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Prodigy EMS brings you EMS education reimagined. Join us for relevant, high-quality discussions around the best practices in EMS education. You'll find interviews with experts in EMS, education, simulation, medical direction, leadership, and more. Explore hundreds of courses and earn CAPCE credit at www.prodigyems.com. Follow @ProdigyEMS on Twitter, FB, YouTube and IG.
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Thursday Mar 23, 2023
Thursday Mar 23, 2023
What training did you receive when you became a field preceptor? Many in EMS would reply, "Not much." In this episode, hosts Rob Lawrence, Maia Dorsett and Hilary Gates welcome educators Ginger Locke and Ashley Liebig from Austin, TX. Ginger and Ashley share their ideas about this topic after recently teaching a comprehensive preceptor training course. They found training preceptors can shape positive department culture, create a safe space for feedback, and help everyone find a sense of belonging.
Mentioned in the episode:
Medic Mindset “Finding Feedback”
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Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
In 2020, the Commission on Accreditation for Prehospital Continuing Education (CAPCE) reported a 179% increase in course completions compared to the two prior years, as well as a 185% increase in online distributive learning. Live/in person education represented just 1% of CAPCE-accredited refresher completions in 2020. What does this say about the future of EMS education? How does this trend away from live courses toward online education affect student retention, skills and evidence-based education? Is this the "new normal"?
Hosts Rob Lawrence and Maia Dorsett join the host of the PEC Podcast, Hawnwan Philip Moy, MD, FACEP, FAEMS to discuss these impressive numbers with the authors of the study:
Juan March, MD, FAEMS, FACEP, Chief, at ECU Division of EMS, CAPCE Board of Directors; Nicole Camarillo, Data Coordinator at CAPCE and Stephen Taylor, MHS, FAEMS, EMS Specialist at ECU Division of EMS.
PEC paper discussed on this episode:
March, J. A., Scott, J., Camarillo, N., Bailey, S., Holley, J. E., & Taylor, S. E. (2022). Effects of COVID-19 on EMS refresher course completion and delivery. Prehospital Emergency Care, 26(5), 617-622.
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Thursday Dec 01, 2022
Thursday Dec 01, 2022
This year has brought many changes in the care provision landscape for obstetric patients. As with many aspects of care, access to maternity care is inequitable by geographic location. Legislative changes in the last year have exacerbated these geographic inequities and EMS is called upon to help meet the needs of patients in these challenging circumstances. In one state, Tennessee, EMS is seeing extraordinarily long transports and due to legislative changes, physicians are facing potential prosecution for treating patients. Join us as we discuss protocol and just-in-time educational needs, psychosocial aspects of care and collaborative efforts between EMS and OB in this arena.
Special guests on this episode are Tracy Coffey, MD, FACOG, OB/GYN, who is Department Chair and Medical Director of Women's Services at Tennova Healthcare Clarksville, TN.
Ashley N. Huff, MD, FACEP, FAEMS, who is an emergency physician and Air Evac Lifeteam/Global Medical Response EMS Medical Director in TN.
https://www.marchofdimes.org/maternity-care-deserts-report
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Thursday Oct 20, 2022
Thursday Oct 20, 2022
It's Recert season! The NREMT has permanently removed limits on distributive education for recertification. What does “distributive education” mean and how does this change impact clinicians and educators alike? Join us as we discuss how to use education to cultivate curiosity in our learners, support lifelong learning and improve equity. Some educational delivery models are better suited than others to meet learning objectives: what are they? How can we use our own agency's data to enhance education? Hear from educational experts Megan Corry, EdD, EMTP, CHSE, Paramedic Program Director at the City College of San Francisco and Casey Patrick, MD, FAEMS, Medical Director at ESD 11 Mobile Healthcare & Asst. Medical Director of MCHD EMS in Houston.
Mentioned in the episode:
PCRF educational research podcast
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Friday Aug 19, 2022
Friday Aug 19, 2022
On Aug. 17, 2022, the NREMT Board rescinded a resolution that would have done away with graduation from a nationally accredited paramedic program as a requirement for eligibility for national certification. Why? What led to the decision? What prompted the resolution in the first place? Join NREMT Executive Director Bill Seifarth, NREMT Board Chair Kevin Mackey and NREMT Board Member Maia Dorsett as they discuss the process and answer burning questions about this dramatic period of events.
NREMT Statement Rescinding the Resolution
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Friday Jun 24, 2022
Friday Jun 24, 2022
A more diverse EMS workforce provides more equitable care, so how can we help EMS look more like the population it serves? We must examine our policies and their impact on who we are hiring and retaining. Hear from guests Katie O’Connor, EMS Educator and simulation expert in LA County and Washington D.C.’s GWU, Sahaj Khalsa, Santa Fe (NM) Community College's EMS Program Director and Prodigy's Medical Director Dr. Maia Dorsett. Our guests discuss how Social Determinants of Health can affect employee success and how our seemingly well-thought out requirements may actually harm our diversity efforts.
