the solution
- Death
- Confidentiality What is the benefit of having students do icebreaker activities so they learn about each other's backgrounds and values during the first class session? correct answers Promotes cultural awareness and creates an environment that is open and aware of cultural diversity. List five areas of potential liability for EMS Educators? correct answers 1. Student Injury
- Inattentive Preceptor
- Improper care during training
- Student / Teacher relationships
- Student safety Under what circumstances can an instructor release confidential student information under the provisions of the Family Education Rights to Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA)? correct answers 1. Employment
- School Officials
- Financial Aid
- Accrediting Orgs
- Subpoena / Justice
- Health and Safety Which teaching methods or activities are appropriate for teaching to the affective domain? correct answers Reality based training - situations and scenarios Explain the behaviors a student must demonstrate in order to be evaluated and rated at the highest level of the affective domain? correct answers The highest level of the Affective Domain is Characterization. In order to be evaluated and rated at this level the student must Consistent in behavior and must be able to defend that behavior. The student must also have the characteristic integrated across attitudes, values and ideas. What level of master in the psychomotor domain is required for a student to achieve prior to graduating from a paramedic program when they have no previous experience in performing the assessment or skill? correct answers Articulation Which evaluation method is appropriate for measuring achievement of objectives in the psychomotor domain? correct answers Skill evaluation and situational analysis What is the most appropriate time to provide feedback to a student who is making an error when performing a skill in the lab for the first time? correct answers When appropriate, typically before the student behavior becomes mapped to memory (learned). When is the most appropriate time to provide feedback to a group of students who are making non-lethal errors when sequencing through a scenario towards the end of the class? correct answers After they've gone through the scenario (towards the end)
What is the most effective teaching method to enhance a student's ability to think critically? Give an example of how you would use this method? correct answers Questioning. Socratic Method - thought provoking questions can promote active thinking and stimulate higher level learning and problem solving skills. What is the difference between higher and lower level thinking? correct answers - Lower level (receives information) - basic knowledge and skills
- Higher level (critical thinking) - deeper understanding of information and the ability to support that knowledge and draw further conclusions. How do EMS educators for into the trap of only stimulating lower level thinking? correct answers By focusing only on knowledge and skills to "pass the exam". What is an essential element for an instructor to model to enhance their effectiveness and ability to inspire students to learn? correct answers 1. Active listening
- Open body language Give two examples of effective strategies an instructor could use to facilitate discussion in the classroom? correct answers 1. Create small groups to discuss the same idea.
- Discussion How should an instructor use active listening when approached by a student with a problem? correct answers What is a red card? correct answers A concern for safety during a training simulation or scenario. Compassion, Respect, epathy correct answers ICARE Program What is an example of a phrase a kinesthetic learning would use? correct answers "I feel like I don't get it" What is an effective way to manage disruptive behavior? correct answers Progressive discipline. What drives personal behavior? correct answers Values What is the first step of a lesson plan? correct answers Needs assessment. When an instructor uses slang, jargon, takes behavior personally and ignores non-verbal behavior are examples of? correct answers An instructor who is not culturally aware. What is a student centered, behaviorist method of teaching? correct answers Role playing. What is the highest level of the cognitive domain? correct answers Evaluation. What is it called when a skill is taught by demonstrating the skill, going through it step by step and then demonstrating the skill again? correct answers Whole - Part - Whole (WPW)
