Mike Touchstone

Mike Touchstone is the fire/paramedic services chief in charge of EMS training at the Philadelphia Fire Academy and director of the Philadelphia Fire Department EMS Training Institute. One of his primary responsibilities is overseeing EMS instructor development. Mike has over 25 years experience in EMS and over 10 years as an instructor. He is also a contract instructor at the National Fire Academy and is a regular presenter at state and regional EMS conferences. Mike received his bachelor’s degree in Health Sciences; EMS Management from George Washington University. To contact him, email mike.touchstone@ems1.com.

Full list of Mike Touchstone results

Establishing indicators of competency for EMS instructors
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Identifying the knowledge, skills, and attitudes expected of educators
Building a cognitive foundation for clinical judgment
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Refining critical thinking skills of new EMS professionals
Developing and Implementing a Custom EMS Curriculum
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By Mike TouchstoneIn part one of "Basic Instructional Design," we started our discussion of a simple instructional design process commonly referred to as ADDIE, which stands for the five steps in t...
Building an EMS Curriculum from Scratch: The ADDIE Process
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By Mike TouchstoneInstructional Design (ID), sometimes also referred to as Instructional Systems Design (ISD), is a strategic and systematic methodology for planning new training, educational progr...
EMS in America: Foundation documents for prehospital care
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To speak knowledgeably and lead effectively as an EMS professional you must understand the history of EMS
The Future Look of EMS Leadership
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Where do you fit into your organization's hierarchy? Are you an EMT or paramedic working on the ambulance? Are you a front line supervisor? Middle manager? If you're a practitioner working the str...
EMS Lessons from the Kitchen
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Running a kitchen and making a good meal is in many ways like running a call
National EMS Education Standards a Big Step Forward
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By Mike TouchstoneRelated Resource: Download the National EMS Education StandardsThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has recently released the National EMS Education Standards, a set...
Applications of the Taxonomies of Learning Objectives: Part 4
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The Affective DomainI recently read an article concerning the consequence of bias in emergency medical care. An ambulance crew made a faulty assumption about a particular patient that ultimately en...
Two Landmark EMS Documents
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Related Resource: The EMS1 2008 Year in Review special coverageOne of my personal passions is participating in activities that will move the discipline of EMS towards professionalism. Two landmark ...
Applications of the Taxonomies of Learning Objectives (Part 3)
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Taxonomies of Learning Objectives: The Complete Series: Read Part One and Part Two of Mike Touchstone's three-part series.The Psychomotor DomainAs you pull up on location, you see an extension ladd...
Applications of the Taxonomies of Learning Objectives (Part 2)
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Taxonomies of Learning Objectives: The Complete Series: Read Part One and Part Three of Mike Touchstone's three-part series. During my years in EMS, I’ve witnessed significant weaknesses in two cri...
Applications of the Taxonomies of Learning Objectives (Part 1)
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Taxonomies of Learning Objectives: The Complete Series: Read Part Two and Part Three of Mike Touchstone's three-part series. For my first EMS1 column, I will be discussing the foundation of objecti...