scholarly journals An Innovative Curriculum Development Experience: Emergency Medical Dispatch Role in the Healthcare Transformation Vision of Saudi Arabia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yousef Alsofayan ◽  
Kharsan Almakhalas ◽  
Abdullah Alabdali ◽  
Mohammed Arafat ◽  
Nawfal Aljerian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Health Sector ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Emergency Medical Dispatch ◽  
Need Assessment ◽  
Backward Design ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Mixed Approach

Abstract BackgroundHealthcare medical dispatch systems play a fundamental role in the daily operations of prehospital services. This includes facilitating the interpretation of various dispatch-related systems, receiving incident calls, categorizing cases, guiding proper resources deployment, and providing proper instructions before the arrival of healthcare providers. Considering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s (KSA’s) health sector transformation plan as part of Vision 2030, developing an Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) Program as part of essential prehospital services will allow rapid and competent healthcare delivery. In this study, our purpose is to describe the curriculum development of the EMD Program to improve the training of dispatchers and to share the experience in the interest of better prehospital dispatch systems.MethodsA selected group of education experts and academics in emergency medical services dispatch were assigned to develop an EMD curriculum over six months. This study aims to describe the approach followed in developing an innovative EMD Program to share the experience and ultimately standardize dispatch-related training programs. The data of this study was collected by reviewing approved documents of the EMD Program including program curriculum, syllabus, logbook, and exam blueprint after approval letters received from the Health Academy, Saudi Commission for Health Specialties.ResultsThe development of the EMD program utilized a consecutive mixed approach staring with a competency-based with backward design method to ensure the achievement of targeted outcomes followed by the Kern Six-step curriculum development model, namely: (1) problem identification and general need assessment; (2) targeted need assessment; (3) goals and objectives; (4) educational strategies; (5) implementation; and (6) evaluation and feedback. This resulted in four comprehensive modules and seventeen competencies throughout the fourteen-week EMD Program. Conclusion As part of the health sector transformation plan in KSA, EMD services play a fundamental role in the daily operations of prehospital healthcare services. Developing an EMD Program with a consecutive mixed approach including a competency-based with backward design method followed by the Kern Six-step curriculum development model led to a set of learning outcomes in the EMD Program including interpreting various dispatch systems, prioritizing incidents, deploying proper resources, and providing pre-arrival instructions to improve the current operations of EMD services, allow rapid access to healthcare facilities, and ultimately save more lives.

scholarly journals Backward Design Method in Foreign Language Curriculum Development

2015 ◽  
Vol 215 ◽  
pp. 213-217
Author(s):  
Tatiana V. Korotchenko ◽  
Irina A. Matveenko ◽  
Anna B. Strelnikova ◽  
Chris Phillips
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Language Curriculum ◽  
Backward Design ◽  
Foreign Language Curriculum

IMPLEMENTASI KURIKULUM BERBASIS INDUSTRI DI SMK MITRA INDUSTRI MM2100 CIKARANG - BEKASI

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-88
Author(s):  
Bambang Nurcahyono ◽  
Rita Retnowati ◽  
Entis Sutisna
Keyword(s):  
Curriculum Development ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Process Approach ◽  
Development Model ◽  
Field Observations ◽  
Work Patterns ◽  
Block System ◽  
Comprehensive Picture ◽  
Dual Base

INDUSTRIAL BASED CURRICULUM IMPLEMETATION AT SMK MITRA INDUSTRI MM2100 CIKARANG-BEKASIThis study aims to obtain a fact-based picture in the form of data and information regarding the implementation of an industry-based curriculum at SMK Mitra Industri MM2100. This study uses a qualitative method, which is to make a complex and comprehensive picture with detailed descriptions from the eyes of the informants to produce a comprehensive exposure based on clear and real findings, events, processes and results related to the implementation of an industry-based curriculum. Data obtained through interviews, field observations and documentation studies. Based on data analysis, the following results are obtained: 1). The curriculum development model used at SMK Mitra Industri MM2100, is a model of curriculum development that is problem-centered by integrating several disciplines to form a concept of attitudes, skills and knowledge in accordance with the demands and needs of the industry which are oriented to the vision, mission and goals of the school. 2). The learning process at SMK Mitra Industri MM2100 uses a block system, which is designed to be oriented towards the merging of instruction and construction, so that the learning process approach refers to the dual base program to fully and fully cultivate industrial work patterns. 3). Challenges and obstacles in the implementation of industrial-based curriculum in SMK Mitra Industri MM2100 in the form of not wanting to change the principles of school/mental blockage, focusing on knowledge, school target is focus on graduation of students, not on the distribution of work at industries and bad networking with industry which can be overcome through socialization to all elements of the school and stakeholders involved.

