Status and Demand in Continuing Education of the EMTs of the Korean Fire Department Ja-Young, Kim Department of Emergency Medical Service Graduate School of Kongju National University Kong ju, Korea (Supervised by professor Jin-Hue, Kim) Objective : The purpose of this study is to understand the sta...
Status and Demand in Continuing Education of the EMTs of the Korean Fire Department Ja-Young, Kim Department of Emergency Medical Service Graduate School of Kongju National University Kong ju, Korea (Supervised by professor Jin-Hue, Kim) Objective : The purpose of this study is to understand the status of continuing education of the EMTs of the Korean fire department, to identify demand of them for content, method, and forms of the education, and to present basic data for developing more efficient, effective educational programs. Methods :The subjects of this study were 850 of the EMTs of the Korean fire department who work for fire stations located in Seoul and part of Gyeonggi-do and directly provide critical care in the field. The data was collected between February 8 and 28, 2010. The measurement tool for status of continuing education was based on "Article 35 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on Emergency Medical Care" on the basis of the questionnaire developed by Hwang Mun-hee (1992), the measurement tool for effects of continuing education on emergency job performance was based on the performance evaluation tool for nursing job developed by Song Gyeong-ja et al. (2006), and the items asking on content of continuing education among demands for the next continuing education they hope were based on the subject content needed for continuing education presented by Choi Yong-cheol et al. (2003). The questionnaire consisted of a total 63 items including 11 for general characteristics, 8 for status of continuing education, 19 for effects of the education on job performance, and 25 for demands for the next continuing education they hope. The reliability of effects of continuing education on job performance was Cronbach's α = 0.962. As for reliability per each domain, "ability" was Cronbach's α = 0.935, and "attitude' was Cronbach's α = 0.941. Using SPSS 17.0 program, we obtained frequencies percentages, means, and standard deviations, and performed independent two sample t-test, one way ANOVA, and Cronbach's α. Results : 1) As for status of the existing continuing education for of the EMTs of the Korean fire department, in general, the hour of each education was "less than four hours" (51.2%), the instructors of the education were "doctors" (65.2%), the method of the education was "lecture" (83.3%), the material for the education was "educational materials and slides" (97.2%), and the results from the education were "not helpful in job" (55.1%). 2) The effects of the EMTs of the Korean fire department were mean 2.44 (±.51), the ability was mean 2.40 (±.50), and the attitude was mean 2.49 (±.57) points. 3) In emergency job performance based on general characteristics of the EMTs of the Korean fire department, as for differences in the effects on ability, there were statistically significant differences in age (F=3.134, p=.025), educational hours (F=3.679, p=.014), career as fire fighter (F=3.410, p=.018), type of license (F=-3.174, p=.002), and satisfaction (F=9.057, p=.000). 4) In emergency job performance based on general characteristics of the EMTs of the Korean fire department, as for differences in the effects on attitude, there were statistically significant differences in career as fire fighters (F=3.360, p=.019), career as emergency medical technicians (F=3.219, p=.023), type of license (F=-2.626, p=.009), satisfaction (F=10.599, p=.000), form of work (F=2.352, p=.019). 5) As for the demands of the EMTs of the Korean fire department on the next continuing education, they preferred "the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)" (2.64±.62) most in subject content, "investigating the demands of 119 emergency medical technicians annually" (44.1%) in methods to select subjects of the continuing education, "doctors and professors of Department of Emergency Medical Technology" in instructors of the education (190 persons, or 39.9%), "lectures with practices" in methods of the education (30.1%), and "One per year" (41.6%) and "less than four hours (67.2%)" in the period and hours of the text continuing education they hope. Conclusion : The continuing education for the EMTs of the Korean fire departmentconducts without accepting the demands of the technicians. In planning of the next continuing education, the results of this study suggest that it is needed to develop more various and professional educational program by active acquisition of the demands of the technicians. Key-word : EMTs, Continuing Education
Status and Demand in Continuing Education of the EMTs of the Korean Fire Department Ja-Young, Kim Department of Emergency Medical Service Graduate School of Kongju National University Kong ju, Korea (Supervised by professor Jin-Hue, Kim) Objective : The purpose of this study is to understand the status of continuing education of the EMTs of the Korean fire department, to identify demand of them for content, method, and forms of the education, and to present basic data for developing more efficient, effective educational programs. Methods :The subjects of this study were 850 of the EMTs of the Korean fire department who work for fire stations located in Seoul and part of Gyeonggi-do and directly provide critical care in the field. The data was collected between February 8 and 28, 2010. The measurement tool for status of continuing education was based on "Article 35 of the Enforcement Regulations of the Act on Emergency Medical Care" on the basis of the questionnaire developed by Hwang Mun-hee (1992), the measurement tool for effects of continuing education on emergency job performance was based on the performance evaluation tool for nursing job developed by Song Gyeong-ja et al. (2006), and the items asking on content of continuing education among demands for the next continuing education they hope were based on the subject content needed for continuing education presented by Choi Yong-cheol et al. (2003). The questionnaire consisted of a total 63 items including 11 for general characteristics, 8 for status of continuing education, 19 for effects of the education on job performance, and 25 for demands for the next continuing education they hope. The reliability of effects of continuing education on job performance was Cronbach's α = 0.962. As for reliability per each domain, "ability" was Cronbach's α = 0.935, and "attitude' was Cronbach's α = 0.941. Using SPSS 17.0 program, we obtained frequencies percentages, means, and standard deviations, and performed independent two sample t-test, one way ANOVA, and Cronbach's α. Results : 1) As for status of the existing continuing education for of the EMTs of the Korean fire department, in general, the hour of each education was "less than four hours" (51.2%), the instructors of the education were "doctors" (65.2%), the method of the education was "lecture" (83.3%), the material for the education was "educational materials and slides" (97.2%), and the results from the education were "not helpful in job" (55.1%). 2) The effects of the EMTs of the Korean fire department were mean 2.44 (±.51), the ability was mean 2.40 (±.50), and the attitude was mean 2.49 (±.57) points. 3) In emergency job performance based on general characteristics of the EMTs of the Korean fire department, as for differences in the effects on ability, there were statistically significant differences in age (F=3.134, p=.025), educational hours (F=3.679, p=.014), career as fire fighter (F=3.410, p=.018), type of license (F=-3.174, p=.002), and satisfaction (F=9.057, p=.000). 4) In emergency job performance based on general characteristics of the EMTs of the Korean fire department, as for differences in the effects on attitude, there were statistically significant differences in career as fire fighters (F=3.360, p=.019), career as emergency medical technicians (F=3.219, p=.023), type of license (F=-2.626, p=.009), satisfaction (F=10.599, p=.000), form of work (F=2.352, p=.019). 5) As for the demands of the EMTs of the Korean fire department on the next continuing education, they preferred "the advanced cardiac life support (ACLS)" (2.64±.62) most in subject content, "investigating the demands of 119 emergency medical technicians annually" (44.1%) in methods to select subjects of the continuing education, "doctors and professors of Department of Emergency Medical Technology" in instructors of the education (190 persons, or 39.9%), "lectures with practices" in methods of the education (30.1%), and "One per year" (41.6%) and "less than four hours (67.2%)" in the period and hours of the text continuing education they hope. Conclusion : The continuing education for the EMTs of the Korean fire departmentconducts without accepting the demands of the technicians. In planning of the next continuing education, the results of this study suggest that it is needed to develop more various and professional educational program by active acquisition of the demands of the technicians. Key-word : EMTs, Continuing Education
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