Trend Analysis of the Results of the National Examination for EMT-paramedics for the Past 9 Years

Abstract

Objectives: The study was to analyze the trend of the result of the national examination for EMT-paramedics.Methods: This study was to find the result of published on the website of Korea Health Personnel Licensing Examination Institute for the past 9 years.Results: Although there was no significant change in the pass rate, difficulty, and discrimination of the national examination, the average score of the total score showed a tendency to decrease every year. Unlike the average scores of other subjects, the basic medicine subjects showed a steady decline. The number of those who failed the written test were higher than those who failed the practical test. As a result of analyzing those who failed the written test, the majority of those who failed basic medicine and emergency medical service-related legislation.Conclusions: The steady decline in basic medicine scores and the steady increase in the number of people who failed has raised the need to reinforce basic medicine in universities or institutions that are nurturing EMT-paramedics in order to improve the quality of the national examination. In addition, the subjects of emergency medical service-related legislation was considered as subjects to be strengthened along with basic medicine.