Chairs: VP of Education

Mission: Empower our community with life-saving skills and prepare individuals for unforseen circumstances. Through engaging CPR, Stop the Bleed classes, and more, we aim to equip individuals with the confidence to respond effectively in emergencies. We strive to spread vital knowledge and create a network of capable responders.

Roles and responsibilities:

Outreach Specialist: Leads the efforts to engage with the community and raise awareness about the importance of CPR and first aid skills. Organizes outreach events, workshops, and partnerships with local organizations to promote the club's educational offerings and encourage participation.

Accreditation Liaison: Manages the administrative side of the educational courses, ensuring that all necessary paperwork, documentation, and reporting requirements are met.

Class Logistics Coordinator: Responsible for maintaining and updating the club's educational resources, including training materials, presentations, handouts, and online resources. Handles the logistics of scheduling, venue booking for classes, and makes m-sessions links for student registration.

Student Engagement Representative: Focuses on engaging the student body of the University of Michigan and encouraging their participation in EMS Club Education Committee's classes. This role involves creative communication, social media, and organizing awareness campaigns within the campus community.

Skill Assessment Coordinator: Oversees the development and implementation of assessment methods to measure participants' proficiency in CPR, Stop the Bleed, and other taught skills. Collaborates with educators to create evaluation tools and tracks participants' progress, providing feedback and recommendations for continuous improvement. Additionally, the coordinator could organize skill-building challenges or simulations to reinforce participants' abilities in realistic scenarios. Must be Stop the Bleed Instructor, BLS Provider, and preferably has EMT training.

Yearly Goals:

Expand Course Offerings: Introduce advanced courses beyond basic CPR and Stop the Bleed, such as AED training, and more specialized first aid techniques, to provide a comprehensive range of skills.

Increase Outreach: Collaborate with local schools, community centers, and workplaces to extend the reach of the educational programs. Aim to train a larger number of community members, empowering them to respond effectively to emergencies.

Enhance Educator Training: Implement a structured training program for educators that includes continuous skill development, effective teaching strategies, and updated content knowledge, ensuring consistently high-quality instruction.

Simulation and Practical Experience: Increase the frequency and complexity of emergency simulations to provide participants with more realistic scenarios for hands-on practice, boosting their confidence and competence in real-life situations.

Collaborative Workshops: Organize joint workshops or training sessions with other student organizations related to healthcare, safety, or emergency response, fostering learning and networking opportunities.

Online Learning Resources: Develop online modules or resources that participants can access at their convenience, enabling them to refresh their skills and knowledge outside of formal class settings.

Partnership Building: Establish partnerships with local businesses, healthcare providers, and emergency services to provide participants with exclusive opportunities, discounts, or exposure to real-world emergency response environments.

Feedback Implementation: Actively gather and analyze participant feedback to make continuous improvements to course content, teaching methods, and overall participant experience.

Engagement/Outreach Committee

Chairs: VP of Recruitment/Outreach & VP of Career Development

Mission: To recruit new members to MEMSC; keep members engaged in club activities by assessing member interests and needs; helping to organize meaningful events that serve both MEMSC members and the U of M and Ann Arbor communities.

Roles/Responsibilities:

Graphic design: help design posters and presentations to advertise the club; help with merchandise design.

Photographer: attend and photograph events to be submitted to VP of social media.

Festifall/winterfest assistant: First hand man to VP of recruitment during Festifall and winterfest; helps with posters, attends Festifall to talk to interested students, helps with clean up and set up.

Event Assistant: Serves as a substitute for other committee members if they are unable to attend a certain event, helps with outstanding tasks during busy times.

Outreach Assistant: Assists VP of career development in planning events in collaboration with other organizations (student or professional).

Yearly Goals:

Maximize member engagement by ensuring that member’s interests are understood and incorporated into club planning.

Ensure that recruitment runs smoothly and the club’s outreach materials represent the club well.

Create EMSC merchandise for rollout to members.

Planning Committee

Chairs: VP of Finance & VP Social/Secretary

Mission: The Planning Committee of the Emergency Medicine Services Club is dedicated to organizing impactful events, workshops, and training that enhance members' knowledge of emergency medical care, promote community awareness about first aid and emergency response, and foster a collaborative learning environment.

Roles/Responsibilities:

Organizing events and promotion via social media, foster partnerships that enhance the club's presence within the community.

Organization and management of spending requests, fundraising ideas.

Make necessary changes to the website.

Yearly Goals:

Organize educational events.

Promote community engagement.

Facilitate skill enhancement training.