Summary: Writing the perfect EMS test question for educators and tricks and tips for answering that test question for students. A special segment with educator and paramedic, Stephen Rahm on this episode of the MedicCast. MedicCast Episode 310 (http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/frustrated_student-300x199.jpg)Good day and welcome to this week's episode of the MedicCast. I'm your host Jamie Davis the Podmedic and I'd like to welcome all of you to the program this week. On the show this week is a special episode recorded at EMS World Expo with guest Stephen Rahm, noted educator and paramedic. Stephen shares his insights for educators and students on the test writing and taking process in an effort to raise the bar for what makes the perfect emergency medical services test question for EMTs and paramedics. Before we get to all that, make sure you get all of the links and resources available in the shownotes at MedicCast.com/blog (http://mediccast.com/blog). You'll find the shownotes link at the top of the page. Click that link and check out all of the episodes from the most recent post all the way back to episode 1 on the MedicCast. You'll find links to the news items and all of the additional resources that go with each week's Tip of the Week. Follow up on that information and figure out how it applies directly to your protocols and scope of practice. Make sure you get back in touch with me. Send e-mails in to podmedic@Mac.com (mailto:podmedic@mac.com). I get back to everyone that sends e-mails in to me here to the MedicCast. I hope you will go ahead and send those e-mails with your comments, corrections and suggestions in here to the show. EMS World Expo 2012 (http://www.mediccast.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/PC-border-cmyk-150x150.jpg)This episode was recorded in the Physio-Control podcast studio at EMS World Expo 2012 in New Orleans. Along with many of the EMS podcasts from the ProMed Network, the MedicCast was able to interview special guests and bring coverage of the Expo to the entire audience. I do want to thank Physio-Control (http://physio-control.com) for sponsoring our ProMed Network podcast studio at this event. —————————- Links for this episode You can find more from Stephen Rahm by connecting with him on Twitter (@StephenRahm) (http://twitter.com/stephenrahm). This episode was sponsored by the 2013 ACLS Pocket Brain Guide from Dr. Ken Grauer with KG-EKGPress.com (http://kg-ekgpress.com). —- Contact the MedicCast Take a look at these articles. You can find these links at the MedicCast site (MedicCast.com/blog (http://mediccast.com/blog)) in the shownotes for this episode. Get back to me. Let me know what you think about these news items by email at Podmedic@Mac.com (mailto:podmedic@mac.com) or sending a message via Facebook(Facebook.com/podmedic (http://Facebook.com/podmedic)) or Twitter (twitter.com/podmedic (http://twitter.com/podmedic)). — The MedicCast is a proud member of the ProMed Podcast Network (http://promednetwork.com/). —- MP3 Audio Podcast (http://www.mediccast.com/blog/category/podcasts/) (http://mcst-images.s3.amazonaws.com/mediccast_images/SubscribeItunes.png)iTunes (http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mediccast-audio-podcast-for/id165682697#) | (http://mcst-images.s3.amazonaws.com/mediccast_images/SubscribeZune.png)Zune (zune://subscribe/?MedicCast%20EMS%20Podcast=http://www.mediccast.com/blog/feed/podcast/) | (http://mcst-images.s3.amazonaws.com/mediccast_images/SubscribeRSS.png)Podcast (http://mediccast.com/blog/feed/podcast/) | (http://mcst-images.s3.amazonaws.com/mediccast_images/SubscribeRSS.png)Blog (http://mediccast.com/blog/feed/) | (http://mcst-images.s3.amazonaws.com/mediccast_images/SubscribeTwitter.png)Twitter (http://twitter.com/podmedic) | (http://mcst-images.s3.amazonaws.com/mediccast_images/SubscribeFacebook.png)Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rising-Sun-MD/MedicCast/131339020711) —-
