A time efficient EMT-A course for first year medical students.
The purpose of the study was to design an EMT-A course for freshman medical students that maximized practical work and minimized lecture hours. A 48-hour required course was given up to 101 members of the first-year class at The Medical College of Pennsylvania. Ten hours of lecture-demonstration time were included. Test scores were comparable to scores of regular EMT-A candidates and medical students who had a full lecture series included in their course. Means of further decreasing the number of hours of the course are discussed. By decreasing the number of curricular hours, it is hoped that medical schools not having EMT-A certification programs in their preclinical years will be encouraged to do so.
D000488:Allied Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D003479:Curriculum; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004526:Efficiency; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education*; D013997:Time Factors