Survey on the needs and satisfaction of special emergency medical service providers for education program in Gangwon province

¹Department of Emergency Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea
²Department of Emergency Medicine, Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, Hallym University College of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea
³Department of Radiology, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea

Correspondence

Taehun Lee ,Tel: 033-240-5220, Fax: 033-240-5446, Email: ion2674@naver.com,

Received: March 24, 2021; Revised: May 18, 2021 Accepted: May 20, 2021. Published online: December 31, 2021.

ABSTRACT

Objective:
To expand the scope of the work performed by emergency medical service (EMS) providers, a 3-day education training course was implemented at the national level to organize and operate a special EMS unit consisting of level-1 EMS providers and nurses. We conducted an evaluation of the curriculum for EMS providers that completed the education course.
Method:
From June 2019 to July 2020, a survey was conducted to evaluate the curriculum of 270 EMS providers that completed the training course in Gangwon province. We analyzed differences between educational needs, satisfaction with educational contents, and job performance confidence with respect to age, sex, certification, and career.
Results:
We analyzed the contents of 143 questionnaires received from the EMS providers. Satisfaction with the “instructor” was highest at 4.52 points, and satisfaction with the “education” provided was lowest at 3.89 points. Those aged over 40 had the highest satisfaction scores for “education”, and a significant inverse relationship was found between age and satisfaction (P=0.020). In the overall curriculum, educational need was highest among those with a career duration of ≥ 3 years and those in their 30s. Regarding educational contents, the need for advanced cardiovascular resuscitation was greatest and the need for emergency delivery was lowest, but this difference was not significant.
Conclusion:
When designing a curriculum for EMS providers in the future, segregation into similar groups is required to reflect their educational needs.

Key words: Emergency medical services; Simulation training; Educational assessment