The Paramedic Curriculum
The Updated Stony Brook Paramedic Program
Standing on a 30-year tradition of excellence in paramedic education, the Stony Brook Paramedic Program has evolved. Our new program is designed to meet the challenges of 21st-century paramedics. We acknowledge that the future of paramedicine is the integration of paramedicine into the healthcare system as a versatile community healthcare resource. Modern-day EMS personnel will need to be clinicians rather than technicians. Stony Brook Paramedic students will receive education surpassing the State and NREMT requirements, including advanced topics such as; ventilator strategy, advanced intubation techniques, video laryngoscopes, and medication pumps, to name a few.
The Stony Brook Difference
Stony Brook University is a major academic research center, including Stony Brook Hospital, a level-one trauma center. These attributes afford our Stony Brook students access to amazing opportunities across the spectrum of healthcare education, including the School of Health Professions, School of Medicine, School of Nursing, School of Social Welfare, School of Dental Medicine, Program in Public Health, and many others.
Team Approach
Healthcare teams that practice collaboratively enhance the delivery of person-centered care and improve patient and system outcomes. Teamwork is instilled in our paramedic students from day one. Our students will have opportunities to experience real-world interprofessional team dynamics while providing cutting-edge EMS critical care. We have adopted a student-centric approach to education and incorporated new and innovative methodologies for learning. The program minimizes the standard lecture format and integrates state-of-the-art educational methods to advance student learning.
The Adult Learner: Curriculum
Experiential learning engages students allowing them to connect better theories and knowledge learned in the classroom to real-world situations. Our innovative student-centered curriculum leverages emerging technologies and scenario-based learning. Our program will utilize the simulation lab with advanced human patient simulators and standardized patients. Students will experience Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs), which allow a student to practice and demonstrate clinical skills in standardized medical or trauma scenarios. Our program has a dedicated decommissioned ambulance to enhance the student learning experience. Stress inoculation training will be introduced as the student progresses through the program.
Course faculty are experienced paramedics, physicians, physician assistants, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other allied health providers with multidisciplinary experience.
Learning Outcomes
Goal 1: Students will demonstrate clinical competence of an entry-level paramedic
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will deliver prehospital emergency medical care and transport to the sick and injured in accordance with New York State EMS protocol
- Students will demonstrate basic knowledge and understanding of medical and trauma emergencies
Goal 2: Students will possess critical thinking skills
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will adequately respond to challenges faced during emergency medical situations
- Students will show the ability to provide care in a timely manner
Goal 3: Students will practice with professional values
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will display professional and ethical conduct in the performance of their duties.
- Students demonstrate life-long learning
Goal 4: Students will display effective communication skills
Student Learning Outcomes:
- Students will demonstrate written communication skills
- Students will demonstrate oral communication skills as members of healthcare teams
