PHTLS this weekend in Abilene

[Guest guest]

TechPro Services will present a PHTLS course from 0830-1730 on Friday and

Saturday, October 20 and 21, at TechPro's classroom at 153C Tannehill Drive,

Abilene, TX 79602.

Cost of the course is $175, which includes the book.

Deadline for registration is noon, Thursday, October 19. To sign up, go to

www.techproservices.net, click on EVENTS in the toolbar at the top of the

page, and sign up online, or call for information and

registration.

Gene Gandy, JD, LP

Instructor/Coordinator

TechPro Services, Inc.

[Guest guest]

>

> TechPro Services will present a PHTLS course from 0830-1730 on Friday and

> Saturday, October 20 and 21, at TechPro's classroom at 153C Tannehill Drive,

> Abilene, TX 79602.

>

> Cost of the course is $175, which includes the book.

Gene - I thought you were against the alphabet-courses, asserting that

they reinforced the cookbook medicine mentality. Is the money really

that good?

Mike :/

[Guest guest]

Many moons ago, Dr. Bledsoe, I think it was, spoke about that, and at the

time I agreed that in a perfect world people would be educated and trained well

enough in their initial courses, and develop enough of a professional attitude,

that card courses wouldn't have to be required.

However, I don't believe I ever outright condemned the courses as supporting

cookbook mentality.

With the changes that are occurring daily in practices, card courses are a

good way to keep up. I see them as professional enrichment.

As a lawyer, if I want to maintain the ability to practice, I have to attend

CE every year, and I go to courses to do that.

Card courses that consist only of someone standing up and reading from a

PowerPoint presentation are, quite worthless.

That's not what we do at TechPro. We provide good information in a

provacative setting, and afford challenging practice situations for the attendee

to

hone skills they might not get to use on a daily basis.

There! You asked for it.

Gene

>

> On 10/16/06, wegandy1938@wegandy <wegandy1938@wegandy> wrote:

> >

> > TechPro Services will present a PHTLS course from 0830-1730 on Friday and

> > Saturday, October 20 and 21, at TechPro's classroom at 153C Tannehill

> Drive,

> > Abilene, TX 79602.

> >

> > Cost of the course is $175, which includes the book.

>

> Gene - I thought you were against the alphabet-courses, asserting that

> they reinforced the cookbook medicine mentality. Is the money really

> that good?

>

> Mike :/

>

>

>

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In a message dated 10/18/2006 4:15:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

wegandy1938@... writes:

Card courses that consist only of someone standing up and reading from a

PowerPoint presentation are, quite worthless.

Agreed but if a card course is presented in a way that truly teaches the

subject matter in a way that is up to date and accurate it's a great opportunity

to present the same materials to masses of folks.

I did that when I was the Training Chief at my last service and it was a god

send to have over 90 folks trained to the same levels of competence as well

as to our policies and procedures.

Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET

FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI

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PowerPoints are only good as an outline of key terms and points for the

student to follow. They reinforce what the speaker is saying.

One thing I hate is podiums. I don't want a podium in my classroom. I

also don't want a chair.

Funny thing happened over the weekend. Was doing an AMLS course with new

instructor candidates, and shortly after one lecture began, the projector blew

its bulb with a bang that sounded like a gunshot. That served the purpose of

waking everybody up after lunch, and it also improved the lectures 100%. It

made the teacher get up and communicate with the students rather than focusing

on the slides.

The Socratic method is a very good teaching style. It demands

participation.

Scenarios are, in my judgment, the very best way to teach students to put

together the information you have given them.

Problem based scenarios are wonderful. Give a problem and let the team work

it out. It forces " buy in " and participation.

AHA has gone this route in ACLS instruction. Using the scenarios gives the

student something to grab onto. When you perform a task using information,

you retain it far longer than if you either read it or hear it or even a

combination of both.

The card courses should be, as I previously said, enrichment opportunities.

They are not for initial learning. That should have taken place beforehand.

Gene G.

[Guest guest]

Great idea. I always try to keep them laughing, and it works.

G

>

> Went to a " Comedy ACLS " a few years ago. It was kinda like " Comedy

> Defensive Driving " with megacodes. It sure beat the typical bi-annual

> ACLS rootcanal. Any funny people out there might think about putting

> something together.

