Development of an emergency medical practice skill assessment forms for the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician students

Abstract

Methods : The 2 loops of action research were done. Data were collected from 40  supervisors; course instructors, field supervisors, mentors of the field practice, and 35 advanced emergency medical technician students. The first loop consisted of clarifications of related parties, constructing suitability of need assessment and tool. The second loop consisted of additional action plans with related parties, creating a skill assessment form based on the evaluation and the experts’ comments, determining the Rater agreement index for performance assessment (RAI), and conclusions.

Result : Before the development of the skills assessment form of emergency patients,  all items were appropriate at a high level;  = 3.94 (SD=0.22), there was a need to improve for all items at the highest level; = 4.53 (SD=0.71). The RAI of those forms was 0.86. The forms consisted of 5 aspects within 28 items: 1) pre-operation preparation 2) situation assessment and control 3) initial assessment of emergency patient condition 4) lifting and immobilization and 5) care during transfer to hospital. There were 5 levels of choices for the assessment. After development, the forms were appropriate at the highest level; = 4.53 (SD = 0.22) and the item encouraged learners to get their competency and teamwork building was the highest; = 4.64 (SD=0.55).

Conclusion : The development of emergency medical practice skills form of the emergency patient consisted of 5 aspects: After development, the forms, were appropriate at the highest level; = 4.53 (SD = 0.22).