EMT Policy and Procedure

EMT Instructors Aide:

 As EMT Instructor plus  Yearly update of EMT Instructor Aide Development record

Where EMT Instructors or aides remain out of compliance with 8:40a or policies 4.01 and 4.02, the Programs Coordinator shall be suspended from teaching activities for that staff member until they can establish compliance with those requirements. Course monitoring shall be performed by the Programs Director or Programs Coordinator and can involve witnesses a lecture, psychomotor skills practice, or skills examination. Instructors shall be graded according to the current EMT Instructor Monitoring form. Instructors whose monitoring sessions are not successful should receive feedback about their performance and be monitored again at a future date. If an instructor cannot monitor successfully after two attempts shall function as an EMT-Instructor Aide until they can monitor successfully. All monitoring forms shall be filed in the instructor’s folder All EMT students are requested complete an EMT Training Course Evaluation online at the end of their EMT program. This course evaluation is anonymous and provides the EMT student to provide feedback about various aspects of the course including:  The Lead Instructor’s performance  The instructional staff’s performance (including feedback about specific staff members)  The length of the course and time utilization  Consistency of content from instructor to instructor  Psychomotor skills evaluation difficulty  Written evaluation difficulty  Quality and availability of equipment  Quality and relevance of support materials Within 10 days of the end of an EMT course, the Programs Director will compile and analyze course evaluations. Individual reports for each site will be sent to the EMT Lead Instructor who conducted the program. Data analysis shall include:  Review of aggregate scores and comments of all EMT programs conducted and/or scanned into Training Center Manager software for filing. Solicitation and review of EMT Training Course student feedback

 Review of scores and comments of one specific EMT program site  Review of scores and comments of one specific EMT Lead Instructor  Review of student impression of psychomotor skills evaluations  Review of student impression of written evaluations  Review of student impression of equipment availability  Review of student impression of support materials quality and relevance

Responses to course evaluation items shall range from positive responses (Ex. Very Good, Good), neutral responses (Ex. Appropriate), and poor responses (Ex. Poor, Very Poor). When in any category of course evaluations yields a >25% of responses in the poor categories the Programs Director shall perform a Quality Improvement analysis and make appropriate changes to the course including but not limited to:  Conference with the EMT Lead Instructor responsible for that location or instructional staff  Review of program schedule or activities

 Review of equipment available to that course location  Review of exam items or psychomotor skills testing  Review of textbook or support materials sed

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