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Office Hours Podcast: Planning for EMS Week

I join Jim Hoffman on Episode 11 of the EMS Office Hours podcast to discuss EMS Week Planning and Resources. We also discuss the pros and cons of belonging to National EMS organizations, a topic covered in a recent episode of the MedicCast by our good friend, Jamie Davis. Links from this episode: 2010 EMS […]

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Event Review: NAEMSE Mini Symposium 2010 San Antonio Texas

This is a guest post by Doug Gadomski. If you want to guest post on this blog, check out the guidelines here. Sessions on the Riverwalk I attended the first ever National Association of EMS Educators (NAEMSE) Mini-Symposium on January 22nd & 23rd 2010 in San Antonio, Texas. The concept, offering expanded versions of the top-rated […]

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3 Things I am Looking Forward to in 2010

Everyday EMS Tips readers. Welcome to a new year and a new decade. Great things are ahead for all of us. What are you looking forward to in 2010? Here are three things I am looking forward to in 2010. 1. The full first episode of the Chronicles of EMS. By now I am sure […]

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Video: Trends in Online Education for Emergency Responders

In this video I describe discusses emerging trends in elearning. These trends are shaping the availability of elearning, the cost of elearning, and the creation of elearning content by subject matter experts.This video was recorded at the 2009 National Association of EMS Educators Symposium. In the comments area share your thoughts on emerging trends in […]

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Video: Student Creation of Social Media Content

In this video I describe how educators can engage their students in the creation of social media – photos, videos, podcasts, and blog articles – as a learning activity. Students likely already have the tools and experience using social media. Educators can harness this experience to create content for learning and to share with future […]

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Deadline: NAEMSE 2010 Symposium Presenter Application

Everyday EMS Tips readers, November 9 at midnight is the deadline for submitting an application to present at the 2010 National Association of EMS Educators symposium in Chicago, Illinois. Here are three Everyday EMS Tips reasons for you to apply to present: 1. Everyone is an expert at something. As an educator what can you […]

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Crossfit: A fitness program well suited to EMS Professionals

Kris Kaull of EMS1.com describes the challenge and benefits of the Crossfit training program. Crossfit combines strength, endurance, aerobic, and flexibility exercises into a functional fitness routine. Kris shares this explanation just after I had my first Crossfit experience with Kris at the 2009 National Association of EMS Educators conference in Orlando. I was sore […]

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Paramedic Instructor Interview Questions

Two weeks ago I asked, “If you were to able ask two interview questions of the candidates being interviewed for a Paramedic instructor position what would they be?” I asked for readers to share the questions they would ask for a future blog post. These are the questions I submitted and the contributions of Everyday […]

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4 EMS Education Tips

During September EMSResponder.com ran a series of EMS education tips. These are tips I contributed to the list.

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EMS Educators Gather in Orlando for NAEMSE Symposium

Hundreds of EMS Educators from around the world are gathering in Orlando, Florida USA for the annual National Association of EMS Educators Symposium. Year in and year out this is one of the best conferences I attend. The conference is being held within the Walt Disney World Resort at the Coronado Springs Resort. Educators will […]