Integrating Smartphones and Tablet Devices into Fire and EMS Education presented at International Society of Fire Science Instructors Fall Conference at the Ohio Fire Academy
2. Show of phones…
Do you have a
smartphone ?
or
tablet with you?
3.
4. Distraction is a Real Issue
The safety issues identified…
Distraction due to non-operational use
of personal electronic devices during
flight and ground operations
13. CoAEMSP Sample Program
Policies and Procedures
CELL PHONES, PAGERS, AND
ELECTRONICS
To eliminate distractions in the
classroom, the following policy
will be followed by all students
enrolled in the Emergency
Medical Services Program.
14. CoAEMSP Sample Program
Policies and Procedures
Cell phones are NOT to be used in
the classroom, laboratory or clinical
areas, or in hallways and common
areas of the college.
This includes use as a phone, text
messaging device, music player,
voice recorder, camera, video
camera, or any other function
which distracts the student from
learning in class or disrupts others at
any time.
15. Fire Academy
Policies and Procedures
Please extend the courtesy to
fellow students by placing cell
phones and pagers on vibrate. If
you must accept or make a call,
please remove yourself from the
classroom. Firefighter I & II and
EMS Training students, please
refer to appropriate Appendix
for further clarification.
16. Fire Academy
Policies and Procedures
…Fire Academy is dedicated to
providing an ideal learning
environment, where we can also
keep all testing material secure.
In order to do this, all cell phones
and electronic devices will be
prohibited in the classroom unless
required by your lead instructor
or designee.
18. Distractions are Everywhere
My teacher keeps
me engaged with
Age, skill, and
knowledge
appropriate
instructions…
Timely feedback
and regular
assessment…
And breaks to
re-energize.
(otherwise I go nuts)
worthwhile
activities…
20. Ban vs. No Limits
• Organization policy
• Ability to enforce
• Instructor comfort
• Student needs
• Start strict, ease off later
• Provide breaks for use
• Appropriate consequences
24. Primary Education
• Mobile technology use has
become commonplace
• 73% use mobile phones in
classroom or to complete
assignments
• 45% use e-readers
• 43% use tablet computers
25. Professionalism Skills
• Access knowledge
• Curate information
• Click safely
• Focus on people/tasks
• Honor patient PHI
• Professional discussion
Welcome.
Update PollEveryWhere.com
Update Remind101 – class name and messages.
Presented by Greg Friese, MS, NRP
Director of Education and Communication
CentreLearn Solutions, LLC
[1 hour session
1315-1415a]
Poll: Do you have a smartphone or tablet with you ...
No or Yes
If you answered no … you are going to miss out of some participation opportunities
If you answered yes … you are welcome to …
Permission is granted to do any of these things…in fact I expect you to do one or more of these things.
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/2013/130409.html
http://www.ntsb.gov/news/events/2013/mosby_mo/Abstract_Mosby_MO.pdf
He was sending TEXT messages …. Dozens and dozens during pre-flight.
You are not alone.
Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Smartphone-Ownership-2013/Findings.aspx
May 2013 findings
91% of adult population has a cellphone
61% are smartphone owners
Tablet sales … exponential growth
118.9 million units in 2012, a 98 percent increase from 2011 sales of 60 million units, according to Gartner, Inc. http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=1980115
Distinction between ages.
Picture of paramedic class … by every measure 18-29 is going to use smartphones with greater frequency.
The same applies for teachers in Pew research on Advanced Placement and National Writing Project teachers. Younger teachers are much more likely to use technology, incorporate it into classroom activities, and encourage students to use it
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teachers-and-technology/Summary-of-Findings.aspx from February 2013
Younger teachers are more confident
Younger teachers are more likely to assign web based tasks
Younger teachers are more likely to ask colleagues for ideas on how to use technology
There are notable generational differences in how teachers experience the impact of digital technologies in their professional lives
As is the case among the full adult population, differences in technology use emerge between older and younger teachers. Specifically:
Teachers under age 35 are more likely than teachers age 55 and older to describe themselves as “very confident” when it comes to using new digital technologies (64% vs. 44%)
Conversely, the oldest teachers (age 55 and older) are more than twice as likely as their colleagues under age 35 to say their students know more than they do about using the newest digital tools (59% vs. 23%)
45% of teachers under age 35 have their students develop or share work on a website, wiki or blog, compared with 34% of teachers ages 55 and older
Younger teachers are also more likely than the oldest teachers to have students participate in online discussions (45% v. 32%) and use collaborative web-based tools such as GoogleDocs to edit their work (41% v. 34%)
Younger teachers are more likely to “very often” draw on colleagues for ideas about how to use new technologies in the classroom (22% of teachers under age 35 do this), when compared with teachers age 35-54 (16%) and teachers age 55 and older (13%)
Text messaging is of course a popular activity for all phone types.