PHYSIOLOGIC VARIABLES OF ADULT LEARNERS correct answers LIGHTING, TASK PERFORMANCE, ROOM TEMPERATURE CHANGES, DISTRACTIONS, PSYCHOSOCIAL VARIABLES OF ADULT LEARNERS correct answers SUCCESS, RESPECT, CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS, PRACTICAL LIMITATIONS AND CONSIDERATIONS. MASLOW'S HIERARCHY OF NEEDS correct answers PHYSIOLOGICAL, SAFETY, LOVE, ESTEEM, COGNITIVE, AESTHETIC, SELF-ACTUALIZATION, SELF-TRANSENDENCE THEORY OF MARGINS correct answers MODEL FOR LOOKING AT HOW MUCH ABILITY (POWER) A STUDENT HAS COMPARED WITH HOW MUCH LEARNING THE STUDENT NEEDS TO ACCOMPLISH (LOAD) POWER (THEORY OF MARGINS) correct answers AN INDIVIDUALS RESOURCES, ABILITIES, POSSESSIONS AND POSITION ON WHICH HE OR SHE CAN DRAW TO COPE WITH THE LOAD. LOAD (THEORY OF MARGIN) correct answers THE DEMANDS, BOTH SELF AND SOCIAL, THAT ARE REQUIRED BY A PERSON TO MAINTAIN A MINIMUM LEVEL OF AUTONOMY. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING correct answers JACK MEZIROW, LEARNING THAT INITIATES AND CREATES DEEP AND LASTING PERSONAL CHANGE. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING correct answers LEARNING BY DOING CONTEXT-BASED LEARNING correct answers ALSO CALLED SITUATED COGNITION TYPE OF EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING THAT STATES LEARNING WILL BE BETTER IF TAUGHT IN THE ENVIRONMENT IT WILL BE USED. ANDRAGOGY correct answers TEACHING ADULTS PEDAGOGY correct answers TEACHING CHILDREN TYPES OF LEARNERS correct answers AUDITORY, VISUAL, KINESTHETIC, ANALYTIC, GLOBAL, SOCIAL, AND INDEPENDENT. EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TYPES correct answers CONVERGERS, DIVERGERS, ASSIMILATORS AND ACCOMMODATORS. CONVERGERS correct answers FAVOR PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF IDEAS DIVERGERS correct answers REFLECTIVE AND LIKE TO THINK THROUGH THEIR EXPERIENCES
ASSIMILATORS correct answers LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THE THEORY BEFORE THEY PUT SOMETHING INTO PRACTICE ACCOMMODATORS correct answers DOERS AND OFTEN THE FIRST TO VOLUNTEER FOR NEW EXPERIENCES MYERS-BIGGS TYPE PERSONALITY INDICATOR (FOUR CATEGORIES) correct answers
- EXTRAVERSION vs INTROVERSION
- SENSING vs INTUITION
- THINKING vs FEELING
- JUDGING vs PERCIEVING MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES (object related) correct answers LOGICAL\MATHEMATICAL SPATIAL BODILY\KINESTHETIC NATURALIST MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES (object free) correct answers LINGUISTIC MUSICAL MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCES (person related) correct answers INTERPERSONAL INTRAPERSONAL SYLLOGISM correct answers A TYPE OF ARGUMENT IN LOGIC THAT CONTAINS A MAJOR AND MINOR PREMISE AND A CONCLUSION. POWER correct answers THE CONTROL AN INSTRUCTOR EXERTS UPON THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE STUDENT. CULTURE correct answers A GROUP PEOPLE WITH SHARED EXPERIENCES, LANGUAGE AND VALUES THAT PERMIT THEM TO COMMUNICATE KNOWLEDGE NOT SHARED BY THOSE OUTSIDE THE CULTURE. SEATING ARRANGEMENTS (traditional) correct answers IDEAL FOR LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS SEATING ARRANGEMENTS (theatre) correct answers OPTIMAL FOR A LARGE NUMBER OF STUDENTS. SEATING ARRANGEMENTS (circle, square and rectangle - OPEN) correct answers INSTRUCTOR IN THE MIDDLE, GOOD FOR INSTRUCTOR LEAD DISCUSSIONS
COGNITIVE DOMAIN
