Emergency Medical Services Education

Paramedic Education Program - Research Project

Assignment - You are to pick a topic of your choice relating to the field of emergency medical services. This topic must be submitted to the designated instructor for approval, by email. Duplication of topics will not be allowed; a student who first submits a particular topic, will own it. Once you have been given approval, you will thoroughly research the topic, which will require effort on your part. You should plan on visiting an academic library (electronically if you wish) to consult multiple references on your chosen topic. Sources of information may include journals, textbooks, Internet information (must be scholarly or government sites; no wikipedia), research documents, personal interviews (experts), or other appropriate reference material.

Purpose - This assignment is meant to be an opportunity for you to look closely at an issue that interests you and that you would like to learn more about. Nearly all subjects, even clinical topics willoften involve some type of controversy. You are to present all sides (pro and con) and weigh in with your opinion. Your opinion, however, must be supported by facts. As part of our goal to make you responsible professionals who are able to think critically and guide our profession in the future, we feel that this is an important project for you to complete. Failure to complete this assignment satisfactorily will result in failure of the program due to incomplete coursework.

Possible Topics:

My Topic is: Does Advance life support (ALS) improve patient outcome?

I am a paramedic student and this paper should give my opinion on how works goes for ambulance and being a paramedic not an EMT

Please let me know back if you have more question, Ntashkan

What you do after you have selected an approved topic and have done your research:

You will need to prepare a research paper that includes a minimum of 6-pages, 10-12-pt font, 1-inch margins, that is typed and double-spaced. Please limit your papers to no more than 10-pages. Included in your paper is to be a cover page and a bibliography of your sources (pages not included in minimum). APA is the preferred method for citations (APA, 6th edition). Your paper should be organized by the following large sections: Abstract, Introduction, Methods, Discussion, and Conclusion.In addition to content, format, logical organization of ideas, grammar and spelling counts.