Paramedic Pharmacology

Functional
Functional Prototype
Prototype
Formative
Formative Evaluation
Evaluation Plan
Plan

Formative
Formative Evaluation
Evaluation

Formative Evaluation Process

The URL to the functional prototype will be emailed to all participants as well as a
list of evaluation questions. The participants will be asked to respond by
emailing the answers to the questions. A follow up phone call will be made to
each participant to clarify their responses.

Formative Evaluation Participants

There will be a total of 6 formative evaluation participants. Three of the
participants will be paramedic pharmacology students who will begin their course
in late August at Aims Community College. The other three will be subject matter
experts (SMEs). The SMEs are all currently practicing paramedics. Only the
paramedic students will be asked to take the mastery test questions at the end of
the unit. The mastery test questions will not be administered online but rather
they will be included in the formative evaluation questionnaire.

Formative Evaluation Questions

1. For SMEs only: “The Fluid Bolus lesson and practice would have been
helpful for me when I was a student in pharmacology” (Likert Scale: 1=I
totally agree, 5=I totally disagree). Do you have any comments that could
help me improve the lesson?

2. For SMEs only: “The content covered in the tutorial accurately reflects the
type of problems that I encounter in my job” (Likert Scale: 1=I totally
agree, 5=I totally disagree). Do you have any comments that could help
me improve the lesson?

3. For SMEs only: Did you find that the calculations in the lessons were
correct? If not, where were the errors?
4. For SMEs and Students: “The information in the lesson progressed in a
logical order” (Likert Scale: 1=I totally agree, 5=I totally disagree). Do you
have any comments that could help me improve the lesson?

5. For SMEs and Students: “I was able to find what I was looking for on
each page” (Likert Scale: 1=I totally agree, 5=I totally disagree). Do you
have any comments that could help me improve the layout of information?

6. For SMEs and Students: “The navigation made sense” (Likert Scale: 1=I
totally agree, 5=I totally disagree). Do you have any comments that could
help me improve the navigation?

7. For SMEs and Students: “The images helped me to understand the

content on each page” (Likert Scale: 1=I totally agree, 5=I totally
disagree).

8. For Students only: “I knew how to calculate a fluid bolus BEFORE

working through the lesson” (Likert Scale: 1=I totally agree, 5=I totally
disagree).

9. For Students only: “After working through the lesson I know how to
calculate a fluid bolus” (Likert Scale: 1=I totally agree, 5=I totally
disagree). If you answered 3, 4, or 5, what are you still confused about?

10.For Students only: “The examples of problems and solutions made

sense” (Likert Scale: 1=I totally agree, 5=I totally disagree).

11. For Students only: Please answer the following test questions (don’t
worry you won’t be graded).
a. You must administer a fluid bolus to a 50 pound child. How much
will you give?
b. You are treating a 120 pound patient who is hypovolemic. How
much fluid will you give her?
c. How much fluid should you give a 140 kg patient who has a
gastrointestinal bleed?
d. How much fluid should you give a 125 kg patient who has a femur
fracture?
e. You must administer a fluid bolus to a 130 pound patient. How
much will you give?