scholarly journals Utility of Emergency Medical Dispatch (EMD) Telephone Screening in Identifying COVID-19 Positive Patients

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Molly McCann-Pineo ◽  
Timmy Li ◽  
Paul Barbara ◽  
Brian Levinsky ◽  
James Debono ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Medical Dispatch ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Telephone Screening

Abstract 01: Dispatching Lay Rescuers Through a Smartphone Application is Associated With Increased Bystander Defibrillation in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest

Circulation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 138 (Suppl_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Linn Andelius ◽  
Carolina Malta Hansen ◽  
Freddy Lippert ◽  
Lena Karlsson ◽  
Christian Torp-Pedersen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cardiac Arrest ◽  
Smartphone Application ◽  
Automated External Defibrillator ◽  
Early Defibrillation ◽  
Emergency Medical Dispatch ◽  
Capital Region ◽  
Electronic Survey ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
Hospital Cardiac Arrest ◽  
External Defibrillator

Introduction: Survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is dependent on early defibrillation. To increase bystander defibrillation in OHCAs, a first-responder program dispatching lay rescuers (Heart Runners) through a smartphone application (Heart Runner-app) was implemented in the Capital Region of Denmark. We investigated the proportion of Heart Runners arriving prior to the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and rates of bystander defibrillation. Methods: The Capital Region of Denmark comprises 1.8 mil. inhabitants and 19,048 Heart Runners were registered. In cases of suspected OHCA, the Heart Runner-app was activated by the Emergency Medical Dispatch Center. Up to 20 Heart Runners < 1.8 km from the OHCA were dispatched to either start cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or to retrieve and use a publicly accessible automated external defibrillator (AED). Through an electronic survey, Heart Runners reported if they arrived before EMS and if they applied an AED. OHCAs where at least one Heart Runner arrived before EMS were compared with OHCAs where EMS arrived first. All OHCAs from September 2017 to May 2018, where Heart Runners had been dispatched, were included. Results: Of 399 EMS treated OHCAs, 78% (n=313/399) had a matching survey. A Heart Runner arrived before EMS in 47% (n=147/313) of the cases, and applied an AED in 41% (n=61/147) of these cases. Rate of bystander defibrillation was 2.5-fold higher compared to cases where the EMS arrived first (Table 1). Conclusions: By activation of the Heart Runner-app, Heart Runners arrived prior to EMS in nearly half of all the OHCA cases. Bystander defibrillation rate was significantly higher when Heart Runners arrived prior to EMS.

Availability and Use of an Automated External Defibrillator at Emergency Medical Dispatch

2019 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 683-690 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isabel Gardett ◽  
Meghan Broadbent ◽  
Greg Scott ◽  
Jeff J. Clawson ◽  
Christopher Olola
Keyword(s):  
Automated External Defibrillator ◽  
Emergency Medical Dispatch ◽  
Emergency Medical ◽  
External Defibrillator

scholarly journals DESIGN OF INDIVIDUAL EDUCATIONAL ROUTES FOR STUDENTS WHEN TAUGHT GERMAN AT TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 681-695
Author(s):  
I. V. Кusоvskaya ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
German Language ◽  
Motivational Support ◽  
Competency Based ◽  
Technical University ◽  
Rational Organization ◽  
Resource Support

Introduction. The paper focuses on the design of individual educational routes for students of higher educational institutions in a competency-based learning environment. Individual educational routes assume particular importance for teaching a foreign language in multilevel and multidirectional groups. The objective of the study is to design individual educational routes for students studying German at a technical university. The achievement of this objective involves specification of the concept, scope, and stages of the design of individual educational routes and corresponding pedagogical conditions. Materials and Methods. The object of the research is the process of designing individual educational routes for Bachelor and Specialist’s degree students learning the discipline “Foreign Language” at Irkutsk State Transport University. The development of individual educational routes based on design method is a joint activity of teacher and students at the stages of motivational support, goal-setting, content and resource support. Results. The outcome of the research is designed individual educational routes of the adaptive, developmental and creative type for the students learning German. Conclusion. The practical significance of the study lies in the individualization and variability of competency-based learning, and the rational organization of individual work based on the knowledge of the German language. Prospects for further study of the issue entails reflective analyses of the adoption of the designed individual educational routes and their optimal correction. Keywords: design, individual educational route, technical university, German teaching.

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