teaching methods

Hyperacute stroke unit training for paramedics

A dedicated stroke training course for paramedics was developed by a multidisciplinary working party, comprising healthcare professionals (from stroke clinician backgrounds) and educationalists, to...

Flippin’ education: a new pedagogy for paramedic students?

More traditional methods of teaching teach the basics of a concept during classroom time and the student is expected to learn more deeply about the concept in self-directed study time. The basis of...

Teaching to encourage deep learning in paramedic science students: a case study

Ramsden (2003) highlights that students will not automatically learn the skills required to critically analyse, to link ideas and to apply them to real-life situations. Education needs to be...

Are coaching and mentoring skills crucial for ambulance service managers? A personal reflection

In the 1960s, the use of the term ‘coaching’ by some experts was different to the perception we have today. Use of the term was perhaps more aligned to my own interpretation, which is, intuitively, to...

Prioritising the development of paramedic students' interpersonal skills

Ethics approval for this research was obtained from the UTAS Human Research Ethics Committee (No. H11576)..

A simulated wilderness exercise: the development of relational competence in paramedic students

The concept of work-readiness refers to the paramedic graduate's capacity to transfer their entry-level qualifications and job-specific competence to the workforce and to quickly adapt to normal work...

Minimal patient handling: a Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care consensus statement

Spinal immobilisation is a common intervention for the pre-hospital patient following trauma. Most commonly the patient is log-rolled on to a rigid long spinal board. Once on the long spinal board,...

Is interprofessional teaching enhanced through peer-assisted learning?

‘Participants in this study clearly articulated benefits of inter-professional peer-assisted learning’.

Hands off: can paramedics be educated at a distance?

What about using distance teaching for emergency care? This area too is developing, and now has a small, but growing, evidence base. Stansfield and colleagues (2001) used distance teaching for medical...

A pilot international exchange programme for paramedic students

Study in other countries is viewed as a strategic goal for many universities, as it promotes understanding of world issues affecting society, cultural competence, and international engagement, which...

Students' views of teachers using the Clinical Teaching Effectiveness Inventory

Specific items of the CTEI have been observed to have scored more positively than others by the cohort of undergraduates. Scoring highly was item 1, ‘Establishes a good learning environment (e.g....