Consensus Standard for Evidence Integration into EMS Education and High-Stakes Testing.

Background: Incorporating emerging knowledge into Emergency Medical Service (EMS) competency assessments is critical to reflect current evidence-based out-of-hospital care. However, a standardized approach is needed to incorporate new evidence into EMS competency assessments because of the rapid pace of knowledge generation.

Objective: The objective was to develop a framework to evaluate and integrate new source material into EMS competency assessments.

Defining priorities for emergency medical services education research: A modified Delphi study.

Objective: As out-of-hospital medicine evolves, emergency medical services (EMS) education practices must also be updated to ensure that EMS professionals acquire and maintain the skills needed to best serve patients. We aimed to identify and rank the top 10 research priorities related to EMS education in the United States.

Methods: We conducted a convenience survey of EMS educators to identify challenges facing EMS education before leveraging a purposefully selected panel of EMS educators to prioritize research gaps through a modified Delphi approach.

A Proposed Theoretical Framework for Clinical Judgment in EMS.

In the prehospital setting, EMS clinicians are challenged by the need to assess and treat patients who are clinically undifferentiated with a large constellation of possible medical problems. In addition to possessing a large and diverse set of knowledge, skills, and abilities, EMS clinicians must integrate a plethora of environmental, patient, and event specific cues in their clinical decision-making processes. To date, there is no theoretical framework to capture the complex process that characterizes the prehospital experience from dispatch to handoff, the interface between cues and on-scene information and assessments, while incorporating the importance of leadership and communication.

Emergency medical services education research priorities during COVID-19: A modified Delphi study.

Objective: Our objective was to identify research priorities to understand the impact of COVID-19 on initial emergency medical services (EMS) education.

Methods: We used a modified Delphi method with an expert panel (n = 15) of EMS stakeholders to develop consensus on the research priorities that are most important and feasible to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on initial EMS education. Data were collected from August 2020 to February 2021 over 5 rounds (3 electronic surveys and 2 live virtual meetings).

Simulation Use in Paramedic Education Research (SUPER): A Descriptive Study.

Objectives: The purpose of this research was to characterize the use of simulation in initial paramedic education programs in order assist stakeholders' efforts to target educational initiatives and resources. This group sought to provide a snapshot of what simulation resources programs have or have access to and how they are used; faculty perceptions about simulation; whether program characteristics, resources, or faculty training influence simulation use; and if simulation resources are uniform for patients of all ages.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional census survey of paramedic programs that were accredited or had a Letter of Review from the Committee on Accreditation of Educational Programs for the EMS Professions at the time of the study.