Establishing Consensus‐based Objectives for the Creation of an Opioid Overdose Curriculum for Emergency Medical Services Clinicians

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dc.contributor.authorTrebach, Joshua D.
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Matthew
dc.contributor.authorAli, Fahad
dc.contributor.authorBeauchamp, Gillian
dc.contributor.authorBiary, Rana
dc.contributor.authorEverett, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorMargolis, Asa
dc.contributor.authorNawrocki, Philip Stuart
dc.contributor.authorWendell, Jonathan C.
dc.contributor.authorZour, John
dc.contributor.authorStolbach, Andrew
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-02T19:48:14Z
dc.date.available2022-06-02T19:48:14Z
dc.date.issued2020-07-26
dc.description.abstractObjectives Emergency medical services (EMS) clinicians are on the front lines of the opioid epidemic and are often the first health care personnel system to contact patients experiencing opioid toxicity. Although national educational guidelines include opioid toxicity, no specific standardized prehospital educational objectives or competencies exist. The goal of this project was to identify objectives for an EMS opioid toxicity curriculum that could be used for EMS training. Methods A list of preliminary educational objectives from U.S. EMS training programs was compiled and reviewed by a group of experts. The Delphi method was used to attain consensus on a final list of objectives for an EMS opioid curriculum. Results A total of 107 opioid‐related preliminary objectives were identified and then narrowed down to 81 preliminary objectives after accounting for redundancy. After four successive rounds of evaluating/accepting/rejecting objectives, 18 final objectives were identified and unanimously approved by the expert panel. Conclusion We identified 18 objectives to serve as a framework for an opioid toxicity curriculum for EMS clinicians. These objectives can serve as a basis for creating a standardized didactic training program for EMS training programs nationwide. Further evaluation will be needed to explore the best means for educational program delivery.en_US
dc.description.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8019192/en_US
dc.genrejournal articlesen_US
dc.identifierdoi:10.13016/m2wfkc-5hns
dc.identifier.citationTrebach JD, Levy M, Ali F, et al. Establishing Consensus-based Objectives for the Creation of an Opioid Overdose Curriculum for Emergency Medical Services Clinicians. AEM Educ Train. 2020;5(2):e10499. Published 2020 Jul 26. doi:10.1002/aet2.10499en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1002%2Faet2.10499
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11603/24809
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherWileyen_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAtThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Emergency Health Services Department Collection
dc.relation.ispartofUMBC Faculty Collection
dc.rightsThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.en_US
dc.subjectEmergency medical services (EMS)en_US
dc.subjectopioid toxicity curriculumen_US
dc.subjecteducational objectivesen_US
dc.titleEstablishing Consensus‐based Objectives for the Creation of an Opioid Overdose Curriculum for Emergency Medical Services Cliniciansen_US
dc.typeTexten_US
dcterms.creatorhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8144-3281en_US

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