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Tristan Henderson, MCPara Wednesday 11 th December 2013

Changing paramedic student summative airway assessments from a traditional to practice relevant measure . Tristan Henderson, MCPara Wednesday 11 th December 2013. An emerging profession…. Paramedics became a registered profession in 2000 British Paramedic Association formed 2001 (now CoP)

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Tristan Henderson, MCPara Wednesday 11 th December 2013

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  1. Changing paramedic student summative airway assessments from a traditional to practice relevant measure Tristan Henderson, MCPara Wednesday 11thDecember 2013

  2. An emerging profession… • Paramedics became a registered profession in 2000 • British Paramedic Association formed 2001 (now CoP) • Undergraduate Paramedic programmes available since the 90’s • Plymouth programme running since 2008 • In 2008 one of four programmes in the country offering the BSc (Hons) for Paramedic students

  3. This led to borrowed assessments ideas… Medicine Nursing Paramedic Assessments Traditional Ambulance Service

  4. What is relevant? • Intubation Vs Stepwise Airway Approach • What is the more common skill? • Gettingthe basics right first • Achieving a practice relevant measure

  5. Pastand present education and assessment… Past Present Theory and practical for all airway skills Formative assessment of intubation Summative assessment of stepwise airway approach • Theory and practical for all airway skills • Formative assessment of intubation • Summative assessment of intubation

  6. Challenges to introducing change… • Ambulance Trust involvement • Practicing clinicians/mentors • Students • Finding a standard

  7. Finding the standard

  8. Where for the future? • Confidence to reshape assessments to be valid forthe prehospital setting • More focus on the necessary, not the traditional

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