http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-number-of-texts-sent-2013-3
http://www.marketingcharts.com/wp/online/18-24-year-old-smartphone-owners-send-and-receive-almost-4k-texts-per-month-27993/
Usage is Habitual/Addictive …
July 2012
From http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/07/08/is-the-internet-making-us-crazy-what-the-new-research-says.html
March 2012
http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2012/Teens-and-smartphones/Summary-of-findings.aspx
Half of teens send 60 or more text messages per day
Older, female teens likely to send more.
Consider adding slide about Facebook…active users. And users that access through Mobile
http://newsroom.fb.com/company-info/
864 million daily active users (Sept 2014)
703 million daily mobile active users
1.35 billion monthly active users
Policy creation, adoption, and enforcement is based on a set of beliefs or assumptions
SAMPLE Policy. Not sure if this has actually been adopted anywhere. Broken over several pages to be able to read.
Page 4
http://www.coaemsp.org/Documents/Sample_Appendix_I_%20J_ACC.pdf
SAMPLE Policy. Not sure if this has actually been adopted anywhere. Broken over several pages to be able to read.
Page 4
http://www.coaemsp.org/Documents/Sample_Appendix_I_%20J_ACC.pdf
Need to read for audience.
CELL PHONES, PAGERS, AND ELECTRONICS
To eliminate distractions in the classroom the following policy will be followed by all students enrolled in the Emergency Medical Services Program.
SAMPLE Policy. Not sure if this has actually been adopted anywhere. Broken over several pages to be able to read.
Page 4
http://www.coaemsp.org/Documents/Sample_Appendix_I_%20J_ACC.pdf
Cell phones are NOT to be used in the classroom, laboratory or clinical areas, or in hallways and common areas of the college. This includes use as a phone, text messaging device, music player, voice recorder, camera, video camera, or any other function which distracts the student from learning in class or disrupts others at any time. This policy is not limited to devices sold as a cell phone. Any electronic device which meets the spirit of this policy is included.
Coral Springs Fire Department Training Academy
http://www.coralsprings.org/Fire/Fire_EMT_CourseCatalog2014.pdf
Similar language in South Carolina Fire Academy
http://www.scfa.state.sc.us/PDF/FY2014%20Curriculum%20Catalog.pdf
Not a disruption or distraction until you define it a disruption, label it as a disruption, and reinforce that as a disruption.
World is full of distractions.
Disastrous to try to control them all.
Distraction is a timeless problem. Role of teacher is to keep students engaged with worthwhile activities, age/skill/knowledge appropriate instructions, timely feedback, regular assessment, and breaks to re-energize.
Adapted from http://www.goddardusd.com/page/51986_3
Somewhere between a “Ban” and “Unlimited Use” is a balance.
What is the worst case scenario for allowing students to have a smartphone, tablet, or other device during class?
Broaden definition of what constitutes a class … where, when, what … get specific … what does it look and feel like?
Retrieve answers
Share questions and answers
Cheating fire, EMS, police education in the news … using old fashion methods
Giving students/employees hard copy or emailing questions
Since we can’t likely overcome ingrained habits, brain wiring, and addictive behavior how can we be intentional about using in and out of the classroom.
Use as a force for good, rather than a nefarious tool of interrupting and distracting evil.
Responsibility of education programs to teach and model behavior that employers like to see and find desirable – Bill Toon.
What uses do you specifically encourage or discourage?
Lecture
Discussion
Simulation labs
Quizzes
Clinical/ride time?
Communicate – send, receive, notify
Document and archive
Scheduling
Navigation
Already used to:
Exchange text
Watch/create videos
Listen/record audio
Schedule and track
Interact with references
Practice assessments
Navigate
Middle school students “make presentations on iPads, how to keep track of their homework on a smartphone, and what they should and shouldn't post on social media sites. The devices can be their planners, agenda books, and pocket reference libraries all day long.”