(ANALYSIS) correct answers REQUIRES SEPARATION OF WHOLE CONCEPTS INTO INDIVIDUAL AND ANALYZE THEIR MEANING. COGNITIVE DOMAIN (APPLICATION) correct answers RELATES CLASSROOM INFORMATION TO REAL LIFE SITUATIONS. PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN (ARTICULATION) correct answers PROFICIENT AND COMPETENT PERFORMANCE OF THE SKILL. AFFECTIVE DOMAIN (CHARACTERIZING) correct answers REQUIRES DEVELOPMENT OF ONE'S OWN VALUE SYSTEM THAT GOVERN BEHAVIOR. COGNITIVE DOMAIN (COMPREHENSION) correct answers FOCUSES ON INTERPRETATION AND UNDERSTANDING MEANING. COGNITIVE DOMAIN (EVALUATION) correct answers MASTERY OF COGNITIVE CONCEPTS IS ACHIEVED TO ALLOW JUDGEMENTS AND DECISIONS ABOUT INFORMATION. PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN (IMITATION) correct answers LEVEL THAT OCCURS AS STUDENTS REPEAT AND MIMIC DEMONSTRATIONS. COGNITIVE DOMAIN (KNOWLEDGE) correct answers LEVEL THAT FOCUSES ON MEMORIZATION AND RECALL. PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN (MANIPULATION) correct answers STUDENTS PRACTICE THE SKILL AND CREATE THEIR OWN STYLE PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN (NATURALIZATION) correct answers SKILL MASTERY AFFECTIVE DOMAIN (ORGANIZING) correct answers LEVEL WHERE LEARNER INTEGRATES NEW, REFINED, OR DIFFERENT BELIEFS INTO THEIR EXISTING VALUE SYSTEM. PSYCHOMOTOR DOMAIN
(PRECISION) correct answers SKILL IS PERFORMED WITHOUT MISTAKES AND TRANSFER TO OTHER SITUATIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES BEGIN AFFECTIVE DOMAIN (RECEIVING) correct answers STUDENT ACQUIRES AWARENESS OF THE VALUE OR IMPORTANCE OF LEARNING INFORMATION AND EXPRESSES A WILLINGNESS TO LEARN. AFFECTIVE DOMAIN (RESPONDING) correct answers LEVEL WHERE STUDENTS ACTIVELY PARTICIPATES IN THE LEARNING PROCESS AND BEGINS TO DERIVE SATISFACTION FROM IT. COGNITIVE DOMAIN (SYNTHESIS) correct answers COMBINES PIECES OF INFORMATION INTO NEW AND DIFFERENT WHOLE IDEAS. AFFECTIVE DOMAIN (VALUING) correct answers LEVEL IN WHICH THE STUDENT PERCEIVES THAT A BEHAVIOR HAS WORTH OR VALUE. EMS Education Agenda for the future. correct answers Scope of practice model Core content Education standards Education program accreditation National EMS certification National EMS Research Agenda correct answers States that Research is essential to ensure that the best possible EMS care is provided. This indicates that a person has been exposed to material, understands the material, and can or could recall the information. A. Knowledge B. Learning C. Clinical Reasoning D. Critical thinking correct answers B. Learning This term goes beyond recall and includes information processing, application to other situations, consideration of the meaning, and contrasting with other concepts. It creates images, ideas and solutions to problems even before the student has encountered the situation in reality. A. Knowledge B. Learning C. Clinical Reasoning D. Critical Thinking correct answers A. Knowledge
A. Always abide by the syllabus. B. Never speak to students outside of class. C. Write your own policy and procedures. D. Follow all organizational and course policy and procedures. correct answers D. Follow all organizational and course policy/procedures. You are the primary instructor for an EMT class of 40 students. Due to a computer issues, you are required to post grades on the door for the next two weeks. Which of the following would help you maintain student's academic privacy? A. Use only the student's last name on the posted paper. B. Break your organization's policy and do not post the grades C. You can use a random number that each student is assigned and place that number next to the grades. D. Privacy is not required unless it is a final grade correct answers C. You can use a random number... The Family Education Rights Act of 1974 is also known as the: A.Ryan White Act B. Buckley Amendment C. Affordable Care Act D. Americans with Disabilities Act correct answers B. Buckley Amendment You are primary instructor for a paramedic course at a college. About half way through the course a student advises you that he has a learning disability and is failing because he has trouble reading the test. Which of the following is the best course of action at this point? A. Tell the student there is nothing you can do at this point because he didn't tell you this at the beginning of the course. B. Immediately give the student a reader for all subsequent exams.
