EMS 470 - Current Topics in Emergency Medicine

Description:
This course instructs students how to conduct medical literature searches and to critically review peer-reviewed articles and surveys the contemporary literature for relevant concepts and issues germane to EMS.

Prerequisites:
Prerequisite: admission to the paramedical major or program.

Credits: (3)

Learner Outcomes:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

Demonstrate the ability to effectively and efficiently conduct a survey of contemporary subject matter in EMS professional, peer-reviewed journals and publications.
Demonstrate the ability to effectively identify a relevant topic that pertains to and impacts EMS; to conduct a literature review of that topic, and to summarize the findings.
Demonstrate the ability to select a single, contemporary article on a subject matter closely related to EMS and to summary that article in both written and verbal formats for audience dissemination.
Demonstrate the ability to critically evaluate all of the essential elements of a professional, peer-reviewed journal article, including purpose, design, methods, discussion, conclusions, and internal/external validity.
Demonstrate the ability to critically assess the effectiveness of colleague’s reviews of journal articles, article reviews, and textbooks.

Learner Outcomes Approval Date:
1/28/2010

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