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RescueDigest Resources: Critical Thinking in Emergency Services Education

Posted by: romduck November 11, 2012

RescueDigest’s Top Picks of essential resources for critical topics in emergency services.

Critical Thinking in Emergency Services Education: Teaching not just “how”, but “why”!

An emergency responder who is an independent thinking is a valuable commodity. It’s clear that critical thinking must be part of an education program in order to teach students to become intelligent, compassionate and skillful emergency responders. But how do we accomplish this within the constraints of current educational curricula? Critical thinking is vital not only for effective delivery of emergency services, but as a lifelong learning skill necessary for our students to excel as fire, rescue and EMS responders.

How you can use these resources: RescueDigest curates great research and resources during the development of our articles and educational programs. Since our mission is to “Help You Help Others” we present the best of these resources for you to explore, share and use in your own agency.

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Critical Thinking 101: Fundamentals and Foundations

Overview of Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking Education Group

Critical Thinking.NET: 21 Strategies and Tactics for Teaching Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking Skills in Education and Life

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Logical Fallacies and Cognitive Biases:

Listing of Logical Fallacies

Listing of Cognitive Biases

Cognitive Biases Cheat Sheet

Critical Thinking in Education: Ideas for incorporating CT in your programs

Robert Vroman: Critical Thinking in EMS Education

Using Critical Thinking In Classroom Training – Fire Apparatus

Eric Rusten & Susan Schuman: Critical Thinking in Education

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Critical Thinking in EMS

Critical Thinking in EMS – EMSWorld.com

EMS 2.0: Critical Thinking in Prehospital Training

The Art of Critical Thinking 04/24 by The EMS Roundtable | Podcasting Podcasts

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Critical Thinking in the Fire Service

Critical Thought for the Fire Service – Fire Engineering

ASSESSING CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS IN COMMAND OFFICERS

Critical Thought for the Fire Service – Fire Engineering

‎www.iafc.org/files/3NCLS2013/ncls13_CriticalThinkingDecisionMaking.pdf

Critical Thinking: A Benefit of Higher Education – Firehouse

Critical thinking | Fire Officer Mentor

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RescueDigest’s Own Programs:

Rom Duckworth’s Critical Thinking in Emergency Services Education

How to win every firehouse argument: Using critical thinking from Rommie Duckworth

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About romduck

Rom Duckworth is a dedicated emergency responder, author, and educator with more than thirty years of experience working in career and volunteer fire departments, hospital healthcare systems, and private emergency medical services. Rom is a career fire captain and paramedic EMS Coordinator for the Ridgefield (CT) Fire Department and director of the New England Center for Rescue and Emergency Medicine. Rom holds a master’s degree in public administration, is a graduate of the National Fire Academy’s Executive Fire Officer program, and is the recipient of the NAEMT Presidential Award, American Red Cross Hero Award, Sepsis Alliance Sepsis Hero Award, and the EMS 10 Innovators Award. Rom is the author of "Duckworth on Education," as well as chapters in more than a dozen EMS, fire, rescue, and medical textbooks and over 100 published articles in fire and EMS magazines. A member of the NAEMT Board of Directors, as well as other national and international advocacy and advisory boards, Rom continues to work for the advancement of emergency services professions. Contact Rom via www.romduck.com