If you’re a chief, recruiter, educator or EMS employer, this podcast is a must listen. The people who write policies are gatekeepers to this profession, and we still have a ways to go to diversify the EMS workforce.
Have a listen to Part 1, Addressing Bias in Patient Care, which was released earlier in June!
Mentioned in the episode:
Females and Minority Racial/Ethnic Groups Remain Underrepresented in Emergency Medical Services: A Ten-Year Assessment, 2008–2017 Crowe, R. et al
Get in touch with our guests:
Sahaj Khalsa: @ssk040
Katie O'Connor: @kathleenoco
This podcast is sponsored by EMS Gives Life. Would you consider becoming a living organ donor? Visit emsgiveslife.org for more info.
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Saturday Jun 11, 2022
Saturday Jun 11, 2022
How can EMS educators and leaders help prevent bias in patient care? One way is to make the unconscious conscious. We welcome guests Katie O’Connor, EMS Educator and simulation expert in LA County and Washington D.C.’s GWU, and Sahaj Khalsa, Santa Fe (NM) Community College's EMS Program Director. Prodigy's Medical Director Dr. Maia Dorsett also weighs in. Our guests discuss the importance of definitions, why words matter and the prevalence of bias in simulation (racial, age, gender, etc.). They give tips on how to normalize the discussion, destigmatize bias and not always use white male manikins.
If you’re an educator, chief, EMS employer, look at your data around this issue. Look at your scenarios and what they are reinforcing. Your clinicians will respond and improve.
Look for Part 2, Addressing Bias in Your Agency, to be released in July!
Mentioned in the episode:
Influence of patient race on administration of analgesia by student paramedics
Get in touch with our guests:
Sahaj Khalsa: @ssk040
Katie O'Connor: @kathleenoco
This podcast is sponsored by EMS Gives Life. Would you consider becoming a living organ donor? Visit emsgiveslife.org for more info.
Check out the Prodigy EMS Bounty Program! Earn a $1000 reward for your best talks!
Get your CE at www.prodigyems.com. Follow @ProdigyEMS on Twitter, FB, YouTube & IG.
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
Learn how to create effective, meaningful learning experiences for students in your EMS classroom. Hear from fellow educators about creative ways to implement FOAMed. Benji McCollum, NRP, RN, Paramedic Program Director at Midlands Technical College describes teach-back presentations, using SMEs, and teaching hands-on skills in a virtual environment. Maia Dorsett, MD, PhD, Prodigy EMS's Medical Director touts an evidence-based medicine curriculum that teaches research but always in the context of clinical care. Tune in to learn more about activating and engaging lifelong learners.
Mentioned in the episode:
"Make it Stick: The Science of Successful Learning" by Roediger, et al
"Sources of Power" by Gary Klein
Get in touch with our guests:
This podcast is sponsored by EMS Gives Life. Would you consider becoming a living organ donor? Visit emsgiveslife.org for more info.
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Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
Wednesday Mar 02, 2022
EMS should use lights and sirens selectively, the same as any clinical intervention for our patients. On Feb. 14, 2022, leaders of many EMS associations published a statement calling for decrease in use of red lights and sirens for EMS responses and transports. Data from NHTSA and Dr. Doug Kupas's seminal paper on the use of red lights and sirens in EMS that fewer than 7% of patients transported to the hospital with lights and sirens received a life-saving intervention upon arrival in the ED.
Rob and Hilary interview two of the leaders of research and change on this topic: Brooke Burton, Quality Improvement & Controlled Substances Manager at Unified Fire Authority in Salt Lake City, Utah and Bryan Wilson, EM/EMS Physician at St. Luke's University Health Network and EMS Medical Director for City of Bethlehem EMS. They discuss the need to educate the public and local governments that clinical care is more important than response times.
Find out more about the NEMSQA Quality Improvement Initiative.
Contact our guests at bryan.wilson@sluhn.org and bburton@unifiedfire.org.
This podcast is sponsored by EMS Gives Life. Would you consider becoming a living organ donor? Visit emsgiveslife.org for more info.
Get your CE at www.prodigyems.com. Follow @ProdigyEMS on Twitter, FB, YouTube & IG.
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Friday Jan 28, 2022
Prodigy EMS is proud to welcome our new medical director, Maia Dorsett, MD, PhD. Maia chats with Rob and Hilary about her educational philosophies, especially around cultivating lifelong learning, creating psychological safety in the classroom, just culture and systems thinking. Check out the PEC position paper Maia co-authored on going beyond skills training in EMS, and follow her on Twitter @maiadorsett.
Want to check out the references? Here is the link to The Fifth Discipline by Peter Senge.
Listen to Ginger Locke's Medic Mindset podcast episode on lift assists here.
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