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We have been quiet for a bit, and I figured it was past time to post an update. I have just come off the KEMSA Last Blast of Summer weekend and am trying to settle back into a routine. We are into the first of several “dark” phases of the project where from the outside it looks like nothing is happening; but on the inside, a great deal of effort is underway on the project.
The needs assessment is done and Kathleen is busy crunching the data to determine where the gaps are between what the needs have been defined as and where people are at with those needs. This work can be tiresome, as sometimes it seems that you are laboring away at something very abstract. The reality is that if you do not know where you are going, and where you are currently at, you will never be able to make the journey. In this case, the journey is defined as three courses of instruction that bridge existing first responders, EMT-Basics, and EMT-Intermediates to the new levels in the Kansas Scope of Practice.
Therefore, we will be content to work away at the course planning documents that detail out the needs assessment, gap analysis, and objectives of the courses. Once completed in draft form we will be posting them to the website for all to see and comment upon.
