NYS CIC EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

What Federal document encourages EMS education Programs to develop relationships with Academic institutions? - Answer- National EMS Agenda for the future (what we should be doing - 15 Steps What does the EMS Educational Agenda for the Future: A systems Approach recommend with respect to EMS accreditation? - Answer- How we should do it. (How we should do it - approach to 15 steps in EMS Agenda for the future) From what federal agency can an EMS instructor access information about the National Scope of Practice Model and the EMS Standards? - Answer- NHTSA (National Highway Traffic Safety Administration) How can an instructor determine a students preferred learning style without using a commercial inventory tool by the way the student phrases comments or questions? - Answer- By the words the student uses to to describe the learning. For example, a visual learning will talk about "seeing" the informing. How should an EMS educator best facilitate learning for a visual learner? - Answer- Through the usual of visual aids such as slides, videos, etc. Give an examples of differences in the roles and responsibilities of the primary instructor vs. the secondary instructor? - Answer- - Primary instructor owns the class and is responsible for course content. Typically more teaching experience. - Secondary instructor's primary role is to assist primary instructor and in some cases has responsibility for labs and psychomotor skills. Typically less teaching experience than primary. Compare and contrast intrinsic and extrinsic motivators and give an example of each. - Answer- - Intrinsic - internal factors - Personal development, family - Extrinsic - external factors - Work, promotion, money What causes EMS educators to experience job-related stress that sometimes leads to them to leave the teaching profession? - Answer- Time spend managing disciplinary issues. What type of documentation is necessary whenever a student must be coached about performance or behavior? - Answer- IEP - Individual Evaluation Plan Why is is critical for instructors to demonstrate fairness and consistency in the following disciplinary policies? - Answer- Compare and contrast a formative from a summative evaluation. Give examples of each. - Answer- - Formative - incremental knowledge check - whiteboards. - Summative - Overall assessment that covers the entire course - final exam.