Defining priorities for emergency medical services education research: A modified Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

As out-of-hospital medicine evolves, emergency medical services (EMS) education practices must also be updated to ensure that EMS professionals acquire and maintain the skills needed to best serve patients. We aimed to identify and rank the top 10 research priorities related to EMS education in the United States.

Methods

We conducted a convenience survey of EMS educators to identify challenges facing EMS education before leveraging a purposefully selected panel of EMS educators to prioritize research gaps through a modified Delphi approach. Data were collected electronically (March 2021-June 2021) over 4 survey rounds consisting of idea generation (Rounds 1 and 2), importance scoring (Round 3), and consensus ranking (Round 4). At the end of Round 4, composite score

SUBMITTER: Lancaster S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9838566 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature