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18 EMSWORLDEXPO.COM • #EMSWORLDEXPO WORKSHOPS TUESDAY, OCTOBER 4, FULL-DAY WORKSHOPS 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Creating an Evidence-Based Practice for EMS in Integrated Healthcare: A workshop for clinicians and leaders who want to use science to prove their worth Scott Bourn, PhD, RN, EMT-P, Baxter Larmon, PhD, MICP, Dan Swayze, DrPH, MBA, MEMS "Despite high expectations for mobile integrated health care and community paramedicine programs, we largely lack rigorous data on their performance." —New England Journal of Medicine, 2016 Over the past few years, we have seen a proliferation of mobile integrated healthcare and community paramedicine (MIH-CP) programs launched by EMS agencies as a way to deal with increasing call volumes amid shrinking resources while also providing patient-centric care and offering added value to our stakeholders in a healthcare system that is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. Many programs that were initially funded by grant monies now need to fnd ways to be fnancially sustainable. In addition, EMS agencies need to prove the clinical value of the patient care they are delivering within the community paramedic model. Part of this process involves developing evidence-based practice for EMS in the integrated healthcare environment. This workshop will outline research methods, data capture and useful metrics related to program funding and patient outcomes. Objectives will include: research methodologies; data retrieval strategies and informatics; outcome measurements; development of an integrative healthcare research agenda for EMS programs. Who should attend this workshop? Community paramedics; nurse practitioners; EMS and fre chiefs; EMS medical directors; state EMS offcials. This workshop has been developed by the Prehospital Care Research Forum (PCRF) at UCLA. The PCRF has educated more than 500 individuals in prehospital care research over the last 15 years. The faculty have extensive experience in research and integrated health and community paramed- icine delivery systems in EMS. The format will be lectures with interactive partici- pation by attendees. Supervisor Leadership Academy Ryan Greenberg, MBA, NREMT-P, Rob Farmer Limit 40 students This one-day workshop based on the Lee County (FL) Public Safety Leadership Academy provides aspiring and new supervisors with several critical skills they need to perform in their new role. The class is broken up into seven parts, each part related to one of the "Seven Pillars of EMS Offcer Competencies–Supervisor Offcer" from the National EMS Management Association (NEMSMA). Each section uses an activity that is based on a competency/competencies needed to perform well as a new supervising offcer. The course is based on a series of videos and activities that get the class to work together in small groups and solve problems based on real-life experiences. The academy will cover a wide array of leadership topics including: communications skills and techniques; confict management; public speaking; process improvement; and ethics. This hands-on experience allows students to learn by doing and hear how leaders from across the country have different ways to solve problems while ending up with similar results. This workshop is being sponsored by the National EMS Management Association. For more information on NEMSMA's EMS Supervisor Offcer credentialing program, visit nemsma.org. Sponsored by Sponsored by MONDAY & TUESDAY OCTOBER 3–4 1½-DAY WORKSHOP Day One: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Day Two: 7:30 a.m.–12 p.m. NREMT Scenario Development Workshop Faculty: Senior Facilitator David Page, MS, NREMT-P, and Paul Rosenberger, MPA, EdD, NRP, along with program directors and educators from across the nation who have experience using formative and summative scenarios in the classroom are helping to facilitate this workshop. Limit 60 students In coordination with the National Association of EMS Educators, the National Registry of EMTs is offering this workshop to provide paramedic program directors and educators with hands-on experience developing formative and summative scenarios for use in their classroom. During this workshop we will discuss how formative scenarios reinforce the skills learned in the skills lab, and how summative scenarios evaluate the ability of your stu- dents to manage a simulated patient. Attendees will integrate these ideas to create formative and summative scenarios in small groups. These scenarios will then be performed using paramedic students as the team leader so attendees can further revise them. During a group debrief, we will discuss how to integrate scenarios into your classroom. At the end of the workshop, the NREMT will provide an update on the inclusion of scenarios in its psychomotor exam. Please Note: Registration for this workshop is being handled by the National Association of EMS Educators. Visit http://naemse.org/events/Event- Details.aspx?id=804640&group;= for more information and to register.