Course Syllabus
Clinical - Emergency Medical Technology/Technician
EMSP 1160
Semester with Course 29725
Reference Number
(CRN)
Instructor contact
information (phone
number and email
address)
Jonathan Shanks - 281.451.0345 - jshanksffemt@yahoo.com
Office Location and
Hours
NA
Course
Location/Times
Various (Ben Taub, Herman, etc.)
Course Semester
Credit Hours (SCH)
(lecture, lab) If
applicable
Credit Hours:
1
Lecture Hours:
Laboratory Hours:
External Hours: 4
Total Course Contact
Hours
64.00
Course Length
(number of weeks)
Type of Instruction
Clinical
Course Description:
A health-related work-based learning experience that enables the student to apply
specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided
by the clinical professional.
Course
Prerequisite(s)
PREREQUISITE(S):
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EMSP 1501 with a minimum grade of C or better and
18-years of age and
HS diploma or GED and
CPR and
Physical exam; Immunizations; Drug screen; Background Check; Code of
Conduct signature page
FREQUENT REQUISITES
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Departmental approval
Admission to the Program
College Level Reading
Academic
Discipline/CTE
Program Learning
Outcomes
1. Differentiate signs and symptoms to make patient care decisions
2. Prepare appropriate medication doses after assessment of a patient
3. Using equipment, technology and assessment analyze the needs for appropriate
patient care.
4. Exhibit the ability to make ethical and moral patient care decisions
5. Perform automatically a complete assessment of trauma and medical patients.
Course Student
Learning Outcomes
(SLO): 4 to 7
1. Differentiate signs and symptoms to make patient care decisions
2. Formulate medication needs after assessment of a patient
3. Using equipment, technology and assessment analyze the needs for appropriate
patient care
4. Exhibit the ability to make ethical and moral patient care decisions
5. Perform automatically a complete assessment of trauma and medical patients
Learning Objectives
(Numbering system
should be linked to
SLO - e.g., 1.1, 1.2,
1.3, etc.)
Differentiate signs and symptoms to make patient care decisions
Formulate medication needs after assessment of a patient
Using equipment, technology and assessment analyze the needs for
appropriate patient care
Exhibit the ability to make ethical and moral patient care decisions
Perform automatically a complete assessment of trauma and medical patients
SCANS and/or Core
Curriculum
Competencies: If
applicable
SCANS
Differentiate signs and symptoms to make patient care decisions
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Decision Making
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Problem Solving
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Reasoning
Workplace Competencies - Resources -Allocates Time
Workplace Competencies - Resources -Allocates Human Resources
Formulate medication needs after assessment of a patient
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Decision Making
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Reasoning
Foundation Skills - Personal Qualities -Responsibility
Workplace Competencies - Information -Acquires & Evaluates
Workplace Competencies - Systems -Monitors & Corrects Performance
Using equipment, technology and assessment analyze the needs for
appropriate patient care
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Problem Solving
Workplace Competencies - Technology -Selects Technology
Workplace Competencies - Technology -Applies Technology to Task
Workplace Competencies - Technology -Maintains & Troubleshoots
Exhibit the ability to make ethical and moral patient care decisions
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Reasoning
Foundation Skills - Personal Qualities -Integrity/Honesty
Foundation Skills - Personal Qualities -Responsibility
Workplace Competencies - Interpersonal -Serves Clients/Customers
Workplace Competencies - Interpersonal -Excercises Leadership
Workplace Competencies - Interpersonal -Works with Cultural Diversity
Perform automatically a complete assessment of trauma and medical patients
Foundation Skills - Basic -Listening
Foundation Skills - Basic -Speaking
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Decision Making
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Creative
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Problem Solving
Foundation Skills - Thinking -Reasoning
Foundation Skills - Personal Qualities -Self-Management
Workplace Competencies - Interpersonal -Participates as Team Member
Workplace Competencies - Interpersonal -Serves Clients/Customers
Instructional Methods
Other
Clinical
Student Assignments
Differentiate signs and symptoms to make patient care decisions
No assignments selected for this outcome
