Clinical rotations focus on the development of psychomotor skills and integrative skills. This course is designed to accompany Medical 3 and the assessment-based lab course. Clinical rotations focus on treatment of special patient populations and special clinical situations. The summative field evaluation determines if the student is competent to serve as an entry-level clinician. Field rotations place the student in the role of team leader for all calls and expect students to integrate history taking, physical examination, and cognitive knowledge into the total management of the patient.
Comprehensive examinations evaluate the candidate's knowledge base and psychomotor skills.
This course will present all EM students with a thorough review of the most current and pertinent issues confronting the EMS industry today. Discussion and assignments will investigate critical issues which affect health care delivery, quality of service, cost of health care, manpower utilization, and the effects of various federal and state legislation on health care delivery. This course will enable the student to conduct prospective research in an administrative or educational endeavor. Students will be required to develop a scholarly paper based upon research. This course will expand on issues discussed in professional issues in EMS 1.