Date
7-22-2025
Department
School of Education
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy in Education (PhD)
Chair
Rachel N. Hernandez
Keywords
simulation, paramedic educator, transferable skill, education
Disciplines
Adult and Continuing Education | Higher Education
Recommended Citation
Rouse, George Antonio, "Using Simulation To Teach Students Transferable Skills For Paramedic Educators In A Prehospital Clinical Setting In Urban Georgia: A Phenomenology" (2025). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 7168.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/7168
Abstract
The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to describe the lived experiences of using simulation to teach students transferable skills for paramedic educators in a prehospital clinical setting in urban Georgia. The theory guiding this study is Kolb’s experiential learning theory as it supports the use of low and high-fidelity simulation to provide students with interactive and realistic learning experiences that are transformative in nature. The central research question guiding this study was: What is the lived experience of paramedic educators using simulation to teach students transferable skills? Data was collected via qualitative surveys, individual interviews, and focus groups with paramedic educators who use or recently used simulation to teach students transferable skills in clinical settings within urban Georgia. Data was systematically sorted, interpreted, and analyzed using Moustakas data analysis method of phenomenological reduction, which includes bracketing the topic, horizontalization, clustering into themes, textural description of the lived experience, structural description of the lived experience, and textural-structural synthesis. Manual coding was used during data analysis in which themes emerged from participants’ words, phrases, and narratives. Four themes derived from the analysis entailed: (a) Structure, (b) Access, (c) Culture of Learning, and (d) Educator Training.
