Need Assessment for Developing the Instructional model for Patient Assessment among the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician Students, Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Khon Kaen

Abstract

             The objectives of this study were to study need assessment for developing the instructional model of patient assessment among the Advanced Emergency Medical Technician (AEMT) Students at Sirindhorn College of Public Health, Khon Kaen. The designs was devided into 2 phases; 1) the context analysis was composed of document analysis and interviewing by semi-structure interview among 10 students 2) need assessment survey for developing the instructional model among 30 of all the first year students in the second semester in 2014 academic year. The need assessment survey comprised of 5 aspects. The data were analyzed by content analysis, descriptive statistics for frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviations.

           The results found as the following: The AEMT program was constructed to provide care for the emergency patients. The content of patient assessment was complex content and mainly reinforced to accomplish the AEMT competency in prehospital care. However the students had joined more extracurricular activities and no more tine to doing self study.  Inaddition they had low admission score though enrolled to be AEMT students. 70% of them had only 2000-3000 by 10000 score. In summay evaluation,  they rarely passed the midterm and final examination in the first exam only 33.33% and 6.67% respectively. The overall of need assessment survey for developing the instructional model of patient assessment was lowest problem; = 1.79, SD. = 0.12. All of the learning & teaching  activities and the teachers were lowest problem; = 1.08, SD. = 0.08 and = 1.11, SD. = 0.15 respectively. All of the learning material & structure and the evaluation were lower problem; = 2.01, SD. = 0.52 and = 2.16, SD. = 0.47 respectively. The learner was high problem; = 4.05, SD. = 0.44

             In conclusion, the over all of need assessment survey for developing the instructional model of patient assessment was lowest problem. The AEMT student were appropriately management but they could not achieve the summay evaluation. The learners should develop to achieve their learning outcome which focusing on their competency, team work and role of the AEMT. The vary of teaching techniques should helped the teacher in their classroom, stimulated analytical thinking and problem solving, promoted them to connect their knowledge to to be done in real situation. In addition the learners should have their spared time to learning by less extracurricular activities.