Help both EMS students and preceptors understand the purpose of specialty rotations.
Teaching people how to be paramedics is an art (and a lot of fun). The EMS educator must illuminate and instill each individual puzzle piece while not neglecting how each fits into the overall picture (the “front” of the puzzle box).
Specialty shifts can be a little confusing for non-educators. Students and their (other healthcare professionals) preceptors may ask, “How is this relevant to the ambulance?”
These Learning Plans answer those questions. They tell the student what cognitive material to review before the shift and the goals/objectives/expected experiences they should be looking to gain. Those same objectives help non-EMS pros understand how they can help the students (to the extent that the pro is invested).
Plans in *.docx Format
Download those you wish and make them your own. No EMS Educator should ever have to create a form (or policy or learning plan) from scratch again!
Be sure to generate a PDF once you finalize the document. Consider including each in your EMS Student Handbook.
- Learning Plan for ED (good for EMT students who have never been)
- Learning Plan for ICU
- Learning Plan for Labor and Delivery (Obstetrics)
- Learning Plan for Pediatric Clinic (with specialty assignment since many are “well-care” observations)
- Learning Plan for Capstone (Internship)–based on NREMT model of reviews after every call (if you use Sterling Credentials Capstone Discussion module, you can delete the section which refers to the NREMT form)
Edits to Do
- Look for text IN BOLD to personalize the documents.
- All of these plans are specific to Texas. Be sure to scan the stated objectives to ensure they are consistent with your state and the changing times/standards.
- Texas State Administrative Code is included to alleviate any concerns about liability. Your state may have something similar. You might also add any details you wish about your program’s medical liability insurance.
Closing the Loop
The vast majority of problems in the world are based on miscommunication which can occur at any of a number of points in the process. These documents are simply one more tool to try to help avoid those.
Invitation to Contribute
If YOU have developed your own form or guide or tool, and you’d like to share it with other educators, please reach out to us [email protected] and we can host it for you and attribute authorship. What did you have to build which you wish you’d just had on hand? Yeah, that stuff is what we’re looking for.
Need More Help?
Just search “PD Handbook” in the knowledge base to connect with additional resources you’ll need as you move forward!