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Sep 23, 2024
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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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