Middle school students being issued a netbook all cloud based apps for completing and submitting homework
NPR Some Schools Actually Want Students to Play with Smartphone
Pew Research … http://pewinternet.org/Reports/2013/Teachers-and-technology/Summary-of-Findings.aspx
“Laptops and desktops are central, but they note mobile technology use has also become commonplace in the learning process:
73% of AP and NWP teachers say that they and/or their students use their mobile phones in the classroom or to complete assignments
45% report they or their students use e-readers and 43% use tablet computers in the classroom or to complete assignments”
Fire and EMS professionalism skills
Becoming a “Netizen”…education starts here
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/people-can-now-text-911-help-some-areas-n106176
iTriage
“This smartphone application isn’t just for emergencies. Users can access the library of symptoms, diseases, procedures, and obtain quality reports on facilities and physicians.”
“Created by two ER docs, iTriage helps you answer the questions: “What medical condition could I have?” and “Where should I go for treatment?” Save, easily access, and share the healthcare information that's most important to you. iTriage has 4.5 star rating from our millions of users in over 80 countries.”
iTriage
“This smartphone application isn’t just for emergencies. Users can access the library of symptoms, diseases, procedures, and obtain quality reports on facilities and physicians.”
“Created by two ER docs, iTriage helps you answer the questions: “What medical condition could I have?” and “Where should I go for treatment?” Save, easily access, and share the healthcare information that's most important to you. iTriage has 4.5 star rating from our millions of users in over 80 countries.”
Training activity
Web Browser
Medical and EMS Specific Apps
Other textbooks (example of Google books for needle decompression of an infant)
PA Protocols in app…UPMC EMS Navigator
Looking up drugs – write down 3 meds from previous patients. Look-up and review with classmates.
Use case, PA EMT writes:
“And yes since them I did get the drug app for my tablet since then. What had happened was that we were on the scene of a call and an elderly patient had heavy bleeding and a whole laundry list of medications. A new protocol here is if its a fall, head trauma and they are on blood thinners it's a trauma alert at the hospital now. We couldn't figure out which drug was their thinner. But yea since then I did get the app.”
Habit streak app screen shot or icon.
Application to EMS
Reading
Workbook exercises
Assessment and treatment skills
Health and wellness improvements
Video-assisted Feedback During CPR: Analysis of Smartphone Video Footage Accurately Classifies Chest Compression Rate
Abstracts for the 2013 NAEMSP Scientific Assembly
Volume 17 / Number 1
January / March 2013
SMS messaging, Twitter, Facebook…
Back Channel
Outside Classroom
Inside Classroom
To the cloud
Google Doc
Shared doc for course notes, Rom Duckworth
Mind Mapping
- Laura Cathcart
Text and Email
www.remind.com
Special instructions reminders
New episodes of the EMSEduCast
Send a test question or review idea
Send key points after a lecture
Assign a student to submit key points
Schedule a study session
Room changes
Return to the classroom after being spread out for assessment stations
Basecamp Breeze
Google Groups
Facebook Group
Others?
YouTube … learn anything…
Change to Fire podcast
Change to fire blogs
Ebooks and Blogs
Reading
Annotations
Definitions
Intra and inter links
Ebooks – fiction, non-fiction, academic
EMS Blogs
FDIC app
Go places, FDIC 2015
Could do same for EMS Today and EMS Expo
From National EMS Education Standards, AEMT http://www.ems.gov/pdf/811077d.pdf
Also in paramedic standards, http://www.ems.gov/pdf/811077e.pdf
Part of EMS Education Standards
EMS Communication Systems
Communication with Other Healthcare Professionals
2 tips from Steve Whitehead, Remember 2 things video
http://paramedictv.ems1.com/Clip.aspx?key=56B16E7715D8A704
Be polite
Maintain eye contact
Mention EMS1.com 101 things to know app …
Med Drills … app names and icons
Dave Page/Doug Gadomski
Students call a Google Voice number from clinical site when arriving/leaving
Caller ID
Voice mail – recorded, transcript, email and SMS notification
Ringer settings
Dropbox
Google Drive
Evernote
Amazon Cloud Drive
Other tools to be able to access files from anywhere – no more “dog ate my homework” or I left my USB drive at home or the file is on my other computer.
Clinical case review
Exams
Before starting a patient assessment drill or simulation