title: Reader attitudes toward journal-based continuing education for EMS personnel.
abstract: Recertification requirements and new curricula place increased importance on continuing education (CE) for emergency medical services (EMS) personnel. To be effective, continuing education not only must be accessible to EMS personnel, but it must be also acceptable. Journal-based continuing education was selected to improve accessibility, but questions were raised about its acceptance. Although there were some significant differences found between the feelings of basic and advanced EMS personnel, a study conducted on six articles showed that participants overall liked this method. The study also found that some articles significantly generated more reader response than others.
authors.affiliation: Baylor University, Waco, TX 76705, USA. James_Moshinskie@baylor.edu
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Moshinskie
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D003258:Consumer Behavior; D004518:Education, Professional, Retraining / Q000379:methods*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D018961:Educational Technology; D004632:Emergency Medical Services / Q000592:standards*; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D018156:Journalism, Medical; D012424:Rural Population; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014481:United States