Formulate medication needs after assessment of a patient
No assignments selected for this outcome
Using equipment, technology and assessment analyze the needs for
appropriate patient care
No assignments selected for this outcome
Exhibit the ability to make ethical and moral patient care decisions
No assignments selected for this outcome
Perform automatically a complete assessment of trauma and medical patients
No assignments selected for this outcome
Student
Assessment(s)
Instructor's
Requirements
Program/Discipline
Requirements: If
applicable
HCC EMS Program Grading Scale
A- 90-100
B- 80-89
C- 75-79
F- Below 75
Class Attendance: All lecture classes, labs, and clinical require mandatory
attendance. Class/Lab attendance is checked daily. If a student misses more than
10% of the didactic course the student will be dropped for excessive absences (time
will count hour for hour). If time missed is due to medical illness the department will
require a signed physician clearance to reenter the program. Texas Department of
State Health Services requires all students meet / attend and complete all class /
clinical hours to be considered complete in the program. If the student is absent or
tardy they MUST contact their lead EMS Instructor prior to the start of class or
clinical. Any student that is Absence Without Leave (AWOL) may be dismissed from
the program immediately pending Lead instructor and Department chair decision.
Missed class time: When any time is missed the student will do the following to
allow for continuance in the program: (this will not serve as “make-up” time – time
missed is time missed.) If the student misses class time he / she will be required to
completely define, differentiate, describe, explain, etc. the core cognitive objectives
assigned by the instructor over the information missed. The objectives are listed at
the beginning of each chapter of the required textbook. Work will be turned into the
instructor at the start of the next class date.
Tardiness (classroom): Tardy will be defined as missing less than 15 minutes of
class. After 15 minutes the doors to the classroom will be locked and the student
will not join the class until the instructor gives the class a break. Three (3) tardies
will count as 2 hours missed from the program and will be considered “chonic”
tardiness. The student may be dismissed from the program pending the Lead
instructor and Department chair decision.
Skills Lab missed time: When any time is missed the student will do the following
to allow for continuance in the program: (this will not serve as “make-up” time –
time missed is time missed.) The HCC Lead instructor will have an HCC skills
instructor contact the student. The skills instructor will set a time / date / location to
meet with the student so the skills practice can occur (within a week of the time
missed). The student will pay the instructor at a rate of $30.00 per hour.
Tardiness (skills lab): Tardy will be defined as missing less than 15 minutes of
class. If the student misses more that 15 minutes of skills lab the student will be
required to meet with an HCC skills instructor for a one (1) hour session. The HCC
Lead instructor will have an HCC skills instructor contact the student. The skills
instructor will set a time / date / location to meet with the student so the skills
practice can occur (within a week of the time missed). The student will pay the
instructor at a rate of $30.00 per hour.
Class Attendance: All lecture classes, labs, and clinical require mandatory
attendance. Class/Lab attendance is checked daily. If a student misses more
than 10% of the didactic course the student will be dropped for excessive
absences (time will count hour for hour). If time missed is due to medical
illness the department will require a signed physician clearance to reenter the
program. Texas Department of State Health Services requires all students
meet / attend and complete all class / clinical hours to be considered
complete in the program. If the student is absent or tardy they MUST
contact their lead EMS Instructor prior to the start of class or clinical. Any
student that is Absence Without Leave (AWOL) may be dismissed from the
program immediately pending Lead instructor and Department chair
decision.
Missed class time: When any time is missed the student will do the
following to allow for continuance in the program: (this will not serve as
“make-up” time – time missed is time missed.) If the student misses class
time he / she will be required to completely define, differentiate, describe,
explain, etc. the core cognitive objectives assigned by the instructor over the
information missed. The objectives are listed at the beginning of each
chapter of the required textbook. Work will be turned into the instructor at
the start of the next class date.
