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Current Status of Clinical Education in Paramedic Programs: A Descriptive Research Project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2012

Kim C. Grubbs
Kim C. Grubbs*
Affiliation:
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
*
Paramedic Instructor, Johnson County Community College, 12345 College at Quivira, Overland Park, KS 66210USA, E-mail: Kgrubbs@johnco.cc.ks.us
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Abstract

Development of competence in exercising therapeutic judgment skills represents the goal of clinical education. Time (clock hours) is not a valid predictor of attainment of competence in paramedic clinical education. Quantity of patient contact experiences facilitates development of judgment skills, and offers a valid measure of progress toward competence. This project uses national survey data from accredited programs to describe the availability and accessibility of patient contact experiences within paramedic clinical education. Data from this local program supplements the national survey results. The components of clinical judgment are enumerated, and strategies to teach and evaluate clinical judgment skills are discussed.

Keywords

clinical decision makingclinical educationclinical judgmentcompetency-based modelsdescriptive dataevaluative methodologiesoutcomes assessmentparamedic educationrepetition and volume in clinical educationtherapeutic judgment
Type
Original Research
Information
Prehospital and Disaster Medicine , Volume 12 , Issue 4 , December 1997 , pp. 17 - 24
Copyright
Copyright © World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine 1997

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