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The transition surveys are available for you to complete on-line.
Top 6 reasons to complete the Kansas EMS Transition survey:
- It’s your chance to give your thoughts and opinions on the transition items for your level.
- It’s more fun to spend time in air conditioning doing a survey than being outdoors when the Kansas thermometers are heading toward the century mark.
- It’s time to think, reflect, and comment on what you see as needed in the transition training process.
- It’s an opportunity to put your personal touch on the process.
- It’s time well-spent, time that reflects your commitment to Kansas EMS.
- It’s a chance to be the first in your service to have a look at the survey.
As always, we want to hear from you. Go for it!
First Responder Survey
This survey is targeted to current first responders and all EMS educators.
EMT-Basic (Ambulance) Survey
This survey is targeted to current EMT-Basic and all EMS educators.
EMT-Intermediate Survey
This survey is targeted to current EMT-Intermediates and all EMS educators.
Survey links will remain open until 5:00 p.m. on July 15, 2009.
No doubt, if you are reading this blog, you’ve encountered some of the discussion on the Kansas EMS List Serve about this project. My intent here is not to repeat that discussion; rather, I am going to share you a bit about our belief of how courses are best put together.
The single most important thing when beginning to develop a course is to set the tone for the dialogue, discussion, and debate that will take place as we conduct the needs assessment, develop objectives, and build lesson plans and supporting tools. We view this process through a frame of abundance, not scarcity. What do I mean by this? Abundance means that all of us have ample opportunity for input into the process, growth as the process moves from an idea to the course that you take in a couple of years, and potential for the people that we serve. Rather than a view of scarcity that implies lack of involvement, hardship and loss, and reduced service; abundance leaves the door open to everyone involved in the process to engage, grow, and reap a greater good.
We view this process as not only meaningful work, but fun! What an opportunity to touch the lives of those who provide the care and those who receive it.
In the next few days, a survey will be opened for user input on the transition curriculum process. We are asking for all stakeholders in this transition process to get involved with teh curriculum development and complete the survey.
In addition to the on-line survey, we are in the process of setting up several curriculum focus groups around the state. Focus group participants will have an opportunity to meet us in person and participate in a facilitated discussion about the transition curriculum.
As we’ve said in the past, we recognize that this is important work. We are committed to getting it done — through involving all stakeholders, being creative, and delivering on time.
There are a number of people working on this transition project. You may know me, as I am the EMS face of Friesen Group. You may or may not know Kathleen, who actually keeps things running and brings organizational and project management expertise. While Iwill fill the role of principle investigator for the project, Kathleen will fill the role of principle administrator. Her job is to facilitate, organize, contact, and track progress — in addition to managing several other thousand details inherent in a project such as this. Rounding out the team is Dave Johnston. Dave brings EMS expertise and will be involved in working on key project components. We are very fortunate to have Dave as a part of the project.
So, that is who “we” represents. We are looking forward to working with you to develop a great set of transition modules.