C. Tell the student to have his doctor call you for proof. D. Follow your organization's policy regarding learning disabilities. correct answers D. Follow your organizations policies/procedures.... You are mentoring a fellow instructor in a paramedic program. He has just begun teaching a cardiology class. The instructor states he found a lecture series from an instructor at a nearby college. He states he just plays the lectures during class. When you question the legality of this he states, "it was on the internet and didn't have the copyright symbol on it so it's free to use." Which of the following is most accurate? A. The Buckley Amendment protects prerecorded lectures from being used by others without written permission. B. Just because it is on the internet and doesn't have the copyright symbol does not mean it is free to use and not copyrighted. C. Although he is lazy, his statement about the use of the recorded lectures is accurate. D. It violates Michigan Department of Health and Human Services policy to use videos during lecture. correct answers B. Just because it is on the internet does not mean that it is free to use and not copyrighted. In regards to EMS education, what term represents the actions of a "reasonable and prudent" individual who possesses similar training and experience. Core Values of Instruction Standard of Instruction Negligence Jurisdictional Prudence correct answers B. Standard of Instruction A student tells you he is dyslexic and requires extended time taking test. Which of the following laws supports this student getting reasonable accommodations.
The study of right action Those principles and values that actually guide, for better or worse, an individual's personal conduct The critical examination and evaluation of what is good, evil, right and wrong in human conduct correct answers C. Those principles and values that actually guide, for better or worse, an individual's personal conduct. Which of the following Ethical theories most closely aligns with the actions taken during triage in a mass casualty situation? Utilitarianism Duty Ethics Egoism Virtue Ethics correct answers A. Utilitarianism Through which of the ethical theories do people approach dilemmas based on what is good for them? Utilitarianism Divine Law Egoism Virtue Ethics correct answers C. Egoism According to the declarative section in your IC Objectives, the key to answering ethical questions is:
knowing when and where to ask the right questions. knowing which ethical theory to use knowing the content you are teaching Following your lesson plan correct answers A. knowing when and where to ask the right questions. Which of the following would most likely cause a student living in poverty to have difficulty in a course? They may need longer time to take tests It should have no effect on their learning. They may have an issue with reliable transportation to and from class. It may cause them to have behavioral issues. correct answers C. They may have an issue with reliable transportation to and from class. Which of the following religions commonly identify Saturday as the sabbath. Judaism Catholicism Buddhism Islam correct answers A. Judaism Members of which group typically fast for 24 hours every month? Mormons
Asian students tend to be less successful in college courses. Race alone does not always determine a person's background. Caucasian students tend to be the least successful students in college. correct answers C. Race alone does not always determine a person's background. About what percentage of communication is non-verbal? 10 - 15% 20 - 30% 30 - 50% 50 - 90% correct answers D. 50-90% To what degree are we, as educators, expected to know material? As much as the student needs to know. At least two levels deeper than what students need to know. At least one level deeper than what students need to know. For EMT level it is two levels deeper and for paramedic it is the same level. correct answers B. At least two levels deeper than what students need to know. Which of the following are characteristics of an effective EMS Instructor? Reads the PowerPoints to the students
Knowing Material at the same level as the students. Always lectures Arrives early to prepare for class correct answers D. Arrives early to prepare for class. Why should we, as educators, model expected behavior? It helps create a positive learning environment It is part of the EMT DOT Curriculum The organization we work for will expect us to. Our boss expects us to. correct answers A. It helps create a positive learning environment. Which of the following is an identified benefit to having "student leaders" in class? They can help students with their homework They are able to show students how to perform tasks. They can police problem students They can fill-in for you when you are sick. correct answers C. They can police problem students. Which of the following is a good set up for discussion? Circle, square or rectangle with open center Individual workstations Lecture style
