Emergency and Public Safety Services: Course Descriptions

EDUC 510 Research
Covers graduate-level research, which includes design, implementation, and analysis. Students must complete a research project. 3 credits

EDUC 520 Principles of Education: Adult Learner
Offers in-depth analysis of relevant theory relating to contemporary application of adult learner materials and methods. Covers problem-based analyses leading to a project paper or software package relevant to a specific aspect of adult learning. 3 credits

EDUC 521 Principles of Education: Adult Learner Laboratory
Laboratory component of EDUC 520. 1 credit

EDUC 522 Principles of Education: Instructional Design
Offers sequential analysis of steps involved in designing a learning package for individual of group instruction. Covers technological and nontechnological resources for effective teaching and learning, and development of an individual instructional model. Leads to development of a learning package in a laboratory setting. 3 credits

EDUC 523 Principles of Education: Instructional Design Laboratory
Laboratory component to EDUC 522. 1 credit

EDUC XXX Computer Multimedia Authoring
Covers content and methods in developing learning packages using state-of-the-art technology and design techniques. Includes example and project-based studies that form the basis for independent laboratory activities. 3 credits

EMS 504 Organizational Behavior
Teaches students how to develop human resources within their respective organizations. Covers techniques of continuous quality improvement, leadership skills, and organizational theory and problem analyses. 3 credits

EMS 505 Proseminar
Offers a presentation-based overview of the field. Allows representatives of major responsibility areas to present capsule position papers on relevant topics and offers opportunities for students to more finely develop areas of interest and specialty.
3 credits

EMS 506 Clinical Management I
Covers general management principles related to the special needs of emergency departments and other clinical units. Topics include analyzing and using peak-load staffing patterns, quality improvement tools, managing teams, preparing and interpreting budgets, development, and using and responding to incident reports/disciplinary process. 3 credits

EMS 507 Clinical Management II
Builds on the fundamentals provided in EMS 506. Addresses compliance with patient transfer laws (COBRA/OBRA), developing and completing performance review measures, identifying patterns with and response changes in managed care and third-party payers, and conflict management techniques. 3 credits

EMS 508 Taxation and Finance
Covers information necessary for fiscal planning, budgeting, integration with managed-care networks, and other reimbursement strategies. 3 credits

EMS 509 Trauma Systems and Specialty Care
Examines specialized patient care units along the continuum of patient treatment from the acute incident through rehabilitation. Emphasizes formally and informally designated trauma-care systems and administrative and clinical issues.
3 credits

EMS 510 Planning and Administrative Theory
Covers strategic planning techniques that students will use in developing organizations and systems. Includes procedures for goal setting and plan development as well as creating strategies for success inn implementing programs and services.
3 credits

EMS 610 Epidemiology
Explores the principles of epidemiology affecting disease, as well as injury prevention and control. 3 credits

EMS 617 Emergency Delivery Systems
Examines methods, policies, procedures, operations, and related technology concerning the delivery of emergency services - including EMS, fire, police, telecommunications, and emergency management agencies. 3 credits

EMS 618 Local, State, and Federal Compliance
Covers regulatory bases and related issues regarding external agencies involved in public service delivery. Examines agencies and documents from FEMA, JCAHO, OSHA, NIOSH, and others. 3 credits

EMS 622 Managed Care Principles
Examines current health care financial strategies both locally and nationally, including the concepts of managed care: members, continuum of care, shared risk, capitation, population-based health care delivery, and others. Explores marketplace challenges and impacts of current legislation and reimbursement changes. 3 credits

EMS 631 Disaster Analysis and Management
Covers the design and function of emergency operations centers, preparation for multijurisdictional incident mitigation, response recovery, planning, and drill management. 3 credits

EMS 710 Thesis I
Requires students to research an aspect of emergency management, ambulatory management, or education. Student complete and defend the thesis project. Variable credits

EMS 711 Thesis II
Continues EMS 710. Variable credits

EMS xxx Ambulatory Health Care delivery Systems
Examines ambulatory care and its effects on the total health care system and prehospital provision of services, as well as integration with longer-term care modalities and other related agencies. 3 credits

MGMT 510 Health Care Information Systems and Informatics
Examines current topics in health care informatics and their application. Covers the Internet, online databases, research-related services, and trends in information delivery across a broad health care spectrum. 3 credits