Session 1: 0800-0900

Mastering the AEMT Exam

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Eric McCullough

David Blevins

Mastering the AEMT Cognitive Examination is designed to bring educators to the table to discuss the components of the National EMS licensure examination at the Advanced EMT level. Additionally, educators will be able to discuss methods to ensuring that a program’s curriculum is designed to adequately prepare students for successful completion of the licensure examination and for their first patient as an entry level Advanced EMT.

Session 2: 0930-1030

GENXYZ? Clearing Up Confusion on Generational Gaps

Drew Hooker

Identifying the differences in the generations are vital to quality management. This presentation breaks down each generation and specifically compares Generation Y and Z. Knowing how to lead these generations will lead to a better understanding of each employee. 

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Heather Davis

Learning the hundreds of drugs encountered in EMS on patient calls seems nearly impossible to students and teaching them is often painful to instructors. This presenter has developed a method of teaching that includes a schedule, lesson plans, guided practice, quizzes and a memory and classification system for students and instructors. If teaching pharmacology is your responsibility, then this session is a must!

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Heather Davis

Everything you do as an educator either contributes to excellence among your students or tears it down. Do you wish students wanted to work harder? Wanted to be the best? You can make them want it! This session will make sense of the science behind human motivation and show you how that research can be applied to our classrooms. Many of the techniques behind peak performance are very easy to implement. Why not give your students a fighting chance at greatness? After all, each one of them is a reflection of you!

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Phillip Sanderson

The presentation will discuss that data fields, and written narratives serve two very different, but equally important and necessary purposes, neither of which can replace the other.

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Kierstan Espaillat, DNP

•Dr. Brown Espaillat began her career at VUMC in 2011, first as a Neuroscience Educator then as Stroke Coordinator before moving into her present role. She earned her DNP in 2013 from the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, following her MSN, which she received from the Vanderbilt School of Nursing. She obtained a BS in Education from Vanderbilt University prior to her nursing career. 

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Jason Koger

Jason Koger became the first bilateral arm amputee in the world to be fitted with multi-articulating bionic hands after losing both hands in a traumatic ATV accident in 2008. Today, he encourages others to live a life without limitations by spreading his favorite message: Why survive when you can thrive?

Vendor Session: 1200-1230

Director Brandon Ward

Session 4a: 1230-1330 Tennessee EMS Update

Tennessee EMS education update. This is required for all I/Cs and I/As. 

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Derrick Edwards

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Vendor Session: 1500-1530

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Kevin Spratlin

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EMS providers interact with individuals throughout their communities, from the most affluent to the least advantaged. It is important that these providers understand how social determinants of health (SDoH) including a person’s social interactions, physical environment, access to health services, and other societal factors may impact a person’s wellbeing.  EMS educators can incorporate these lessons into their classrooms to encourage future EMTs, AEMTs, and paramedics to recognize the social and health inequities which may have led to a person’s poor health status.