Cultural Diversity for EMS providers: This will be a 24-hour course designed to inform EMS providers with various cultural contexts and considerations. It will allow providers to become more familiar with how cultural differences and health disparities can impact the way we provide care.
Rural EMS challenges: This will be a 32-hour course designed to help EMS professionals working in rural settings better understand the root causes of health care challenges with their patients. Topics will include poverty, health literacy, uncontrolled chronic diseases in rural settings, and more.
EMS role with vulnerable populations: This will be a 32-hour course designed to introduce the various population types, what their unique needs and challenges may be, and how we as EMS professionals can better address these issues while they are in our care. For the purpose of this course vulnerable will be defined as "those with greater-than-average risk of developing health
EMS Research methods: This will be a 40-hour course designed to introduce beginner research EMS professionals to the world of research. This will allow students to become familiar with laying the groundwork for topics of interest, reviewing literature, conducting both quantitative and qualitative studies, collecting and analyzing data, and various research considerations. The
Telehealth in EMS: This will be a 40-hour course designed to prepare EMS providers to be familiar with the various uses of telehealth, and how they can be applied and adapted for patient care in the field. There will also be a focus on ways to collaborate and integrate with other healthcare professionals to improve patient care and clinical outcomes.