>

> -MH

>

> >>> 10/18/2006 4:30 pm >>>

>

> In a message dated 10/18/2006 4:15:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

> wegandy1938@wegandy writes:

>

> Card courses that consist only of someone standing up and reading from

> a

> PowerPoint presentation are, quite worthless.

>

> Agreed but if a card course is presented in a way that truly teaches

> the

> subject matter in a way that is up to date and accurate it's a great

> opportunity

> to present the same materials to masses of folks.

>

> I did that when I was the Training Chief at my last service and it was

> a god

> send to have over 90 folks trained to the same levels of competence as

> well

> as to our policies and procedures.

>

> Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET

> FF/NREMT-B/FSI/ FF/

> Freelance Consultant/Trainer/ Freelance Cons Freelance Consul

> Consultant

>

> LNMolino@...

>

> (Cell Phone)

> (Home Phone)

> (IFW/TFW/FSS Office)

> (IFW/TFW/FSS Fax)

>

> " A Texan with a Jersey Attitude "

>

> " Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds

>

> discuss people " Eleanor Roosevelt - US diplomat & reformer (1884 -

> 1962)

>

> The comments contained in this E-mail are the opinions of the author

> and the

> author alone. I in no way ever intend to speak for any person or

> organization that I am in any way whatsoever involved or associated

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> stated recipient and may contain private and or confidential materials

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>

>

[Guest guest]

Went to a " Comedy ACLS " a few years ago. It was kinda like " Comedy

Defensive Driving " with megacodes. It sure beat the typical bi-annual

ACLS rootcanal. Any funny people out there might think about putting

something together.

-MH

>>> 10/18/2006 4:30 pm >>>

In a message dated 10/18/2006 4:15:59 P.M. Central Daylight Time,

wegandy1938@... writes:

Card courses that consist only of someone standing up and reading from

a

PowerPoint presentation are, quite worthless.

Agreed but if a card course is presented in a way that truly teaches

the

subject matter in a way that is up to date and accurate it's a great

opportunity

to present the same materials to masses of folks.

I did that when I was the Training Chief at my last service and it was

a god

send to have over 90 folks trained to the same levels of competence as

well

as to our policies and procedures.

Louis N. Molino, Sr., CET

FF/NREMT-B/FSI/EMSI

Freelance Consultant/Trainer/Author/Journalist/Fire Protection

Consultant

LNMolino@...

(Cell Phone)

(Home Phone)

(IFW/TFW/FSS Office)

(IFW/TFW/FSS Fax)

" A Texan with a Jersey Attitude "

" Great minds discuss ideas; Average minds discuss events; Small minds

discuss people " Eleanor Roosevelt - US diplomat & reformer (1884 -

1962)

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and the

author alone. I in no way ever intend to speak for any person or

organization that I am in any way whatsoever involved or associated

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stated recipient and may contain private and or confidential materials

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original author.

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>

> As a lawyer, if I want to maintain the ability to practice, I have to

> attend CE every year, and I go to courses to do that.

I'm not against merit badge medicine as a form of CE... I'm against

the mentality that " I attended a merit badge course, so I know it. "

Professionalism is defined by continuing education... in any field.

PS - For a totally off-topic view of otherprofessions eating their

young, as many on here complain about, check out

http://www.thedailywtf.com (yes, it's work appropriate). It's a forum

for software developers to compain about bad code, bad developers, bad

employers, etc. It makes us look tame at times...

> Card courses that consist only of someone standing up and reading from a

> PowerPoint presentation are, quite worthless.

Powerpoint has runied many effective presentations. Anyone interested

in being a good presenter should attend training on using powerpoint

for presentations... but " reading from slides " is a great way to lose

your audience.

> That's not what we do at TechPro. We provide good information in a

> provacative setting, and afford challenging practice situations for the

> attendee to hone skills they might not get to use on a daily basis.

I've never heard anything bad about TechPro. I have no experience

with them at all.

I do, however, need to look at some online CE. There are lots of

sites out there - anyone got feedback on which ones seem to offer the

most up to date, in depth information in a usable form and easy to

track credits earned?

Mike