Tardiness (classroom): Tardy will be defined as missing less than 15 minutes
of class. After 15 minutes the doors to the classroom will be locked and the
student will not join the class until the instructor gives the class a break.
Three (3) tardies will count as 2 hours missed from the program and will be
considered “chonic” tardiness. The student may be dismissed from the
program pending the Lead instructor and Department chair decision.
Skills Lab missed time: When any time is missed the student will do the
following to allow for continuance in the program: (this will not serve as
“make-up” time – time missed is time missed.) The HCC Lead instructor
will have an HCC skills instructor contact the student. The skills instructor
will set a time / date / location to meet with the student so the skills practice
can occur (within a week of the time missed). The student will pay the
instructor at a rate of $30.00 per hour.
Tardiness (skills lab): Tardy will be defined as missing less than 15 minutes of
class. If the student misses more that 15 minutes of skills lab the student will be
required to meet with an HCC skills instructor for a one (1) hour session. The HCC
Lead instructor will have an HCC skills instructor contact the student. The skills
instructor will set a time / date / location to meet with the student so the skills
practice can occur (within a week of the time missed). The student will pay the
instructor at a rate of $30.00 per hour.
HCC Grading Scale:
A = 100- 90
B = 89 - 80:
C = 79 - 70:
D = 69 - 60:
59 and below = F
FX (Failure due to non-attendance)
IP (In Progress)
W (Withdrawn)
I (Incomplete)
AUD (Audit)
4 points per semester hour
3 points per semester hour
2 points per semester hour
1 point per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
0 points per semester hour
IP (In Progress) is given only in certain developmental courses. The student must reenroll to receive credit. COM (Completed) is given in non-credit and continuing
education courses.
FINAL GRADE OF FX: Students who stop attending class and do not withdraw
themselves prior to the withdrawal deadline may either be dropped by their professor
for excessive absences or be assigned the final grade of "FX" at the end of the
semester. Students who stop attending classes will receive a grade of "FX",
compared to an earned grade of "F" which is due to poor performance. Logging into a
DE course without active participation is seen as non-attending. Please note that
HCC will not disperse financial aid funding for students who have never attended
class.
Students who receive financial aid but fail to attend class will be reported to the
Department of Education and may have to pay back their aid. A grade of "FX" is
treated exactly the same as a grade of "F" in terms of GPA, probation, suspension,
and satisfactory academic progress.
To compute grade point average (GPA), divide the total grade points by the total
number of semester hours attempted. The grades "IP," "COM" and "I" do not affect
GPA.
Health Sciences Programs Grading Scales may differ from the approved HCC
Grading Scale. For Health Sciences Programs Grading Scales, see the "Program
Discipline Requirements" section of the Program's syllabi.
Instructor Grading
Criteria
Per HCC EMS Grading Scale (see above)
Instructional
Materials
EMSP 1501 / 1160 Student Handbook, HCC EMS Program (Found online in
students Eagle Online course)
Recommended Texts: www.jbpub.com Test Prep: EMT-Basic Success ISBN:
9780763757830 Student discount code: HC1EP
HCC Policy Statement:
Access Student
Services Policies on
their Web site:
http://hccs.edu/student-rights
EGLS3 -- Evaluation
for Greater Learning
Student Survey
System
At Houston Community College, professors believe that thoughtful student feedback is
necessary to improve teaching and learning. During a designated time near the end of
the term, you will be asked to answer a short online survey of research-based
questions related to instruction. The anonymous results of the survey will be made
available to your professors and department chairs for continual improvement of
instruction. Look for the survey as part of the Houston Community College Student
System online near the end of the term.
Distance Education and/or Continuing Education Policies
Access DE Policies
on their Web site:
http://de.hccs.edu/Distance_Ed/DE_Home/faculty_resources/PDFs/DE_Syllabus.pdf
Access CE Policies
on their Web site:
http://hccs.edu/CE-student-guidelines